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Dear All,

However, I like Michael’s comment, trade-offs can be considered variously. E.g. luxurious human demands are unnecessary: expensive and energy, material wasting appliances, clothes, everyday bathing, throwing away food etc.     

 Thank you respected all..

Need for discussion on discussion on sustainable development arose because of the trade-offs societies and economies have been experiencing, e.g. high growth rate but large environmental damage.The path of sustainable development is the one that overtime reduces the conflicts and tradeoffs between goals.

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Dear Karobi,

It seems that, to a certain point, there might be a trade off. In the next source: Moran, D. D., Wackernagel, M., Kitzes, J. A., Goldfinger, S. H., y Boutaud, A. (2008). Measuring sustainable development - Nation by nation. Ecological Economics , 470-474.

They show that there is a trade off between the Human Development Index and the Ecological Footprint. However, you can find countries that accomplish with both indexes. You can also find a more updated work here --> http://www.footprintnetwork.org/2015/09/23/eight-countries-meet-two-key-conditions-sustainable-development-united-nations-adopts-sustainable-development-goals/

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I feel that there are plenty trade-offs in the sense that different stakeholders who are involved see different policies that serve their interests best. I think that it is very dangerous to assume that everybody right away would agree with sustainable development as a goal. Many companies would find arguments why to pay their workers very little, or companies would find arguments, why they cannot afford the filters to clean the air, or to treat liquid wastes. To make the world more sustainable includes to put oneself int he shoes of those stakeholders who benefit from non-sustainable production. One also need to understand that those who introduce sustainable practices suffer when competitors don't do the same. 'A good deed rarely remains unpunished'.  Keeping all this in mind then it might be justified to talk of trade-offs of sustainable practices, although I hope that such practices find more and more distribution. Some literature that might be able to further contribute:

J., Cooper; T., Ryley; A., Smyth

Energy Trade-offs and Market Responses in Transport and Residential Land-use Patterns: Promoting Sustainable Development Policy

Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)

Urban Studies

Year:2001

Month:8

Day:1

Volume:38

Issue:9

First page:1573

Last page:1588

Donevska, Natasha

Trade-offs in sustainable urban development: the case of Skopje

Springer-Verlag

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Year:2015

Brandi, Clara A.

Sustainability Standards and Sustainable Development - Synergies and Trade-Offs of Transnational Governance

Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)

Sustainable Development

Year:2016

Kanter, David R.; Musumba, Mark; Wood, Sylvia L.R.; Palm, Cheryl; Antle, John; Balvanera, Patricia; Dale, Virginia H.; Havlik, Petr; Kline, Keith L.; Scholes, R.J.; Thornton, Philip; Tittonell, Pablo; Andelman, Sandy

Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

Elsevier

Agricultural Systems

Year:2016

Month:10

Bowen, Kathryn J; Cradock-Henry, Nicholas A; Koch, Florian; Patterson, James; Häyhä, Tiina; Vogt, Jess; Barbi, Fabiana

Implementing the “Sustainable Development Goals”: towards addressing three key governance challenges—collective action, trade-offs, and accountability

Elsevier

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Year:2017

Month:06

Day:

Volume:26-27

Issue:

First page:90

Last page:96

Singh, Gerald G.; Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M.; Swartz, Wilf; Cheung, William; Guy, J. Adam; Kenny, Tiff-Annie; McOwen, Chris J.; Asch, Rebecca; Geffert, Jan Laurens; Wabnitz, Colette C.C.; Sumaila, Rashid; Hanich, Quentin; Ota, Yoshitaka

A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals

Elsevier

Marine Policy

Year:2017

Month:6

WORLD BANK

Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-Offs (Agriculture and Rural Development)

2006