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Is the West using environment as an excuse?

A woman wades through a flooded street in Bahia, Brazil. [iStockphoto]

When the Cold War was ending in the late eighties, a general hope of a peaceful and prosperous future for the world inspired formulation of the Sustainable Development (SD) concept, the best plan of solidarity.

It was based on efforts by countries to build a world of economic growth for all, social progress, and clean and healthy environment.

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