Floods, droughts, climate change and global warming are disturbing facts in today’s world. The causes? Rapidly increasing urbanisation, carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases. Let's face the reality. The earth’s capacity to sustain its human population and current lifestyle is finite. Climate change is a reality and the property sector needs to prepare for the changes it will bring. And the only way forward is to pursue sustainable development. Most aptly defined by Brundlandt Report in 1987, sustainable Development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

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