As the world struggles to revive growth, address poverty alleviation challenges, arrest further degradation of the environment, and resolve multifacted issues, the issue of sustainable development has become a prominent indicator of how these challeanges are addressed. There is a strong reason for this correlation, as every effort to fuel growth, boost employment, bring cheaper energy, and alleviate hunger has some component that has a strong negative effect on the local & global climate, thus determining the threat to the sustenance of the development process in the long term.