State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekou Wai Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China.
Ambio. 2023 Dec;52(12):1928-1938. doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01947-9. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
Ecological civilization has emerged as an innovative form of civilization in China, and sustainable development has been widely recognized as a globally leading development model. These two concepts are closely related. The international English literature focuses on hot topics in the field of sustainable development such as climate change, urbanization, government management, and ecosystems, while the Chinese literature emphasizes ecological civilization concepts with Chinese characteristics, such as green development, beautiful China, and scientific development concepts. Ecological civilization and sustainable development are both responses to resource, environmental, and ecological crises and have emerged from the same historical background. The two concepts complement each other, with ecological civilization providing an ideological foundation for sustainable development, and sustainable development serving as the implementation path and concrete manifestation of ecological civilization. To deepen research on ecological civilization and sustainable development, it is necessary to build a global community with a shared future, address the major strategic needs of different countries or regions, innovate and develop interdisciplinary theories, methods, and technologies, strengthen international cooperation, provide disciplinary support for ecological civilization and sustainable development research, and provide country-specific research solutions for global and regional sustainable development.
生态文明是中国的一种创新性文明形式，可持续发展已被广泛认可为全球领先的发展模式。这两个概念密切相关。国际英文文献侧重于可持续发展领域的热点问题，如气候变化、城市化、政府管理和生态系统，而中国文献则强调具有中国特色的生态文明概念，如绿色发展、美丽中国和科学发展观。生态文明和可持续发展都是对资源、环境和生态危机的回应，都源于相同的历史背景。这两个概念相互补充，生态文明为可持续发展提供了思想基础，可持续发展则是生态文明的实施路径和具体体现。为了深化生态文明和可持续发展的研究，需要构建人类命运共同体，解决不同国家或地区的重大战略需求，创新和发展跨学科理论、方法和技术，加强国际合作，为生态文明和可持续发展研究提供学科支持，为全球和区域可持续发展提供具有国家特色的研究解决方案。
