Water consumption and pollution trends in Lithuania

Abstract

Sustainable development has gained an international attention in the last decades. Decoupling economy growth from environmental pressure was indicated as one oh the main conditions for sustainability [1, 2, 3, 4]. Yet in 1987, United Nation Commission on Environment and Development reported that resources have to be used more efficiently and the concept of eco-efficiency should be integrated in other policies [5]. As research show unsustainable production and consumption patterns cause the main environmental pressures [6] in the whole life cycle and challenge solutions of the problems like poverty reduction and meeting the basic needs without increase in environmental burden. [...]