Pacific Sustainable Human Development Initiative

Pacific Proper noun

— The Pacific is a name for the Pacific Ocean.

sustainable Adjective

— If something is sustainable, it can be continued for a long time, especially without using up resources. The oil-based lifestyle of today is not sustainable. The government is trying to balance sustainable development with economic growth.

human Adjective

— Human rights, life, nature, etc. belong or relate to people, not machines or animals. Every person has human rights. My dog doesn't like dog food, he likes to eat human food, such as meat, like us.

human Noun

— A human is a person; a member of the Homo sapiens species. What effect are we humans having on the natural world?

development Noun

— growth The development of this story has been slow. The organism has reached an important part in its development. — Something which has developed Our news team brings you the latest developments. — A real estate development. — Using new ideas for practical problems. Our development department has created three new adhesives this year. — The active placement of the pieces, or the process of doing it White's development is good, but black's has been hampered by the pawn on e5.

initiative Noun

— If you have or take the initiative, you are in control and can decide what to do next. It's good to see someone take the initiative and start doing something about this problem. It appears that the army was acting on its own initiative and not on orders from the president. — If you have initiative, you do things without needing to be told to do them. We're looking to hire somebody with initiative because I won't be able to supervise them much. — An initiative is an effort to start doing something to solve a problem. The town has no new initiatives to deal with garbage.