Use precaution under serious environmental uncertainty
Take proportionate preventive action when credible risks of grave or irreversible climate harm remain scientifically uncertain.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Pursue sustainable development
Meet present needs while preserving ecological integrity and future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 5/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 4/41
- Represented systems
- 9/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/9
9.6%
9.8%
9.7%
11.1%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Meet present needs while preserving ecological integrity and future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Overall %: source 9.6 · recomputed 9.6774
Evidence, mapping by mapping
9 selected mappings
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials
Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, doctrinal or institutional authority, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9421. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Earth Charter principles of respect, ecological integrity, justice, democracy, nonviolence, and peace
Open original source ↗ earthcharter.org
Official framework-level anchor · Global ecological and social ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact principle or article, affected community, legal status, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9422. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official freedom, responsibility, love, experience, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.eckankar.org
Official framework-level anchor · Modern spiritual religion
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9423. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Friends General Conference materials on peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and stewardship
Open original source ↗ www.fgcquaker.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian peace tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9424. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Shinnyo-en Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Shinnyo-en teaching on integrity, meditation, wisdom, compassion, altruism, and Buddha nature
Open original source ↗ shinnyoen.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, institutional authority, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9425. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tibetan Buddhist Universal Responsibility · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Dalai Lama teachings on compassion, nonviolence, environment, and universal responsibility
Open original source ↗ www.dalailama.com
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9426. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Climate Change Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Article 5: sustainable development
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Specific primary/official anchor · International environmental ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9427. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Future Generations Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Official framework-level anchor · International intergenerational ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9428. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
World Heritage Stewardship Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Pursue sustainable development · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Official framework-level anchor · International cultural and environmental ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9429. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Protect scientific integrity in climate decisions
Use honest, transparent, independent, and best-available scientific knowledge in climate policy and public communication.
Distribute climate burdens and benefits justly
Allocate mitigation, adaptation, costs, and opportunities with regard for responsibility, capacity, vulnerability, and equality.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 355 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 337 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 291 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 35 |
| Religions Sharing | 5 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 9.6 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 4 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 9.8 |
| All Systems Sharing | 9 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 9.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 11.1 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 98 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | -0.2 |
Specialized or emerging teaching