 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuzivikanwa kwepasi rose kweESD sechinhu chikuru chinogonesa budiriro inogara ichiwedzera. Basa reESD rakazivikanwa mumisangano mikuru mitatu yeUN pamusoro pekusimudzira: 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development UNCED muRio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development WSSD muJohannesburg, South Africa; uye 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable DevelopmentUNCSD muRio de Janeiro. Zvimwe zvibvumirano zvikuru zvenyika yose zvakadai seParis Agreement Article 12 zvinozivawo kukosha kweESD. Nhasi, ESD iri pamwoyo we2030 Agenda ye Sustainable Development uye 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs United Nations, 2015. SDGs inoziva kuti nyika dzose dzinofanira kukurudzira chiito munzvimbo dzinotevera dzakakosha vanhu, nyika, budiriro, runyararo uye kudyidzana kugadzirisa matambudziko epasi rose akakosha pakurarama kwevanhu. Mamwe eaya maSDG anosanganisira kuvimbisa simba rakachena uye rakachena, kupa mvura yakachena uye hutsanana, uye kudyidzana kwezvinangwa izvi. ESD inotaurwa zvakajeka muTarget 4.7 ye SDG4, iyo inovavarira kuona kuti vese vanodzidza vanowana ruzivo uye hunyanzvi hunodiwa kusimudzira budiriro inogara iripo uye inonzwisiswa senzira yakakosha yekuzadzisa mamwe ese 16 SDGs UNESCO, 2017. Pamusoro pezvo, SDG17 inotarisa pakusimbisa nzira dzekushandisa nekusimudzira kudyidzana kwepasi rose kwebudiriro inogara iripo. 