In 1981 Brundtland was elected Prime Minister at the age of only 42 - Norway's youngest Prime Minister and the first woman in the post. One of the first things she did was to introduce a 40% quota ...

A group of former world leaders is urging Europe to keep pushing its green agenda even as trade wars and defence spending distract attention from climate issues, Ireland's former President Mary ...

of the Brundtland Commission, formerly the World Commission on Environment and Development (chaired by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway), we will define “sustainable ...

Brundtland gained a reputation for speaking out. In 1994 she spoke out at the World Population Conference in Cairo. Her speech was considered highly controversial as she spoke with great ...

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a former prime minister of Norway and director-general of the World Health Organisation (1998-2003), and a founding member of The Elders, an international non-governmental ...