The three pillars of sustainability framework is an applied and solutions oriented approach to sustainable development, which at the broadest and most important scale supports the creation of new economic and political institutions that embed (from start to finish) the key inputs, stakeholders, and incentive structures necessary for sustainability planning and projects to be feasible and successful. The three pillars framework is based upon the key and connected roles of: (1) technology and innovation; (2) laws and governance; and (3) economics and financial incentives. Through the lens of a review of the evolution of sustainability models over the last several decades, it is proposed that the three pillars framework can more effectively help us translate complex sustainability issues into ideas and an applied focus that can be better understood and acted upon by community and economic stakeholders. This, combined with full transparency, creates the necessary, and often sufficient, foundation for successful, scalable, more rapidly deployable, and culturally acceptable sustainability solutions. As demonstrated in practice and in numerous case studies, sustainability solutions that engage all three pillars at once—good governance, technology implementation, and creating market incentives—are most effective and durable.

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可持续性模型的发展，从描述性到战略性，再到应用解决方案的三大支柱框架

可持续发展框架的三大支柱是针对可持续发展的应用和面向解决方案的方法，它在最广泛和最重要的规模上支持创建新的经济和政治机构，这些机构将（从头到尾）嵌入关键投入，利益相关者和激励机制可持续性规划和项目可行和成功所必需的结构。三个支柱框架基于以下关键和相互联系的作用：（1）技术与创新；（2）法律与治理；（三）经济和金融激励措施。通过回顾过去几十年中可持续发展模式的演变，建议三个支柱框架可以更有效地帮助我们将复杂的可持续性问题转化为思想和应用重点，社区和经济利益相关者可以更好地理解和采取行动。这与充分的透明性相结合，为成功，可扩展，更快速部署且在文化上可接受的可持续性解决方案奠定了必要且通常足够的基础。正如在实践中和大量案例研究中所证明的那样，同时涉及所有三个支柱（良好治理，技术实施和创造市场激励）的可持续发展解决方案是最有效和持久的。以及文化上可接受的可持续发展解决方案。正如在实践中和大量案例研究中所证明的那样，同时涉及所有三个支柱（良好治理，技术实施和创造市场激励）的可持续发展解决方案是最有效和持久的。以及文化上可接受的可持续发展解决方案。正如在实践中和大量案例研究中所证明的那样，同时涉及所有三个支柱（良好治理，技术实施和创造市场激励）的可持续发展解决方案是最有效和持久的。