English: Capacities for sustainable development. Six interdependent capacities are necessary for the successful pursuit of sustainability: (a) capacity to measure progress toward sustainable development, (b) capacity to promote equity within and between generations, (c) capacity to adapt to shocks and surprises, (d ) capacity to transform the system onto more sustainable development pathways, (e) capacity to link knowledge with action for sustainability, and ( f ) capacity to devise governance arrangements that allow people to work together in exercising the other capacities.