Sustainability

If we wanted to define the word "sustainability" that is not directly correlated to the environment, we would speak of it as the necessary condition to achieve a global balance between people and the ecosystem. An indispensable balance for the survival of mankind over time.


We have three different types of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social.

  1. Environmental sustainability:

It is a condition where natural resources, which are necessary for tech development and human survival, can become less impacting on the environment. This continuous exploitation of natural resources has created effects such as deforestation, desertification, the melting of glaciers, and the rising of the global average temperatures. We need environmental sustainability plans that are shared globally and with targeted goals. Nowadays some strategies have already been adopted as the development of green areas, greater attention to industrial production, the use of green energy, recycling, and proper waste disposal.

  1. Economical sustainability:

Economic sustainability aims at the ability to consistently produce income and work for all. An unsustainable economic system is bound to collapse. In fact, without work no income is produced, there is no circulation of money and consequently, there is no social and financial development.

  1. Social sustainability:

Social sustainability allows the cohesion of a society that can support its members, who collaborate to achieve common goals and individual well-being.

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

The 17 SDGs are integrated—they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others and that development must balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Countries have committed to prioritizing progress for those who are the furthest behind. The SDGs are designed to end poverty, hunger, AIDS, and discrimination against women and girls.

The creativity, know-how, technology, and financial resources from all of society are necessary to achieve the SDGs in every context.

Text from undp.org