NEWSLETTER
SEAPLANSPACE Marine spatial planning instruments for sustainable marine governance Final Joint Project Meeting 21-22 October 2021
SEAPLANSPACE Marine spatial planning instruments for sustainable marine governance [...]
Sustainable Development Day at the University of Gdańsk
On 15 October 2021, the University of Gdańsk will host [...]
The University of Gdańsk supports the Blue Economy sector
On 28 September 2021, a virtual event was held presenting [...]
The University of Gdańsk supports the Employers’ Association Polish Maritime Technology Forum
On 20 September 2021, the University of Gdańsk became a [...]
A graduate of the University of Gdańsk is a finalist of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards competition
On 5 September 2021, the European Commission published the list [...]
The University of Gdańsk is a signatory of the sector agreement for the development of the offshore wind power industry in Poland
The sector agreement for the development of the offshore wind [...]
UNIVERSITY TALKS
ABOUT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainability – fixing the world for everyone, not just people. Interview with Professor Thomas Aiello of Valdosta State University
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
Sustainable development is a development concept that responds to technological progress, the ecological crisis and green ideas of the second half of the 1960s. Its most well-known definition was formulated by the United Nations World Commission for Environment and Development in 1987. According to this, sustainable development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. As a goal of global politics, the concept of sustainable development was adopted by almost all countries of the world during the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 in the form of Agenda 21. In 2015, UN member states unanimously adopted the currently binding and implemented resolution Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was defined as the World Development Strategy until 2030. It contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals to which 169 tasks are assigned. They include measures to reduce poverty, ensure access to education, food and clean water, equal opportunities, to promote human rights, peace and stability in the world, protect the natural environment and mitigate climate change, as well as enable access to sustainable energy sources.
