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Not the sky, not the water, but the land is that which binds us, what creates solidarity – lecture by Prof. Rick Dolphijn
Prof. Rick Dolphijn (Utrecht University) "Not the sky, not [...]
Cooperation with the Baltic Sea Cultural Center – we have signed a letter of intent
The Center for Sustainable Development at the University of Gdańsk [...]
Interdyscyplinarne sympozjum „Baltic Waterscapes” 13-14 października 2025
Academic Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners [...]
Dance Ecologies – join us for a seminar with Prof. Nigel Stewart
The seminar with Prof Nigel Stewart from Lancaster University marks [...]
(Post)dependency resiliencies. Representations of liberation from violence in literature and culture, International Research Conference
Recent decades have not spared the inhabitants of Central and [...]
Integration of male and female migrants – what challenges face the Pomeranian Province? Report from the academic seminar
The integration of migrants has become primarily a social [...]
UNIVERSITY TALKS
ABOUT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
On green software and digital waste. Interview with Dr. Hanna Furmańczyk
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.
