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> Changing directions: Steering science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development found that research and innovation around the world is not fo
by karaterobot 4y ago
> Changing directions: Steering science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development found that research and innovation around the world is not focused on meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, which are a framework set up to address and drive change across all areas of social justice and environmental issues.
After reading the UN SDG document, I wonder: How did things like mitigating climate change, stopping overfishing, gender equality, and access to education all end up falling under the heading of sustainability at the UN? It feels really broad and mixed up to me. Usually not having a tight focus or a single goal is a bad sign for initiatives. It reads like: "our vision for this initiative is to solve all major problems", which is admirable, but feels ... out of scope to me.
- tbrownaw 4y agoWell, what exactly does "sustainable" mean? If you take climate change as the impending complete disaster that some people see it as, it would kind of make it hard to sustain any ongoing development when it finally hits. Overfishing should be clear enough; run out of fish, and civilization hits a major setback that makes it hard to sustain whatever we've been up to. Gender equality and education access might be a bit more indirect, but at least so far our civilizational development has required a general upskilling of the population as a whole. And if you think that people are being excluded from that, then well a lack of additional people to upskill will turn into a blocker sooner rather than later and again make it hard to sustain that development.