Sustainability: Beyond Antrhopocene
By Srikantha Herath
- Advances in science and technology have brought prosperity but have also left unresolved problems like poverty and inequality.
- Overexploitation of natural resources and anthropogenic impacts on planetary systems are becoming evident.
- Traditional disciplinary approaches to knowledge generation are inadequate for addressing complex global problems.
- Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to address problems holistically and efficiently.
- New platforms are necessary to tackle interconnected problems effectively.
- Solutions should be targeted towards equitable and sustainable development.
- Linking solutions with the global development agenda and concrete actions is crucial.
- The paper explores sustainability, sustainable development, and the global development agenda.
- It discusses how these concepts can be linked with postgraduate education, using examples from the postgraduate program of UNU-ISP (United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability).
