Sustainable Development: An Analysis
Based on Conference Papers
Carlos Rogério Montenegro de Lima, André Borchardt Deggau,
Gisele Mazon, Thiago Coelho Soares,
and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
1 Introduction
The issue of sustainability in the context of higher education is a relatively recent
theme. More than 600 universities around the world have committed to sustainability
by signing international agreements and conventions, such as the Bologna Charter,
the Halifax Declaration, the Talloires Declaration and the Copernicus Charter for
Sustainable Development. More recently, the 2030 Agenda established by the UN
General Assembly in 2015 and the associated Sustainable Development Objectives
(SDO) mean that higher education institutions should, now more than ever, engage
in the implementation of sustainable development in all thematic areas.
Considering that sustainable development is a rising global concern, the growing
range of concepts, methods and tools in the field of sustainability requires a unifying
and operational definition of sustainability to increase the robustness and scientificity
C. R. M. de Lima
Center for Sustainable Development (Greens), Agência de Fomento do Estado de Santa Catarina
(Badesc), Florianópolis, Brazil
e-mail: calmontenegro@gmail.com
A. B. Deggau (B) · G. Mazon · T. C. Soares · J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
Center for Sustainable Development (Greens), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL),
Florianópolis, Brazil
e-mail: andre.deggau@gmail.com
G. Mazon
e-mail: gisele.mazon@unisul.br
T. C. Soares
e-mail: Thiago.soares@unisul.br
J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
e-mail: baltazar.guerra@unisul.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting
the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_13
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Based on Conference Papers
Carlos Rogério Montenegro de Lima, André Borchardt Deggau,
Gisele Mazon, Thiago Coelho Soares,
and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
1 Introduction
The issue of sustainability in the context of higher education is a relatively recent
theme. More than 600 universities around the world have committed to sustainability
by signing international agreements and conventions, such as the Bologna Charter,
the Halifax Declaration, the Talloires Declaration and the Copernicus Charter for
Sustainable Development. More recently, the 2030 Agenda established by the UN
General Assembly in 2015 and the associated Sustainable Development Objectives
(SDO) mean that higher education institutions should, now more than ever, engage
in the implementation of sustainable development in all thematic areas.
Considering that sustainable development is a rising global concern, the growing
range of concepts, methods and tools in the field of sustainability requires a unifying
and operational definition of sustainability to increase the robustness and scientificity
C. R. M. de Lima
Center for Sustainable Development (Greens), Agência de Fomento do Estado de Santa Catarina
(Badesc), Florianópolis, Brazil
e-mail: calmontenegro@gmail.com
A. B. Deggau (B) · G. Mazon · T. C. Soares · J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
Center for Sustainable Development (Greens), University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL),
Florianópolis, Brazil
e-mail: andre.deggau@gmail.com
G. Mazon
e-mail: gisele.mazon@unisul.br
T. C. Soares
e-mail: Thiago.soares@unisul.br
J. B. S. O. de Andrade Guerra
e-mail: baltazar.guerra@unisul.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting
the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_13
181