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Chapter 4
Societal Issues and Environmental
Citizenship
Ivan Šulc, Sofia Morgado, Zorana Đorđević, Slaven Gašparović,
Vesela Radović, and Dilyana Keranova
4.1 Introduction
The concept of sustainability gradually became the central element of all agendas
promoting social and economic development and environmental protection – particularly the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) (UNCED
1992) and Millennium Development Goals (UN 2000), as well as outcomes of the
conferences organised by the United Nations (e.g. the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in 2002; United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in
2012). Societal issues have therefore become key areas for achieving a sustainable
development.
In 2015, the UN adopted a new key document – Transforming our World: The
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – whose aim is “to end poverty and hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote gender equality
and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the lasting protection of
I. Šulc (*) · S. Gašparović
Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
e-mail: isulc@geog.pmf.hr; slaveng@geog.pmf.hr
S. Morgado
Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
e-mail: smorgado@fa.ulisboa.pt
Z. Đorđević · V. Radović
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: zorana@imsi.rs; vesela.radovic@imsi.rs
D. Keranova
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, South-West University,
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
e-mail: dkeranova@swu.bg
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_4
Chapter 4
Societal Issues and Environmental
Citizenship
Ivan Šulc, Sofia Morgado, Zorana Đorđević, Slaven Gašparović,
Vesela Radović, and Dilyana Keranova
4.1 Introduction
The concept of sustainability gradually became the central element of all agendas
promoting social and economic development and environmental protection – particularly the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) (UNCED
1992) and Millennium Development Goals (UN 2000), as well as outcomes of the
conferences organised by the United Nations (e.g. the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in 2002; United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in
2012). Societal issues have therefore become key areas for achieving a sustainable
development.
In 2015, the UN adopted a new key document – Transforming our World: The
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – whose aim is “to end poverty and hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote gender equality
and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the lasting protection of
I. Šulc (*) · S. Gašparović
Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
e-mail: isulc@geog.pmf.hr; slaveng@geog.pmf.hr
S. Morgado
Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
e-mail: smorgado@fa.ulisboa.pt
Z. Đorđević · V. Radović
Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: zorana@imsi.rs; vesela.radovic@imsi.rs
D. Keranova
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, South-West University,
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
e-mail: dkeranova@swu.bg
© The Author(s) 2020
A. Ch. Hadjichambis et al. (eds.), Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship
for 21st Century Education, Environmental Discourses in Science Education 4,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20249-1_4