Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development: Critical Analysis

The principles and practice of sustainability can trace its roots as early as the ancient times. Since the late 1960s, debates on the relationship between development and the environment has grown (Vanhulst & Beling,2014). The threat of looming ecological catastrophe that will affect humanity has brought forth the concept of SD in the 1970s after the Club of Rome called the attention of the world to the limits to growth (Mitcham, 1995; Du Pisanti,2006; Szell,2014). Since the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, development has been viewed as one that is sustainable and focuses on natural resources as well and not just on social and economic matters (Du Pisani,2006). Prior to the 1980s, environmental, social and economic development
environment, economical, and social sustainability is being experienced in several places (Kusakabe, 2013). At present, the United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” or the 17 SDGs which aim at a larger concept, i.e. a SD that weaves a comprehensive agenda of economic development, social inclusion and environmental sustainability (Voluntary National Review at the 2016 High-Level Political Forum on the SDG) which is perceived achievable if translated at the local level
In the modern context of the word, sustainable is a difficult context because there are many resources, such as oil or iron ore, that cannot be grown. Meanwhile, development, in the context of sustainable development, means that the Third World's economies will become equal to the developed world's economies. This, in turn, will alleviate poverty and suffering in poor countries and make the world more equitable for all human beings. A Western-centric view of SD assumes equal responsibility for environmental degradation (Abdulrazak &