International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2022 - Conference Proceedings

Conference Theme: United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

It has been thirty-five years since the seminal report Our Common Future (often referred to as the Brundtland Report), published by the World Commission on Environment and Development, proposed progressive environmental strategies and recommendations towards the attainment of the United Nations “A Global Agenda for Change”. Since then, we have seen many pivotal international actions, summits, frameworks, protocols, conventions, and declarations proposed. Amongst the most important was the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), established by the United Nations in 2000, with 191 nations committing towards their delivery by 2015. Moving forward, the United Nations “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, adopted by all Member States in 2015, proposed a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, both now and into the future. At its core are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries to join in a global partnership towards their achievement. We are almost mid-way through the timeframe for the delivery of the seventeen SDGs so it is apt that society takes an opportunity to reflect on many of the triumphs towards their realisation and also seek steer on the directions of their future travel.

Drawing on the themes of all the SDGs, the 2022 International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) conference offers an integrated platform for academics and practitioners to reveal their personal and collective contributions towards the seventeen priorities.