Overview
- Introduces initiatives from European countries to implement the SDGs
- Showcases a variety of experiences from European nations in pursuing sustainability
- Outlines European-based initiatives replicable in other regions in the promotion of a low-carbon economy
Part of the book series: Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives (IUNSDGRP)
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About this book
This volume describes the thinking on sustainable development and a variety of initiatives across Europe, illustrating regional efforts to foster sustainable communities and ecological and social innovation. It contains various contributions which showcase examples of thinking, economic and social structures and in consumption and production patterns needed, to implement the SDGs.
This book is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals initiative".
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DTech, DL, DLitt, FSB, FLS, FRGS) holds the Chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, the largest network of universities specifically focusing on research on matters related to sustainable develpment. Professor Walter Leal Filho has over 30 years experience on sustainable development research and in excess of 700 publications to his credit.
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, PhD, MSc, is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal. Graduation in Metallurgical Engineering (1992) and Master in Materials Engineering (1995) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. PhDdegree in Earth Sciences (2010) at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal. Researcher at FP-ENAS, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit. Research domains include reservoir modelling and environmental engineering and sustainability. MSc and PhD supervisor. Author of numerous publications and experienced reviewer, as well as editor in indexed journals and books.
Dr. Sara Moggi (PhD, MSc, Post Doc) is a Senior Researcher at the Business Administration Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Her research is focused on sustainability measurement and reporting. The main stream of research is concentrate on sustainability reporting for stakeholders, considering these subjects as pivotal in order to evaluate and shape the sustainable strategies of the firms in terms of social, economic, and environmental performance. Her work has been published in numerous outstanding international journals.
Liz Price is Professor of Environmental Education and serves as Academic Institutional Lead for the Environment at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is Associate Head of School of the European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Chair of the Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences, Council Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences and a member of the QAA and Advance HE Advisory Group reviewing the Education for Sustainable Development Guidance for the UK. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Leadership Foundation, and a Chartered Environmentalist.
Dr. Alex Hope (BSc MA PhD FHEA CMgr MCMI CMBE) is Head of Department for Leadership and Human Resource Management and Associate Professor of Business Ethics at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. He is responsible for the strategic leadership of the department and undertakes teaching, research and consultancy across topics such as responsible business, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), CSR, energy policy and business ethics. Alongside his work at Newcastle Business School Dr Hope Co-Chair of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) Climate Change and Environment working group and a past Vice-Chair of the UK and Ireland UN PRME Chapter.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: SDGs in the European Region
Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Sara Moggi, Elizabeth Price, Alex Hope
Series Title: Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91261-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Earth and Environm. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91261-1Due: 07 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-5576
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5584
Number of Pages: L, 950
Topics: Sustainable Development, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Operations Management, Environmental Management, Education, general, Industrial and Production Engineering