La Mediterranea verso il 2030

With this book, the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria raises the profile of some of the research undertaken in various Departments in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030. SDGs represent a strategy that requires shared global involvement for its implementation. They are to be implemented through the adoption of national and local initiatives. The SDGs can and should become effective tools for sustainable development though a localization process and an effective involvement of local stakeholders. University, an institution committed to training, research and outreaching activities, is called to play its part in such a difficult and complex challenge; constant integration with the territory and local communities – in the conscious need to be the promoter of a progressive, indispensable cultural change – will support sustainable development not as an impossible “utopia” but an unescapable necessity.