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Physics for Sustainable Development

September 19

Co-organized with

Physics for Sustainable Development is a guest event connected to the celebrations of the Centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), proclaimed by UNESCO for the 2022.

Sustainability is getting mandatory for the continuing human development, where living conditions and resources are used to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. Sustainable Development is an interdisciplinary concept, including the Environmental, Health, Energy, Economic, and Socio-Cultural areas. In 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA) set up the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals, a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all" and intended to be achieved by the year 2030.

Physics plays a key role in the achievement of the SGDs, in particular regarding the sustainability in the Environmental, Health and Energy areas. Among the specific themes that will be addressed by the speakers during the workshop are: biomedical technologies, green technologies, information technologies, smart cities, water conservation and wastewater, urban planning and transportation, renewable resources (solar, wind, geothermal), nuclear (fusion) energy.