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Support of engineering in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
SEMM1921 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
4 Pages • Essays / Projects • Year Uploaded: 2023
A complete technical report on How can engineering support to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)? Engineers are increasingly required to play a leadership role in sustainable development, overcoming global challenges, such as depletion of resources, environmental pollution, rapid population growth and damage to ecosystems. In the 20th century, engineering achievements were developed without considering their impact on social, economic, and environmental natural systems. Considering the problems facing our planet today and the problems expected to arise in the first half of the twenty-first century, engineers must revisit their mindset and adopt a new mission statement - to contribute to the building of a more sustainable, stable, and equitable world. For that to occur, engineers must adopt a completely different attitude towards natural and cultural systems and reconsider interactions between engineering disciplines, non-technical fields and the society. As we enter the twenty-first century, we must adopt a more holistic approach to engineering. This will require: (1) a major paradigm shift from control of nature to participation with nature; (2) an awareness of ecosystems, ecosystems services, and the preservation and restoration of natural capital; and (3) a new mindset of the mutual enhancement of nature and humans that embraces the principles of sustainable development.
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