Sustainability and Clean Technology: A Technological Perspective

Abstract

Abstract Sustainability and the need to ensure sustainable development is an ever important issue in this present age and time, owing to the ever increasing demand for the earth’s resources, coupled with an increase in human population, human demand for rapid industrialization and the demand for energy, these have all led to adverse negative impact on the immediate environment, as a result of the strain imposed on the environmental limits of the earth’s carrying capacity. A thin line needs to be drawn, and this paper seeks to provide a comprehensive review on the subject matter of sustainability, including the different dimensions and the cross-disciplinary views on sustainability, the interdependence and inter-relationships between these dimensions, human effort in ensuring sustainability across all facets, the development of the sustainable development goals, and the challenges faced in the actualization and implementation of these goals. The achievements of the sustainable development goals were examined as well as the possible trade-offs resulting from limited resource use in the SDGs, the role of technology was also examined and how modern science and innovation can be used in driving our sustainable future.