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Date / lieu : du 13 au 15 juin / MessinaThe International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) Conferences represent a valuable occasion to discuss opportunities and challenges for a sustainable future bringing together the academic community and other stakeholders from around the world.On the basis of this multi-year fruitful experience acquired by ISDRS, the theme of the 24th Annual Conference, “Actions for a Sustainable World: from theory to practice” (ISDRS 2018), aims to emphasize that we reached a cornerstone in the concept and practice of sustainable development. Indeed, the greatest challenge that humanity faces today is that we plan and carry out human activities in a manner compatible with the Earth’s resource systems. Despite the fact that the concept of sustainable development has been developed and studied for several decades now, its practical application still seems limited and meaningful targets have not been met: indeed, we are still operating unsustainably.With the awareness that we must rethink our social and economic systems in order to make economic and social development more resource efficient and more equitable to all, both across the planet and in future generations, the ISDRS 2018 will bring together leading experts, policy-makers and the academic community to translate recent scientific advances into actions on many levels, addressing how to face the global economic, social and environmental challenges of sustainability for which each and every stakeholder must play its role.The theme aims to enable the participants to focus on how scientists and researchers are developing the theory and methods of sustainable development, as well as policy-makers, private and public organizations and citizens are translating them into real practice, and if those tools and related implementation will ensure the achievement of international goals, such as those set by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The ISDRS 2018 aims to have a positive impact on the search for sustainable solutions, through the following main objectives: to illustrate the enormity of the implications of continued unsustainable production and consumption and of the economic cost if society fails to act and reverse the unsustainable trend of the economic development; to bring  together  the  world’s scientific  experts and scholars presenting their most recent research findings and the other diverse stakeholders presenting their own success experiences in the research of sustainable solutions and practices; to provide a global platform for strengthening, promoting and enhancing the scientific collaborations around the world and to develop a conference programme that reflects the diversity within the research of sustainable strategies and solutions.The University of Messina warmly welcomes all the participants of the three-day event, ISDRS 2018, with the hope to create an exciting scientific debate; the delegates will share their researches, approaches and innovative ideas on the concept and practice of sustainability in a wonderful and inspiring location. We hope that ISDRS 2018 will provide a contribution to advancing and disseminating practical and effective strategies and solutions to build a sustainable world.Pour en savoir plus...