Sustainable development: The impacts of UK university research

Williams, Ben

Authors

Ben Williams Ben3.Williams@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Air Quality Management

Abstract

Sustainable development by its very definition is an approach that aims to balance competing needs within social, economic and environmental boundaries for both current and future generations. Without practising sustainable development on all fronts, we risk exacerbating climate change, which, through sea level rise, is threatening the existence of low-lying nations at present and is likely to be keenly felt closer to home over the coming years. If the loss of entire nations to the seas is not enough, climate change is expected to have a significant impact on global biodiversity, and unsustainable uses of finite resources could have significant political consequences globally.

Citation

Williams, B. (2015). Sustainable development: The impacts of UK university research

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 1, 2015
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2015
Journal	Environmental Scientist
Print ISSN	0966-8411
Peer Reviewed	Not Peer Reviewed
Volume	24
Issue	3
Pages	8-12
Keywords	sustainable development, environmental scientist, REF, impact, research
Publisher URL	https://www.the-ies.org/resources/impact-environmental-science