Transdisciplinary approach to sustainability. A view from Latin America of the 21st century

Abstract

The research addresses a current issue such as sustainability and its treatment in the Latin American and Caribbean region in the first decades of the twenty-first century. In this context, an attempt is made to identify and verify compliance or not with the transdisciplinary approach promoted by the United Nations (UN) since 2015, through the framework of action determined by the 2030 Agenda for global sustainable development, whose basis is the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the territory for 2030. To achieve this purpose, the scope of the research used has been qualitative, supported by a process of bibliographic analysis of the existing theory on the subject in the region; the results obtained have made it possible to identify the difficulties and opportunities of Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the challenge of localizing the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda; even more so when this region is made up of countries with social, cultural, environmental, economic and governance characteristics adjusted to the reality of each of them, which has determined, according to the study, their own priorities for action in the implementation of the paradigm of sustainability and sustainable development. The main contribution of this work is considered to be found in its final conclusions, which could be useful for the decision-making of national and local authorities in the region on the subject addressed.