Socio-Environmental-Economic Transformations Towards Sustainable Development

This chapter gives short description of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development “Transforming our world”, 17 goals, and the Global Sustainable Development Report “Future is Now—Science for Achieving Sustainable Development” produced by the UN Independent Group of Scientists, appointed by Secretary—General. The mathematical formulation and structure of systems for economic and social transformations are presented. New views on consumption and production, role of markets, role of state, social responsibility, climate change, human’s health, GDP, localisation, investments, and governance are discussed. Based on systems theory, the final conclusions and discussions on three types of management/control systems that facilitate sustainable development are presented: (I) systems for unsustainability reduction at the level of enterprise, (II) systems for management of socio-economic transformations on the regional level, (III) decision-making support systems for governance.