Generational Union to Guarantee Sustainable Development

Abstract

Background: We have adopted an uncontrolled and unplanned development that has led us to our current reality. To arrive at this problematic situation, it is necessary to count on political will, as well as intergenerational community co-responsibility, based on the 17 goals of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Intergenerational co-responsibility will be achieved when we understand the “biology” of generations, each one can create a universe, and working together we will walk towards our utopia.
Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted using “PubMed” and “Google Scholar” in August and September 2022. We made different searches using keywords: Baby boomers’ generation (bb), X generation, millennium generation (y), Z generation, Sustainable Development, Brundtland Report, and Intergenerational co-responsibility. The search was limited to the studies published in Spanish and English.

Discussion: There is a great virtue that coincides among all the generations which is the search for a better world. Starting the millennial generation, which is the one with the highest demographic density in the world and the advantage of having globalized thinking. Initiate with a continuum of teaching, departing from this generation, that is an authentic engine of change and a key to reach other generations such as the Z generation and X generation, which will act as a bridge to the BB generation, a fundamental piece as they are wisdom and experience. Each generation can create a universe, this will be the task of the Z generation, which will transmit what has been learned in these chaotic and overwhelming times. The consequences of the non-sustained development that we had are already here. It is implicit in each generation to adopt the change. So, is there room for this yet? Eight years have passed since the creation of the 2030 agenda and 36 years since the Brundtland report, we see the solution on the horizon.
Contributions: All authors contributed to the study's conception and approved its publication.
Funding: Authors have no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise. There is no financial relationship with any institution, organization, or company. Declaration of interests: The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.