Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): Sustainability in Debate / Sustentabilidade em Debate

In this second issue of 2023, Sustainability in Debate pays tribute in its editorial to Ignacy Sachs (1927-2023), a pioneer in considering the environmental dimension as an inseparable attribute of the pursuit of development.

Subsequently, SiD publishes ten articles in the Varia section. Cerezini and Hanai discuss the challenges and guidelines for the integrated management of water in hydrographic basins; Gonçalves et al. discuss the relationship between dependence on fossil fuels, oil disasters, and the characterisation of the process of social determination of health in vulnerable territories. Canova et al. investigate how climate change has threatened the livelihood and cultural dimensions of peri- urban communities in Central Amazonia, while Fardin et al. discuss the identification of extreme rainfall events and disasters triggered by rain in Petrópolis-RJ. Ribeiro highlights the possibilities for energy generation from biomass in the state of Minas Gerais, while Silva et al. propose an approach to identify the determining factors for the insertion of mini and microsystems of distributed generation in the agricultural sector. Lobo and Pinto assess the level of road cyclability in Belo Horizonte-MG; Rivaben et al. debate agroecological paths for livestock in northern Uruguay; Muñoz-Ávlia and Guerrero discuss the main synergies between the Escazú Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, and Streit et al. propose a framework to analyse cases of implementation of the circular economy from the perspective of Institutional Theory.