Education in the Imperative of Sustainability. A Step towards the Impact of Science and Technology

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Sustainable Development (SD) heterogeneity outlines the diverse challenges of achieving economic growth. The strategy for the SD is framed within the broader framework of biodiversity ecosystems. This roadmap enhances resource management and education, both fundamental for achieving social progress and ensuring performance. Education in the SD strategy represents a significant challenge to the status quo in the domain of complementary education studies, with implications for employment in science and technology. According to Eurostat, the Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) index reported that in 2023, 71.8 million people were employed in science and technology within the European Union (EU). Researchers in this domain signal limitations on the education sector’s ability to plan for the future, particularly regarding the constraints imposed by resource scarcity and economic growth. Highlighting the challenges of inquiry, this paper explores more specifically the key factors that shape HRST potential, considering the common context of all economies, the natural environment, which substantiates the performance equation that entails household economic growth and investments. Therefore, to grasp the trends of HRST, an analysis of Eurostat indicators was performed. The paper's result was regressed in the landscape of statistical information ranging between 2014 and 2023. To properly manage the performance context that biases science and technology, attention was focused on the primary keys of ecosystems, such as environmental protection actions, forestry, construction, and agricultural land. Moreover, the construction investment parameters imprint a significant behavior on science and technology, even if environmental protection activities dont have yet a corresponding impact in statistics, as Türkiye case, unlike Western Europe, which creates an influence between environmental protection activities and science and technology. This framework aims to delineate the scientific and technological potential in achieving sustainable development goals, considering that innovation, science and technology are an imperative for society that connects the educational environment to economic performance.