Introducción

Pages25-35
AuthorCarlos R. Fernández Liesa
I.
INTRODUCCIÓN
La portada La Torre de Babel de Pieter Brueghel el
Viejo, lienzo pintado en 1563, transmite la dicultad
de avanzar hacia un mundo sostenible, tarea inacaba-
da y, tal vez, inabordable, de toda la humanidad. Esa
sensación es la que se tiene con la sostenibilidad, que es
un concepto central del siglo XXI. La idea de este es-
tudio1 es escudriñar su relevancia para el Derecho, en
especial para el Derecho internacional. El concepto de
sostenibilidad forma parte de un discurso e impregna
el Derecho.
La sostenibilidad es objeto de formación en postgra-
dos, se incluye en normas internacionales, europeas y
nacionales; las empresas se anuncian como motores de
1 Este estudio es un resultado del proyecto de investigación
Vacíos normativos y desarrollo normativo de la Agenda 2030 y del
principio de sostenibilidad. Especial referencia para España (PID
2022-1383339 OB-100), del que soy Investigador principal junto
a la profesora Ana Manero Salvador y que está adscrito al Instituto
de estudios internacionales y europeos Francisco de Vitoria, de
la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, donde soy Catedrático de
Derecho internacional público y relaciones internacionales de la
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y co-director de la Cátedra de
sostenibilidad.

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