Geoethics Principles in the Sustainable Development Goals for Reducing Natural Disasters

Geoethics principles must be applied in all decision-making processes if society truly aims to enhance resilience against the vulnerability that climate change can inflict on our economic and social systems. The United Nations Agenda with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) needs to incorporate those geoethics principles like a common basis to work for a better future for all people, apart from their economic position or social level. Geology, from an ethical point of view, must be on the table of the political decisions related to the land use and the management of the environment. The catastrophic event that we have suffered in the east of Spain on October 29, 2024, is a demonstration that all of society needs the geoscience and ethical basis (free of ideology) to create resilience rather than vulnerability.