Since its adoption in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda has laid the foundations for a model of shared prosperity for a sustainable world. The current global pandemic highlights profound inequalities affecting our economies, health, and quality of life. For this reason, the aim of this study was to present the current state of scientific research related to inequality, poverty, and climate change, and to propose lines of improvement that can contribute to achieving three of the 17 SDGs (end poverty, SDG 1; reduce inequality, SDG 10; and climate action, SDG 13), proposed in the 2030 Agenda. For this purpose, we undertook a systematic literature review. The results show that the subject of poverty, inequality, and climate change has been little studied or articulated by researchers, and significant differences exist between the different areas studied. The highest number of publications (51.7%) is associated with topics related to sustainability—environment and economics. The remainder are distributed among 12 other research areas. Another relevant finding is that the effects of climate change are more pressing for more vulnerable populations, including impoverished women from rural areas and children from underdeveloped countries. This gender and social inequality has been rarely addressed in studies. Food security and energy poverty is another under-researched area. According to the results obtained in this work, we consider that the circular economy may improve these indicators, constituting a line of future research. Thus, one of the main objectives of this approach is to eliminate negative externalities, specifically the existing social inequalities within the current linear economy model.

The aim of this work is to analyse the state of the art of scientific research related to transport poverty with special reference to sustainability and to identify new research needs. To this end, a methodology has been used in line with the objective set out, choosing the systematic review of the literature as the most suitable method. The results show that transport poverty is an under-exploited issue and is not well articulated by researchers, and there are great differences between the different areas of knowledge studied. The subjects related to health and medicine have more publications, almost 58%, with the rest distributed among 11 different subjects. Of the works analysed, only 26.69% refer to the topic of sustainability, and therefore this is a branch which is little studied in the literature in this field. Another relevant finding is that all the articles analysed highlight the vulnerability and inequality of the groups affected by transport poverty, with the elderly being the least studied in the research work.

Education and the media are two factors that affect a person’s level of awareness of the climate. This study was conducted around these two axes with surveys of 565 secondary, baccalaureate, vocational and university students with the goal of ascertaining whether there is a different degree of awareness according to educational level and to what extent education and the media have contributed to the different sensibilities of these students, who are the future of society. To do so, stratified sampling and principal components, cluster and linear correlation analyses were conducted. The main results include that the group of students with the highest level of awareness and activity regarding climate change are university women, while the media have a heavier influence on youths than education, which should therefore reinforce its role through strategies like environmental educommunication.

La actual crisis económica está poniendo de manifiesto cambios sociales y estructurales, que conllevan un empeoramiento de los niveles de pobreza y de bienestar de la población. En esta línea, el objetivo de este trabajo es profundizar en el conocimiento de la situación de pobreza en el municipio de Jerez de la Frontera, para contribuir a un mejor diseño y aplicación de medidas y actuaciones de políticas socioeconómicas generales y específicas con mayor garantía de éxito. Para ello, se ha aplicado una metodología de análisis por edad, sexo, sectores productivos y otras características, basada en encuestas y entrevistas. Entre las principales conclusiones de este trabajo y como una de sus contribuciones, hay que señalar la aparición de un nuevo tipo de pobreza transitoria, proveniente del sector de la construcción, estableciéndose un nuevo escenario derivado del impacto de la crisis, el cual requiere de una respuesta específica.

La crisis actual está modificando los patrones de comportamiento y está diseñando una nueva estructura socioeconómica en relación con la respuesta territorial a las nuevas situaciones a las que se enfrenta. Esta crisis ha afectado de manera especial a España dentro de la Unión Europea y a sus diferentes Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA), entre ellas Andalucía y a la provincia de Cádiz, ocasionando cambios económicos y sociales. Jerez de la Frontera, municipio perteneciente a esta localidad, presenta significativos cambios socioeconómicos poniendo de manifiesto un nuevo escenario en el perfil de usuario de las prestaciones sociales. Dada la relevancia que representa este municipio en el tejido productivo de la provincia en este trabajo se analiza la situación de la pobreza en Jerez de la Frontera (2009-2014), en aspectos como: pobreza crónica, transitoria recurrente y no recurrente.