Are SDG s Counting What Counts?

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-387
Author(s):  
Gloria Novovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Indicators ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Policy Target

Abstract The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030) encompasses social, economic, and environmental commitments within a single global framework. However, experts have been warning that the ambitious nature of Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG s) might be lost in indicator-driven implementation. This article examines the assumption that SDG indicators result in policy shrinking (offering a less ambitious framing) by exploring how the framing of Agenda 2030’s gender commitments shifts from SDG s to their indicators. Employing critical frame analysis, this article shows that SDG global indicators result in policy shrinking of gender-specific targets in terms of their 1) human rights framing 2) overall scope, and 3) inclusivity of target groups. This policy shrinking does not necessarily undermine Agenda 2030, but it does call for greater attention, especially by actors promoting gender equality, to national interpretations of specific SDG targets and the inclusivity of otherwise marginalized policy target groups.

scholarly journals Defining and Quantifying National-Level Targets, Indicators and Benchmarks for Management of Natural Resources to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Dickens ◽  
Vladimir Smakhtin ◽  
Matthew McCartney ◽  
Gordon O’Brien ◽  
Lula Dahir
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Country Level ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Indicators

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are high on the agenda for most countries of the world. In its publication of the SDGs, the UN has provided the goals and target descriptions that, if implemented at a country level, would lead towards a sustainable future. The IAEG (InterAgency Expert Group of the SDGs) was tasked with disseminating indicators and methods to countries that can be used to gather data describing the global progress towards sustainability. However, 2030 Agenda leaves it to countries to adopt the targets with each government setting its own national targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account national circumstances. At present, guidance on how to go about this is scant but it is clear that the responsibility is with countries to implement and that it is actions at a country level that will determine the success of the SDGs. Reporting on SDGs by country takes on two forms: i) global reporting using prescribed indicator methods and data; ii) National Voluntary Reviews where a country reports on its own progress in more detail but is also able to present data that are more appropriate for the country. For the latter, countries need to be able to adapt the global indicators to fit national priorities and context, thus the global description of an indicator could be reduced to describe only what is relevant to the country. Countries may also, for the National Voluntary Review, use indicators that are unique to the country but nevertheless contribute to measurement of progress towards the global SDG target. Importantly, for those indicators that relate to the security of natural resources security (e.g., water) indicators, there are no prescribed numerical targets/standards or benchmarks. Rather countries will need to set their own benchmarks or standards against which performance can be evaluated. This paper presents a procedure that would enable a country to describe national targets with associated benchmarks that are appropriate for the country. The procedure builds on precedent set in other countries but in particular on a procedure developed for the setting of Resource Quality Objectives in South Africa. The procedure focusses on those SDG targets that are natural resource-security focused, for example, extent of water-related ecosystems (6.6), desertification (15.3) and so forth, because the selection of indicator methods and benchmarks is based on the location of natural resources, their use and present state and how they fit into national strategies.

scholarly journals Brazilian Hydropolitics under the United Nations 2030 Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabela Battistello Espindola ◽  
Maria Luisa Telarolli de Almeida Leite ◽  
Luis Paulo Batista da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

The global framework set forth by the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include water resources in their scope, which emphasizes how water assets and society well-being are closely intertwined and how crucial they are to achieving sustainable development. This paper explores the role of hydropolitics in that Post-2015 Development Agenda and uses Brazilian hydropolitics set to reach SDG6 as a case study.

Assessment of the similarity of the eu countries in the process of sustainable development in the context of agenda 2030 goals

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2(13)) ◽  
pp. 123-133
Author(s):  
Emília Huttmanová ◽  
Tomáš Valentiny ◽  
Roman Novotný
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Eu

Sustainability ideas are implemented in almost all areas of life, not only into the economic and social life. However, the ways to sustainable development quantifying are still relatively complicated and incomplete. One of the possibilities of assessment and achievement of sustainable development and sustainability can be considered assessment using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presented in Agenda 2030. The aim of the paper is to assess the similarity of the EU countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals according to 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals The Epidemic of Obesity in a Pandemic Era: Urgency to Invest in Adolescent Health

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 608
Author(s):  
Flora Bacopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

In September 2015, United Nations’ 193 member states signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the global development agenda 2030 [...]

scholarly journals COMPARISON OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG) ELEMENTS IN THE 10TH AND 11TH MALAYSIA PLANS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. 92-102
Author(s):  
Sahul Hamid Mohamed Maiddin ◽  
Khairi Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Online Newspaper ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Official Declaration

In 2015, all members of the United Nations (UN) adopted the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030) which sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030. Malaysia also welcomes and accepts them. Accordingly, this article discusses the comparative application of SDG elements in the Tenth Malaysia Plan (RMK-10, 2011-2015) and Eleventh (RMK-11, 2016-2020). Although the RMK-10 plan was planned before the formal introduction of the SDGs, apparently Malaysia has already taken steps to implement the elements introduced in the SDGs in 2015 and implemented them successfully. This article then discusses the RMK-11 plan which formally adapts the SDG elements. However, the achievement of RMK-11 was quite affected in the later part as Malaysia was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. This article uses a qualitative method with reference to official government publications and reports, online newspaper articles, books, and journal articles. This study found that the SDG elements were implemented earlier than the official declaration by the UN in 2015, but after 2015 they were compiled more systematically in the RMK-11 plan.

scholarly journals Μελέτη και ανάλυση διδακτικών προτύπων για εφαρμογή στην διδακτική πολύπλοκων συστημάτων

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Σταματία Αρτέμη
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Management System ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Development Goals

Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή έχει στόχο την παραγωγή και διακίνηση εκπαιδευτικού υλικού και μεθόδων που ενισχύουν την συνεργασία βαθμίδων εκπαίδευσης και την Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη (ΕΑΑ). Η επιλογή διδασκαλίας από απόσταση σύγχρονων θεμάτων Φυσικής στο πλαίσιο της ΕΑΑ και η έρευνα του κατάλληλου πλαισίου από το οποίο μπορεί να επιτευχθεί αυτό είναι ένα από τα αντικείμενα έρευνας. Η εκπαίδευση από απόσταση είναι ένα από τα αντικείμενα μελέτης για πολλούς λόγους που θα αναφερθούν παρακάτω, αλλά ένας από τους κυριότερους είναι ότι καθίσταται ο μοναδικός τρόπος να πετύχουμε δίαυλο επικοινωνίας και άμεση συνεργασία με τις υπόλοιπες βαθμίδες εκπαίδευσης (μαθητές, εκπαιδευτικούς) σε διάφορα γεωγραφικά μέρη. Η παρούσα διατριβή σχεδιάζει και υλοποιεί εκπαιδευτικά πρότυπα που ασχολούνται με διαφορετικά σύγχρονα θέματα επιστήμης και μελετά - αναλύει την αποτελεσματικότητα συνδυασμού συγκεκριμένων μαθησιακών εργαλείων που εξυπηρετούν το κάθε πρότυπο, τα εργαλεία επικοινωνίας και την αλληλεπίδραση των μαθητών και εκπαιδευτικών στα άτυπα αυτά εκπαιδευτικά περιβάλλοντα. Η διατριβή βασίζεται σε τέσσερις βασικούς πυλώνες και αναλύονται με την ακόλουθη σειρά: ένταξη σύγχρονων θεμάτων επιστήμης, σε τυπική και μη μορφή, στο σχολικό πλαίσιο, δημιουργία δράσεων που συμβάλλουν στην Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη και υπηρετούν τους στόχους της Agenda 2030 (agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs), χρήση εξ αποστάσεως εργαλείων και πρακτικών, ένταξη Problem Oriented Project Based Learning μεθόδου υπό το κατάλληλο πλαίσιο στα παραγώμενα διδακτικά πρότυπα Βασιζόμενοι στους πυλώνες αυτούς διερευνάται το κατάλληλο blended e- learning διδακτικό πρότυπο που πρέπει να δημιουργηθεί ώστε να αποσκοπεί στην ΕΑΑ, επιλέγοντας την προβληματοκεντρική διερεύνηση ενός σύγχρονου θέματος για την αειφορία και την βιωσιμότητα και συνδυάζοντας αριθμό συγκεκριμένων εξ αποστάσεως μαθησιακών και επικοινωνιακών εργαλείων. Το πρότυπο αυτό καλείται να είναι αποτέλεσμα ζυμώσεων της συνεργασίας των βαθμίδων εκπαίδευσης και να μπορεί να είναι διαθέσιμο προς όλους και επαναχρησιμοποιήσιμο. Η έρευνά μας καταλήγει στο ότι μπορεί να στηθεί κατάλληλο blended e- learning περιβάλλον με θεματική που να ενισχύει την Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη. Παρουσιάζονται τα κριτήρια επιλογής θεματολογίας που μπορεί να δημιουργήσει και ενιαίο πλαίσιο, μια κοινή δράση, για όλες τις βαθμίδες εκπαίδευσης σε συνεργασία με το πανεπιστήμιο. Η προβληματοκεντρική προσέγγιση στο παραπάνω πλαίσιο και η χρήση της μεθόδου των μαθησιακών αντικείμενων στον σχεδιασμό του e-learning προτύπου, χρησιμοποιώντας συγκεκριμένα προτεινόμενα μαθησιακά εργαλεία , όπως την φιλοξενία όλου του υλικού σε πλατφόρμα τηλεκπαίδευσης (Learning Management System) και η χρήση συγκεκριμένων προσομοιώσεων, εξ αποστάσεως πραγματικών πειραμάτων και πολυμέσων, είχε θετική ανατροφοδότηση από του χρήστες, δίνοντας κίνητρο σε αυτούς .να συμμετέχουν ενεργά καθόλη την διάρκεια της δράσης. Οι εκπαιδευτικοί έκριναν χρήσιμο το πρότυπο και κάποιοι χρησιμοποιούν μέρη του ακόμη και σήμερα.

scholarly journals Cidades Sustentáveis: Cenas etnográficas sobre experiências autônomas de economia circular

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (55) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Soares De Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

Resumo: O artigo caracteriza-se pela análise de modelos de gestão autônomas de resíduos sólidos orgânicos que envolvam atividades de reaproveitamento/reciclagem de despejos domésticos no Brasil, nos Países Baixos e em Portugal: Revolução dos Baldinhos (Florianópolis); Taste Before You Waste (Utrecht) e Lixo Zero (Portugal). O cenário global que compreende este trabalho é representado pela contraposição entre o avanço das políticas neoliberais adotadas pelos Estados e a emergência na adoção de um pacto com Objetivos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, proposto pela ONU (Agenda 2030). Intenta-se discutir de que forma as pessoas, em contextos diversos, têm se organizado para minimizar os efeitos causados pela crise ambiental, dentro de diferentes projetos governamentais neoliberais – e como essas ações de resistências que convergem para as metas assinaladas na Agenda 2030.Palavras-chave: Neoliberalismo. Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Meio Ambiente. Agenda ONU 2030  SUSTAINABLE CITIES: ETHNOGRAPHIC SCENES ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY. Abstract: The research consists in the analysis of independent management models of domestic waste that involve reuse / recycling activities of domestic waste in Brazil, the Netherlands and Portugal: Baldinhos Revolution (Florianópolis); Taste Before You Waste (Utrecht) and Zero Waste (Portugal). The global panorama of this article is represented by the contrast between the advancement of neoliberal policies adopted by States, and the emergence for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, proposed by the United Nations. The objective is to analyze the ways that people, in different contexts, have organized themselves to minimize the effects caused by the environmental crisis, in different neoliberal states. - and how these actions of resistance converge to the 2030 Agenda.Keywords: Neoliberalism. Sustainable Development. Environment. 2030 Agenda

scholarly journals A new revolution: Data revolution (the first steps of Moldova)

2018 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Igor Cojocaru ◽  
Ion Cosuleanu ◽  
Anastasia Stefanita ◽  
Irina Cojocaru ◽  
Costel Todor
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Initiative ◽  
The Moment

The new Agenda 2030 for sustainable development universally adopted by the UN in 2015 with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to fight poverty, inequality and climate change. It requires collective action at all levels, more evidence-based development policy-making, better availability of quality data and statistics, and strengthened accountability of development stakeholders, requiring in other words a “Data Revolution for Sustainable Development”. At the moment, Republic of Moldova is in process of nationalizing the SDGs with the support of UNDP. Since data revolution represents the process of monitoring the progress and response to SDG challenges, Moldova was part of a global initiative undertaken in 7 different countries, for mapping and inventory of the data system in each country, required for measuring the sustainable development progress. Its overall objective was to assess the availability of data and institutional modernization capacity needed to implement the post-2015 development agenda. The paper presents the steps undertaken in Moldova for mapping the situation for future localization/adaptation of SDGs to ensure their monitoring in order to achieve the post-2015 Agenda using ICT tools.

scholarly journals La sostenibilidad del concepto de Desarrollo Sostenible. ¿Cómo hacerlo operativo?

UDA AKADEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 184-202
Author(s):  
Juan Diego Tapia-Sisalim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Development Goals

Los desafíos del Antropoceno generan presiones por la planificación, fomento y aplicación de innovadores cambios económicos, éticos, políticos y sociales. La propuesta del Desarrollo Sostenible, a pesar de insistir en un crecimiento económico ilimitado con fundamento en la teoría capitalista, y, de su enfoque antropocéntrico, a través de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se ha establecido como el punto de referencia para el desarrollo global futuro. No obstante, las críticas al concepto y su operatividad son varias. El presente ensayo ofrece una reflexión crítica de este concepto y de su propia sostenibilidad y, a partir de ella, con relación a los ODS y su interconexión con la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos (GIRH), se discute de manera descriptiva la forma de hacerlo operativo a través del análisis con indicadores de gestión. Enfoques holísticos y complejos son comunes entre Desarrollo Sostenible y GIRH, por lo que sus dinámicas y abordajes hacia la operatividad en el ámbito de la sostenibilidad, también podrían serlo.Palabras Clave: Antropoceno, Desarrollo Sostenible, Economía Política, Naturaleza, Recursos Hídricos. AbstractThe challenges of the Anthropocene generate pressures for the planning, promotion and application of pioneering economic, ethical, political and social changes. The Sustainable Development proposal, despite persist on unlimited economic growth based on capitalist theory, and, of its anthropocentric viewpoint, through the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been established as the point of reference for future global development. Nevertheless, there are several criticisms of the concept and its operability. This essay offers a critical reflection of this concept and of its own sustainability, and based on it, in relation to the SDGs and their interconnection with the integrated management of water resources (IWRM), the way to make it operational is discussed in a descriptive way through the analysis with management indicators. Holistic and complex outlooks are common between Sustainable Development and IWRM, so their dynamics and approaches to operability in the field of sustainability could also be. Keywords: Anthropocene, Sustainable Development, Political Economy, Nature, Water Resources  

scholarly journals Sustainable Development Goals, climate crisis and sustained injustices

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Development Paradigm

In 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of universal goals in key areas of action linked to sustainable development. The SDGs address not only highly relevant socioeconomic issues, but also pressing environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene, such as climate change. The integration of a specific climate goal – SDG 13 – into the SDGs is paramount as climate change is a global and urgent threat compromising the realisation of all the SDGs. However, the SDGs’ focus on issues linked to the current economic growth pattern and development paradigm may prevent them from addressing the climate crisis and the inequalities and injustices associated with it. This paper attempts to establish the extent to which the SDGs promote progress towards achieving climate justice or if, on the contrary, they maintain the status-quo and continue to fuel the climate crisis while leaving millions behind. En 2015, las Naciones Unidas adoptaron la Agenda 2030 y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), un conjunto de objetivos universales en áreas de acción esenciales vinculadas al desarrollo sostenible. Los ODS no sólo abordan cuestiones socioeconómicas de gran relevancia, sino también desafíos ambientales apremiantes asociados al Antropoceno, como el cambio climático. La integración de un objetivo climático específico –SDG 13– en los ODS es primordial ya que el cambio climático es una amenaza global y urgente que compromete la realización de todos los ODS. Sin embargo, el hecho de que los ODS se centren en cuestiones relacionadas con el actual patrón de crecimiento económico y el paradigma de desarrollo podría impedirles enfrentar la crisis climática y las desigualdades e injusticias asociadas con la misma. Este artículo intenta establecer hasta qué punto los ODS promueven el progreso hacia el logro de la justicia climática o si, por el contrario, mantienen el statu quo y siguen alimentando la crisis climática, al tiempo que dejan atrás a millones de personas.

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