Monitoring Progress Towards Implementing Sustainability and Representing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Curriculum at UWE Bristol

2017 ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Gough ◽  
James Longhurst
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring Progress

scholarly journals Monitoring Menstrual Health in the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
pp. 577-592
Author(s):  
Libbet Loughnan ◽  
Thérèse Mahon ◽  
Sarah Goddard ◽  
Robert Bain ◽  
Marni Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Systematic Overview ◽  
Menstrual Health ◽  
Monitoring Framework ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring Progress ◽  
Major Data

Abstract This chapter offers a systematic overview of the strong but currently under-recognized relationship between menstrual health and the main monitoring framework of progress in global development 2015–2030: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Looking at the overarching principles and intent of the SDG framework, and then goal by goal, the authors draw out particular SDG indicators to explain how monitoring met and unmet needs for menstrual health is essential to planning for SDG success. This chapter then describes some of the major data collection efforts that operate at-scale and could most readily provide new avenues for monitoring progress on menstrual health. The chapter concludes by outlining a way forward to strengthen monitoring and accountability for menstrual health during the SDG era.

scholarly journals Dashboard and Composite Indicator for Monitoring Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 316-327
Author(s):  
Bruna A. Branchi ◽  
Marina Pedrini Feltrin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Composite Indicator ◽  
Multidimensional Index ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring Progress ◽  
Made In

Monitoring progress made in attaining sustainable development is a highly debated issue. Starting from the framework defined by the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in this paper dashboard and multidimensional index were chosen as instruments for assessing and communicating progress made in implementation of SDG. Their contributions have been discussed for Brazil in the years 2000s. Brazil is a federation of 26 States and a Federal District. To take into consideration local differences, data were collected and examined on a State base. By using a dashboard of 13 dimensions, one for each of the selected SDG, as well as a multidimensional index, it was possible to outline a better description of progress made in each Brazilian State over the selected period, as well as to identify specific obstacles to sustainable development.

scholarly journals Assessing the Progress of REDD+ Projects towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Milbank ◽  
David Coomes ◽  
Bhaskar Vira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Goal Level ◽  
Certification Standards ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
Development Agendas ◽  
Monitoring Progress

Almost a decade since the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), this study investigates the extent to which REDD+ projects are delivering on the promise of co-benefits and the elusive ‘triple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, and local communities. The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCB) is among several leading REDD+ certification standards that are designed to support the delivery of social and environmental co-benefits, and ‘socially-just’ carbon. This study uses an in-depth content analysis of 25 subnational REDD+ project documents to assess the extent to which REDD+ project objectives align with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, and evaluates the reporting of progress towards meeting these objectives. Currently the CCB standards address a relatively small subset of SDG targets. Despite this, we find that REDD+ projects aspire to work on a much broader set of SDG target objectives, thus going beyond what the CCB Standards require for REDD+ validation. However, although reviewed REDD+ projects have these aspirations, very few are actively monitoring impact against the goals. There is a gap between aspiration and reported progress at the goal level, and for each project: on average, only a third of SDGs that are being targeted by REDD+ projects are showing ‘improvement’. The analysis shows which global goals are most frequently targeted, and which are the least. It also allows an analysis of which projects are following through most effectively in terms of monitoring progress towards the SDGs. This assessment provides insights into the priorities of REDD+ project proponents, suggesting that REDD+ has unfulfilled potential to elicit positive change in relation to the SDGs. Our analysis also shows that there is considerable potential for the safeguarding bodies to do more to ensure that real improvements are made, and reported against, aligning REDD+ projects more strongly with global development agendas.

scholarly journals Sustainable development goals for the coastal territories of the Baltic Sea Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 02025
Author(s):  
Yulia Farafonova ◽  
Inobbat Alieva ◽  
Andrei Golubev ◽  
Svetlana Shchekoturova ◽  
Marina Tishchuk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Complexity Analysis ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Monitoring Progress ◽  
Selection Of

The article focuses on determining priority Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the mesolevel coastal territories of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), including EU and Russian ones. The analysis of strategic documents and supranational (BSR), national and subnational voluntary reviews allows identifying the main approaches to the development of strategies and the selection of indicators for monitoring progress towards the achievement of the SDGs. The paper identifies priority areas and objectives for designing sustainable development strategies in the BSR coastal territories. As a tool to choose the development path to sustainability in three spheres (economic, social and environmental), the authors propose to conduct a mesolevel economic complexity analysis.

scholarly journals Making Regional Sense of Global Sustainable Development Indicators for the Arctic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika E. Nilsson ◽  
Joan Nymand Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring Progress

Since the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, efforts are underway to identify indicators for monitoring progress. However, perceptions of sustainability are scale and place specific, and there has also been a call for Sustainable Development Goals and indicators that are more relevant for the Arctic than the global perspectives. Based on earlier and ongoing efforts to identify Arctic Social Indicators for monitoring human development, insights from scenario workshops and interviews at various locations in the Barents region and Greenland and on studies of adaptive capacity and resilience in the Arctic, we provide an exploratory assessment of the global SDGs and indicators from an Arctic perspective. We especially highlight a need for additional attention to demography, including outmigration; indigenous rights; Arctic-relevant measures of economic development; and social capital and institutions that can support adaptation and transformation in this rapidly changing region. Issues brought up by the SDG framework that need more attention in Arctic monitoring include gender, and food and energy security. We furthermore highlight a need for initiatives that can support bottom–up processes for identifying locally relevant indicators for sustainable development that could serve as a way to engage Arctic residents and other regional and local actors in shaping the future of the region and local communities, within a global sustainability context.

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