Recovery agenda for sustainable development post COVID-19 at the country level: developing a fuzzy action priority surface

AbstractAs a response to the urgent call for recovery actions against the COVID-19 crisis, this research aims to identify action priority areas post COVID-19 toward achieving the targets of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development launched by the United Nations (UN). This paper applies a mixed-method approach to map the post-COVID-19 SDGs targets on a fuzzy action priority surface at the country level in Iran, as a developing country, by taking the following four main steps: (1) using a modified Delphi method to make a list of the SDGs targets influenced by COVID-19; (2) using the best–worst method, as a multi-criteria decision-making tool, to weight the COVID-19 effects on the SDGs targets achievement; also (3) to weight the impact of the SDGs targets on the sustainable development implementation; and finally (4) designing a fuzzy inference system to calculate the action priority scores of the SDGs targets. As a result, reduction of poor people proportion by half (SDG 1.2), development-oriented policies for supporting creativity and job creation (SDG 8.3), end the pandemics and other epidemics (SDG 3.3), reduction of deaths and economic loss caused by disasters (SDG 11.5), and financial support for small-scale enterprises (SDG 9.3) were identified as the highest priorities for action, respectively, in the recovery agenda for sustainable development post COVID-19. The provided fuzzy action priority surface supports the UN’s SDGs achievement and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Iran. It also serves as a guideline to help the government, stakeholders, and policy-makers better analyze the long-term effects of the pandemic on the SDGs and their associated targets and mitigate its adverse economic, social, and environmental consequences. Graphical abstract

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11020462 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 462 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

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.

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Financial Institutions’ Risk Profile and Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13147738 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 7738

Author(s):

Nicolás Gambetta ◽

Fernando Azcárate-Llanes ◽

Laura Sierra-García ◽

María Antonia García-Benau

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Risk Profile ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Corporate Reporting ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

This study analyses the impact of Spanish financial institutions’ risk profile on their contribution to the 2030 Agenda. Financial institutions play a significant role in ensuring financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth and usually incorporate environmental and social considerations into their risk management systems. The results show that financial institutions with less capital risk, with lower management efficiency and with higher market risk usually make higher contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to their sustainability reports. The novel aspect of the present study is that it identifies the risk profile of financial institutions that incorporate sustainability into their business operations and measure the impact generated in the environment and in society. The study findings have important implications for shareholders, investors and analysts, according to the view that sustainability reporting is a vehicle that financial institutions use to express their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and to higher quality corporate reporting.

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Participatory Budgeting as a Tool Contributing to the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Financial Journal ◽

10.31107/2075-1990-2021-2-46-60 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 46-60

Author(s):

Tatiana I. Vinogradova

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Participation ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Small Scale ◽

Budget Process ◽

Participatory Budgeting ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Difference

The paper investigates the participatory budgeting phenomenon in how it may accelerate many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support governments in reaching targets of the 2030 Agenda. The article analyzes the links between public participation in the budget process and sustainable development, illustrates the difference between participatory budgeting and other forms of public participation, and highlights the main effects of participatory budgeting. Results emerged from the analysis are that participatory budgeting as an adaptive mechanism can be integrated into the national objectives for the localization of the 2030 Agenda; that as a small-scale tool it can become a mechanism for testing numerous innovative approaches to public services provision; and that the “sustainable community creation” effect is the most important contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Measuring the Impact of SDGs on International Law - A Nucleus of a Right to Peace?

Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft ◽

10.15203/ozp.1895.vol47iss1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Ursula Werther-Pietsch

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

International Law ◽

Self Determination ◽

Sustainable Development Goal ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Peacekeeping Operations ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Un Peacekeeping ◽

Potential Impact ◽

The Impact

The thesis of this article is to unpack potential impact of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations on international law in the field of peacebuilding, and a right to peace in particular. It is argued that the issues of fragility, human security and resilience as stipulated in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 of the Agenda created a valid entry point for steering transition from war to peace in a normative way. In fostering a comprehensive ius post bellum for societal change, this makes crystal-clear that the principle of self-determination functions as a meta-goal of the international order. The 2015 review of UN peacekeeping operations and the UN Security Council’s resolution 2282/2016 regarding sustained peace sharpen this finding in contrast to new geopolitical trends. It can be summarized that peacebuilding and statebuilding strategies are serviced by insights of the new consensus preparing for a rare momentum to move forward a universal right to peace.

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Effects of Land Urbanization on Smog Pollution in China: Estimation of Spatial Autoregressive Panel Data Models

Land ◽

10.3390/land9090337 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 337

Author(s):

Xuan Yu ◽

Manhong Shen ◽

Weiteng Shen ◽

Xiao Zhang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Panel Data ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The Public ◽

Spatial Autoregressive ◽

The Government ◽

Urbanization Rate ◽

The Impact ◽

Land Urbanization

Studying the impact of land urbanization on smog pollution has important guiding significance for the sustainable development of cities. This study adds the spatial effect between regions into the research framework of smog pollution control in China. On the basis of a panel dataset of 31 province-level administrative regions in China from 2000 to 2017, we investigate the impact of land urbanization on smog pollution. We construct a spatial weight matrix and use Moran’s I statistic and the spatial autoregressive panel data model. The research results show that land urbanization and smog pollution have an inverted U-shaped relationship. With the advancement of land urbanization, the area’s smog pollution first increases and then decreases. However, in general, China has not passed the inflection point and is still at a stage where increasing land urbanization rate aggravates smog pollution. Moreover, the country’s smog pollution has a significant spatial positive correlation that shows agglomeration. In that context, multiple environmental governance entities, including the government, enterprises, and the public, need to collaborate on measures to reduce smog pollution. Future urban construction in China will need to integrate solutions that address the current nexus between urbanization and smog pollution to achieve green and sustainable development.

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“National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog and Achieving Gender Equality in the Sustainable Development Framework by the year 2030”

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v22i3.8426 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 904-911

Author(s):

Dr. Anbu Arumugam

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Gender Equality ◽

National Level ◽

Special Focus ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations General ◽

Development Framework ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

The Government

This research paper aims to study the role of the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of Women in India with special focus on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) number 5 – Gender Equality. The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) formally adopted the resolution on “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprises of 17 goals and 169 targets and came into force on 1st of January 2016. The Government of India (GOI) has appointed the NITI Aayog as the nodal agency for overseeing the implementation of the SDGs in India. (United Nations, 2015) In India only 59.3% women are literate when compared to 78.8% of men whereas there is 100% enrolment in primary education only 75.5% of girls progress for higher education. In the Indian Parliament only 11% of women hold seats in both houses namely Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. In the sub-national level women hold only 8.7% of seats across the State Legislative Assemblies in India. The sex-ratio at birth is 919 girls for every 100 boys as per the 2011 Census of India. In India 48.5% of the population are women but only 27.4% of women are in the workforce in the country. (Social Statistics Division MoSPI, GOI, 2017)

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A Comissão Nacional para os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas e Internacionais - RPPI ◽

10.22478/ufpb.2525-5584.2019v4n2.46079 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 25-49

Author(s):

Ana Beatriz Arantes Araújo

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Participation ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Action Plan ◽

National Commission ◽

Short Term ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Government

This work seeks to analyze the National Commission on the Sustainable Development Goals (CNODS, in Portuguese) from its constitution, structure and first delivers. Created in 2016, its installation and work began after the representatives took office in June 2017. It is presented as a collegiate, consultative organ, with parity between the government and civil society, to advance social participation. Among its competences lays the proposition of an action plan to implementations of the UN’s 2030 Agenda to Sustainable Development in Brazil. We seek to verify whether the commission complies to those aspects within its mandate during the first years of functioning. For that, we searched the Brazilian government’s official publications’ digital archive, from 2015 and 2017 and the documents available at the commission’s website. We highlight the decree that created it (Decreto nº 8.892/2016) and the 2017-2019 Action Plan. We concluded the commission is a weak governance instrument, with restricted and limited social participation and underrepresentation of subnational governments. It predisposes the prominence of the Federal Executive Secretariat and lacks the participation of important sectorial agencies inside the SDGs scope. During the period, its strategic planning stayed restricted to short-term planning.

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Sustainable recovery – challenges and opportunities for Russia

International Organisations Research Journal ◽

10.17323/1996-7845-2021-04-04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 80-97

Author(s):

Andrei Sakharov ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Russian Federation ◽

National Development ◽

Planning System ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this article is to check Russia’s strategic planning system and anti-crisis measures against the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by monitoring the documents for policy objectives directly or indirectly corresponding to the targets of the sustainable development goals (SDG); comparing the indicators present in the Russian documents with those in the 2030 Agenda; assessing the impact of anti-crisis measures on the sustainable development outlook in the country; and tracing the changes present in the latest socio-economic development initiatives of the Russian government. The scope of the study in terms of the number of documents analyzed was determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Federal Law No. 172-FZ On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation, and includes a vast array of federal strategies, sectoral strategic planning documents, national and federal projects, state programmes, the 2020 Presidential Decree No. 474 On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the Period Until 2030 and its auxiliary documents, as well as other ad hoc anti-crisis planning instruments, such as the 2020 Nationwide Action Plan. The results of the analysis make it possible to trace the paradigm shift in Russia’s decision-making toward incorporating more elements of the sustainability discourse characteristic of the 2030 Agenda and other multilateral arrangements, particularly in regard to climate change and environment, taking place in 2020–21.

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