Migration and justice in the era of sustainable development goals: a conceptual framework

Migration Process ◽

Political Debates ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Sustainability Concept ◽

Development Goals ◽

Nested System

AbstractMigration and mobility are major characteristics of societies worldwide. The reasons for and pathways of migrations vary, as do perceptions of migration. Political debates are often organised normatively: the debate on the sustainable development goals presents migration foremost as a development issue resulting from global inequalities. The problems faced by particular migrants, and what a more sustainable approach to migration would look like are, therefore, often lost in political debates. We aim to address those gaps: the article conceptualizes, based on established academic debates, how sustainability in migration can be addressed systematically, which aspects are important for a more sustainable migration process and which trade-offs and injustices exist from several perspectives. We create a conceptual framework of sustainability in migration processes, building on the concepts of inter- and intragenerational justice, commonly accepted as the core of the sustainability concept. We apply this conceptual framework to empirical findings on labour migration and multilocality in Kyrgyzstan. The case enables consideration of the nested system effects of scale and translocality. This research is novel because it bridges the divided literature on migration, justice and sustainability, integrates theoretical and empirical insights and provokes a debate on which kind of migration we want to achieve.

Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals - Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research ◽

How Social Enterprises Can Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – A Conceptual Framework

10.1108/s2040-724620180000008007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 33-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David Littlewood ◽

Diane Holt

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Assessing the land resource–food price nexus of the Sustainable Development Goals

Science Advances ◽

10.1126/sciadv.1501499 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. e1501499 ◽

Cited By ~ 88

Author(s):

Michael Obersteiner ◽

Brian Walsh ◽

Stefan Frank ◽

Petr Havlík ◽

Matthew Cantele ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Consumption ◽

Food Prices ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Land Resource ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Sustainable Consumption And Production ◽

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for a comprehensive new approach to development rooted in planetary boundaries, equity, and inclusivity. The wide scope of the SDGs will necessitate unprecedented integration of siloed policy portfolios to work at international, regional, and national levels toward multiple goals and mitigate the conflicts that arise from competing resource demands. In this analysis, we adopt a comprehensive modeling approach to understand how coherent policy combinations can manage trade-offs among environmental conservation initiatives and food prices. Our scenario results indicate that SDG strategies constructed around Sustainable Consumption and Production policies can minimize problem-shifting, which has long placed global development and conservation agendas at odds. We conclude that Sustainable Consumption and Production policies (goal 12) are most effective at minimizing trade-offs and argue for their centrality to the formulation of coherent SDG strategies. We also find that alternative socioeconomic futures—mainly, population and economic growth pathways—generate smaller impacts on the eventual achievement of land resource–related SDGs than do resource-use and management policies. We expect that this and future systems analyses will allow policy-makers to negotiate trade-offs and exploit synergies as they assemble sustainable development strategies equal in scope to the ambition of the SDGs.

Potential Trade-Offs between the Sustainable Development Goals in Coastal Bangladesh

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10041108 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1108 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Craig Hutton ◽

Robert Nicholls ◽

Attila Lázár ◽

Alex Chapman ◽

Marije Schaafsma ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Coastal Bangladesh ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Farmer-Prioritized Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies

Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190949501.003.0021 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 423-445

Author(s):

Caroline Mwongera ◽

Chris M. Mwungu ◽

Mercy Lungaho ◽

Steve Twomlow

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Development Goals ◽

Smart Agriculture ◽

Study Sites ◽

Context Specific

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) focuses on productivity, climate-change adaptation, and mitigation, and the potential for developing resilient food production systems that lead to food and income security. Lately, several frameworks and tools have been developed to prioritize context-specific CSA technologies and assess the potential impacts of selected options. This study applied a mixed-method approach, the climate-smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) tool, to evaluate farmers’ preferred CSA technologies and to show how they link to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The chapter examines prioritized CSA options across diverse study sites. The authors find that the prioritized options align with the food security and livelihood needs of smallholder farmers, and relate to multiple sustainable development goals. Specifically, CSA technologies contribute to SDG1 (end poverty), SDG2 (end hunger and promote sustainable agriculture), SDG13 (combating climate change), and SDG15 (life on land). Limited awareness on the benefits of agriculture technologies and the diversity of outcomes desired by stakeholders’ present challenges and trade-offs for achieving the SDGs. The CSA-RA provides a methodological approach linking locally relevant indicators to the SDG targets.

The Nexus between the Austrian Forestry Sector and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Review of the Interlinkages

Forests ◽

10.3390/f10030205 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 205 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Reneema Hazarika ◽

Robert Jandl

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Forest Management ◽

Policy Design ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Opinion Leaders ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Forestry Sector ◽

Since the inception of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, there has been much conceptual progress on the linkages across the 17 goals and their 169 targets. While this kind of conceptualization is an essential first step, action must now move towards systematic policy design, implementation, and multi-stakeholder collaborations that can translate such understanding into concrete results. This study is a reality check of such quasi-political global development agendas by the United Nations and its implications on Austrian forestry. Although forestry is not a goal in itself, forests as an element have been included under SDG15 (Life on Land). In this study, the linkages of forestry with potential synergies or trade-offs within and between the SDGs have been assessed through a literature survey and complemented with the perception of opinion leaders across the Austrian forestry sector on the same. The insights about awareness, design, implementation, and the necessity of mainstreaming the SDGs into the policy structure of Austria were reviewed. Besides facilitating the goals of sustainable forest management (SFM) in Austria, the SDG15 is not only strongly related to, but is likely to aid, the achievement of other SDGs, such as human health (SDG3), provision of clean water (SDG6), affordable & clean energy (SDG7), and climate action (SDG13). The opinion leaders perceive the SDGs as well-placed but broad. Some this broadness is a positive aspect of the SDGs. On the other hand, the 15-year (2015–2030) tenure of the SDGs is perceived to be inadequate to match the temporal scale of forest development. Apparently, the success of the SDGs will strictly depend upon coordination, governance, and most importantly, awareness among all stakeholders. Therefore, in addition to “leaving no one behind”, the SDGs must evidently provide incentives benefitting everybody.

A Review of the Sustainability Concept and the State of SDG Monitoring Using Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12111770 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 1770 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ronald Estoque

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Scale ◽

Full Potential ◽

Observation Data ◽

Sustainability Concept ◽

Development Goals ◽

Earth Observation Data

The formulation of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) was a major leap forward in humankind’s quest for a sustainable future, which likely began in the 17th century, when declining forest resources in Europe led to proposals for the re-establishment and conservation of forests, a strategy that embodies the great idea that the current generation bears responsibility for future generations. Global progress toward SDG fulfillment is monitored by 231 unique social-ecological indicators spread across 169 targets, and remote sensing (RS) provides Earth observation data, directly or indirectly, for 30 (18%) of these indicators. Unfortunately, the UN Global Sustainable Development Report 2019—The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development concluded that, despite initial efforts, the world is not yet on track for achieving most of the SDG targets. Meanwhile, through the EO4SDG initiative by the Group on Earth Observations, the full potential of RS for SDG monitoring is now being explored at a global scale. As of April 2020, preliminary statistical data were available for 21 (70%) of the 30 RS-based SDG indicators, according to the Global SDG Indicators Database. Ten (33%) of the RS-based SDG indicators have also been included in the SDG Index and Dashboards found in the Sustainable Development Report 2019—Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. These statistics, however, do not necessarily reflect the actual status and availability of raw and processed geospatial data for the RS-based indicators, which remains an important issue. Nevertheless, various initiatives have been started to address the need for open access data. RS data can also help in the development of other potentially relevant complementary indicators or sub-indicators. By doing so, they can help meet one of the current challenges of SDG monitoring, which is how best to operationalize the SDG indicators.

Water-energy-food nexus perspective: Pathway for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to country action in India

APN Science Bulletin ◽

10.30852/sb.2020.1067 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 34-40

Author(s):

Bijon Kumer Mitra ◽

Devesh Sharma ◽

Tetsuo Kuyama ◽

Bao Ngoc Pham ◽

G.M. Tarekul Islam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Water Security ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Development Goals ◽

Barriers And Challenges ◽

Business As Usual ◽

Perception Survey

Water, energy and food securities lie at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since these securities are interconnected, the business-as-usual approach (sectoral approach) cannot achieve them and need to apply the water-energy-food nexus approach for identifying and overcoming the roots of barriers and challenges. The study aims to prioritize interlinkages between SDG-2 (food security), SDG-6 (water security) and SDG-7 (energy security) for country action. In order to achieve this aim, the study implements a set of methods including stakeholder perception survey, network analysis, regression analysis and cross-sectorial group discussion. This article summarizes the outcomes of a case study in India. Stakeholders cognition derived through scrutinizing the perception survey admitted the need for a nexus approach in the action plans towards the SDGs. Quantitative assessment of interdependency showed that, of 182 interlinkages between SDG-2, SDG-6 and SDG-7 targets, 124 interlinkages had synergistic relation. The combined outcome of the cross-sectorial group discussion identified eight interlinkages as high priority (p>0.9) for immediate integrated planning and action. A total of ten interactions are moderate (p=0.6 to 0.9) and eight are low priority interlinkages (p<0.6). Solid understanding of synergies and trade-offs associated with SDG targets and initial prioritization of interlinkages would help India reorient its SDG priorities from a water-energy-food nexus perspective.

Conceptual Framework for the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

International Journal of Management Excellence ◽

10.17722/ijme.v13i3.1113 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1989-1993

Author(s):

Prabhasara Athurupane ◽

Bhagya Wickramsinghe

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Environmental Decision Making ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Development Goals ◽

Role Of Information

This paper seeks to evaluate the role of ICT in achieving the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. While SDGs do not specifically address ICT, or include a goal on development of ICT, as argued (Berleur & Avgerou, 2005)in this paper, it is an underlying element embedded in the very concept of sustainable development rooted in the definition as propounded by the Brundtland Report. The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether there is a possibility to develop a conceptual framework to ground the use of ICTs in achieving SDGs. For this purpose, this research has evaluated the common conceptual frameworks developed by scholars and posits that rather than developing an all-encompassing framework, it is possible to identify certain necessary features for the role of the ICTs in achieving SDGs. This approach enables policy and decision makers to look at the role of ICT as an integral component of socio-economic and environmental decision making and implementation.