scholarly journals Principal indicators to monitor Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenyang Shuai ◽  
Long Yu ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Bu Zhao ◽  
Shen Qu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sheer Number ◽  
Do So

Abstract Hundreds of indicators are available to monitor progress of countries and regions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the sheer number of indicators poses unprecedented challenges for data collection and compilation. Here we identify a subset of SDG indicators (principal indicators) that are relatively easy to collect data for and also are representative for all the indicators by considering the complex interrelationship among them. We find 147 principal indicators that can represent at least 90% of the annual variances of 351 SDG indicators in the past (2000-2017) and are expected to do so for the future (2018-2030) with the lowest difficulty of data collection. Our results can guide future investment in building the data infrastructure for SDG monitoring to give priorities to these principal indicators for global comparison.

scholarly journals CONTROVERSIES AND TRANSITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Mercator ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2020) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Neli de Mello ThéryNeli de Mello Théry ◽  
Patrick Caron
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Development Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Development Goals

Science does not progress without controversy as well the societies. In this article, this approach is privileged, aiming to analyze whether they can hinder or speed up the agricultural and food, environmental and sanitary transitions necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It begins with an alert to the past development model and the limits of the planet, highlighting some themes and forms of action chosen by international institutions and / or scientist’s networks. Then, we selected some controversies and their arguments, related to environmental issues and the evolution of food systems. In the subsequent item, its actors and five sub controversies sought to highlight the difficulties for the transition to circular systems, considered as a vector of sustainability. It is concluded that controversies can block advances for transitions, being essential the design of methods, criteria and indicators for a better understanding of oppositions, as well as the need to include both themes and new approaches in research agendas.

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 Internationalization of Higher Education, Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Decade

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Hans de Wit ◽  
Ligia Deca
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
The Past ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract Internationalization has evolved in higher education over the past 30 to 40 years from a marginal aspect to a key aspect of the reform agenda. It also has evolved in different directions and, in that process, some previous values have got lost, and past priorities have been replaced by others. Economic rationales have become more dominant, but as the society is facing extreme challenges, summarized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, internationalization needs to respond to these challenges and goals.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable development goals: What we learn from the past and where we are heading?

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanil S Hishan ◽  
Muhammad Imran Qureshi ◽  
Nohman Khan ◽  
Suresh Ramakrishnan ◽  
Heethal Jaiprakash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

Recently, the world is witnessing a severe global health issue owing to the COVID 19 pandemic, initially encountered at the city of Wuhan in Hubei province in China.  It spread rapidly, so do the fatality ratio. This pandemic has jeopardized the sustainable development goals at large. Still, the future is uncertain. The current study aimed to serve a multi-fold objective. First is to review the past literature on the coronavirus family to map our current understanding of its epidemic outbarks and to overview its social, environmental, and economic impact. Finally, to provide future agenda for policymakers to restrain the sustainable development goals. We used Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases for the systematic literature review process. We followed a strict screening process recommended in the PRISMA guidelines for the screening and quality assessment of systematic literature review. Final 51 studies were included for the systematic literature review. A systematic review of the past literature identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS), bovine Coronavirus, canine Coronavirus, and feline Coronavirus are the significant classifications of the Coronavirus family discuss in the literature. We highlighted the potential pitfalls in the past literature, mainly serious scarce of collaborative and multidisciplinary research on the pandemic, although several researchers in the past highlighted the issue. However, these studies were mostly in a lab setting and experimental design. We provided a framework for a pandemic strategic response plan through multidisciplinary research to mitigate the impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and to be prepared for future episodes.

Sustainable Development Through the Circular Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Quazi Tafsirul Islam ◽  
Md. Shamim Talukder ◽  
Kazi Lamia Haque
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Resource Value ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Goals

Linear economic models have led us to a point where our planet can no longer sustain itself and heal its natural resources. Thus, circular economy has provided us the opportunity to hope for increasing resource value, extending its life as a means to put waste back into the consumption chain. In emerging economies, circular economy-based business models are not as pertinent. However, in the past decade, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a guideline for businesses, legislators, and academics. It has been witnessed that a few notable initiatives in the field of the circular economy have taken place in emerging economies which has led to achieving different SDGs to a certain extent. This chapter discusses the potential circular economy-based business models held in the attainment of different sustainable development goals.

Background: Introductory Remarks by Jeannette M.E. Tramhel

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Jeannette M.E. Tramhel
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Export Subsidies ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Do So

This is a panel on agricultural trade; but it is not just a trade law panel. As has been clearly recognized in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “integrated and indivisible.” Lawyers, too, are called upon to look at these complex issues through an integrated lens. Accordingly, although this panel will examine SDG #2 through the lens of trade, we will attempt to do so using an integrated and holistic perspective. After providing the contextual background, the panel will consider first, the role of export subsidies and the importance of their elimination and secondly, the broader implications of trade for food security and the actualization of SDG #2.

scholarly journals Blockchain Paths in Rebooting the Global Response to the Sustainable Development Goals after COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Faruk Aysan ◽  
Fouad Bergigui
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Global Response ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Do So

As we embrace the new normal in the aftermath of Covid-19, the year 2020 also marks the decade of action as we start the 10-year countdown to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. In this paper, we attempt to explore the extent to which the hardly won development gains over the last years could be reversed due to the unfolding COVID-19 global pandemic, how do we reboot the global response to accelerate the SDGs in times of uncertainties, and most importantly how to turn the recovery into an opportunity to build back better and more resilient economies. To do so, we examine the case of blockchain as one of the emerging innovative work-streams in development practices that could lead the way forward and pave the path for new developmental narratives as we all navigate the uncharted territories of the new digital age.

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