scholarly journals What can everyone do about it? Sustainable individual choices that contribute to the SDGs

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Vareda
Keyword(s):  
Global Scale ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Summer Temperatures ◽  
Individual Choices ◽  
Sustainable Health

Abstract Background The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aim to solve the world's most wicked problems, which requires global partnership. That means governments, national and international organizations and worldwide leaders working together, but it also implies individuals, families and communities, which make up most of the world, must contribute. Households, schools, the health system and others have a responsibility in the consumption and demand for energy and resources of our planet and contribute largely to climate change. Awareness and population education are essential to promote action on an individual level. Objective This presentation is part of a workshop on how individuals and public health (PH) can create a more sustainable world. It aims to present the science and challenges behind changing and creating new habits, and examples of individual habits and choices everyone can make in order to contribute to the SDG and to sustainable health prevention. This presentation is based on the United Nation (UN) available material for the SDG, as well as other independent research on the subject. Results Sustainable individual actions can be divided in 3 different main themes: Food and Water - Examples. Eat a more plant-based diet; use apps like Too Good To Go®; reutilize the water from your shower... Energy - Examples. Plug all appliances into a power strip and turn them off completely when not in use; adjust your fridge and home thermostat to winter and summer temperatures; use energy efficient light bulbs; fill your house with rugs... Resources - Examples. Pay your bills online; delete your spam email; compost your food; choose a better diaper option; shop second-hand clothes... Conclusions There are a lot of habits and small choices everyone can adopt in order to contribute to a more sustainable world and to promote healthy habits. These changes may seem trivial on an individual level, but they add up to millions of resources saved for the planet at a global scale.

Gender Equity and the SDGs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Dettori ◽  
Geeta Rao Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Health And Well Being

This chapter identifies some of the most stubborn gender-based risks and vulnerabilities girls face as a cohort from preadolescence through late adolescence across the domains of personal capabilities, security, safety, economic resources, and opportunities. It reviews progress made during the Millennium Development Goal era in improving girls’ health and well-being and looks to the role of adolescent girls in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. The chapter concludes by recommending an approach for global partnership that is linked to national and local actions and that is centered on priority interventions that can catalyze change, at scale, for adolescent girls.

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

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Estoque
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
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.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals and Technological Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
David Mayer-Foulkes ◽  
Edson Serván-Mori ◽  
Gustavo Nigenda
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Technological Capacity ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Sustainable Health ◽  
Health Agenda

In order to achieve the Sustainable Development and Health Goals, it is essential to increase the technological capacity of the most disadvantaged populations. In the 21st century, the necessary technologies for this exist. The gap in technological capacity reflects the existence of a technological gradient between large- and smallscale production, due to an absence of incentives for innovation and a lack of technological dissemination in small businesses and communities. Technological change is central to development, but it is a public good that the market economy does not provide efficiently. Providing it requires the implementation of public policies aimed at technological innovation and dissemination. Reducing the technological gradient is therefore a major part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Pan American Health Organization’s 2018-2030 Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas. This also applies to the development of health systems, which function as a redistribution mechanism to break poverty traps. In addition, experiences in these systems are relevant to the implementation of policies that increase technological capacities aimed at reducing poverty, improving social determinants of health, and thereby reducing the scale of the human development trap.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development Goals and BRICS: In search of the contours of the post-COVID world economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Bobylev ◽  
Leonid Grigoryev
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Primary Group ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Points Of View

The global COVID-19 pandemic and an unexpected recession of a dangerous magnitude have provided strong reasons to look at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from three points of view: the SDGs as a victim of the recession; the SDGs as an opportunity for better coordination on the way out of recession; and the SDGs as an object of modernization for better adaptation to the realities on “the global ground”. The BRICS countries are, naturally, the primary group of interest for developing and implementing the SDGs on the global scale as a way of catching up.“Pandemic protocol” and additional indicators are proposed as an urgent update to several SDGs.

scholarly journals In search of the contours of the post-COVID Sustainable Development Goals: The case of BRICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-51
Author(s):  
S. N. Bobylev ◽  
L. M. Grigoriev ◽  
M. Yu. Beletskaya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
The Way

The global COVID-19 pandemic and an unexpected recession of dangerous proportions have provided strong reasons to look at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from three perspectives: The SDGs as a victim of the 2020 recession; the SDGs as an opportunity for better coordination on the way out of the recession; and the SDGs as an object of modernization for better adaptation to the realities "on the world stage". The BRICS countries are interested in developing and implementing the SDGs on a global scale as a way to catch up. The authors propose a "pandemic protocol", as well as a change in the methodology for including indicators in the SDGs: the introduction of new indicators that are important for sustainability and the incorporation of cross-cutting key indicators for the SDGs, both new and existing.

scholarly journals Developing an international higher education partnerships between high and low-income countries: two case studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Van Teijlingen ◽  
Sujan Babu Marahatta ◽  
Padam Simkhada ◽  
Malcolm McIver ◽  
Jiwan P. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
National Partnership

Many people and departments in higher education institutions and hospitals across the globe have objectives that include cross-national partnership working, internationalisation, capacity-building and sharing education and research.  We find such commendable ideals at a global level in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to strategic plans of individual organisations from both low and high-income countries.  Using a case-study approach this paper offers insights into some of the key practical issues around global partnership working.  We use two case studies of a developing partnership between two separate higher education institutions from the United Kingdom (UK) and one from Nepal.  To inform and guide others interested in developing global partnerships we highlight key the reasons for, considerations about, key procedures around the development of such Nepal-UK partnerships and key challenges. Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health SciencesVol. 3, No. 1, 2017, page: 94-100

scholarly journals Network Governance for Collective Action in Implementing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Naim Kapucu ◽  
Sean Beaudet
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Partnerships ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Tools And Techniques

As the number of complex transnational problems have continued to grow, so too has the desire to combat them through global partnerships and collective action. In response, the United Nations (U.N.) and member states created the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. This study provides a background on international organizations and efforts in collectively moving towards sustainable development goals. It examines the SDGs (specific emphasis on Food–Energy–Water (FEW) Nexus) and means of governance and implementation at the global level. It also seeks to describe and visualize partnerships and collective action using network analysis tools and techniques. The network visualization demonstrates the organizations working together and towards the SDGs, which provides the type of structure and key actors and arrangements for implementation at the global stage.

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