scholarly journals Harnessing microbial science to accelerate the United Nations sustainable development goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omololu Fagunwa ◽  
Afolake Atinuke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Modernisation has thrown humanity and other forms of life on our planet into ditch of problems. Poverty, climate change, injustice, environmental degradation are few of the shared global problems. The United Nations SDGs are set as blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The SDGs are well structured to address the global challenges we face including poverty, inequalities, hunger, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The SDGs have been driven mainly by international donors and ‘professional’ international development organisations. The world is left with 10 years to achieve these ambitious goals and targets. Various reviews indicated that little has been achieve on overall, and the SDGs will not be reality if new strategy is not in place to bring inclusion. Microbiology, the scientific discipline of microbes, their effects and practical uses has insightful influence on our day to day living. We present how microbiology and microbiologists could increase the scorecard and accelerate these global goals. Microbiology contribution to peace, justice, gender equality, decent work and economic growth will be also highlighted among others. The pledge of Leave No One Behind will fast track progress and microbiology is better position to make this work.

scholarly journals Poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation: rebuilding the bridges

Oryx ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilys Roe ◽  
Joanna Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Agencies ◽  
The United Nations

Has biodiversity ‘all but disappeared from the global dialogue on sustainable development’ as Sanderson & Redford (2003) fear? Here we explore the poverty reduction imperative that dominates the current agendas of most international development agencies, question the absence of biodiversity conservation from this agenda, and debate the role of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in building bridges between the two.

Mobilities: The Role of the Social Sciences and Humanities under the United Nations Sustainable Goals for 2020–2030

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Amélia Polónia
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Political Economic

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2020–2030 include areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice. The topic of migrations comprises broad concepts of socio-cultural, religious, political, economic, environmental and technological movement and change. The consensus seems to be that the future lies in cooperation across disciplines. The question of this paper is: how far can social scientists go or want to go down this road?

President's Page: Advancing sustainability in SEG

2022 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Maria Angela Capello
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Brundtland Commission ◽  
Framework Development

In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In this framework, development is conceived as an integrated approach to elevate the quality of life by raising economic progress with environmental protection considerations. This vision evolved into the formulation in 2015 of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to mitigate the hazards of climate change and to contribute to the development of society in every aspect, establishing targets to be attained by 2030. As an example, SDG 13: Climate Action calls for initiatives to moderate climate change within development frameworks. SDG 14: Life Below Water and SDG 15: Life on Land also call for more sustainable practices in using the earth's natural resources. The world is not making progress against the SDGs fast enough to achieve all the goals within the established timeline, yet with international agreements and specific actions, the success rate is growing incrementally.

scholarly journals Objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável:

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Luís Ávila Silveira ◽  
Sara Madeira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Social Environmental

The present article aims to display a reflection on the concept of Decent Work and Economic Growth, admitted as one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and presented in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. For a better understanding of the aforementioned subject matter, this paper will focus on the theme of Sustainable Development whose theoretical contents are coordinated with seminal initiatives such as The Declaration of the United Nations on Human Environment (1972), the report Our Common Future (1987), The United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000), The Future We Want (2012) as well as The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015). The present study will also elaborate on the subject of Decent Work and Economic Growth itself by relating it with the topics of Green Economy and Sustainable Tourism. Study cases, such as Tourism Creative Factory: Eco Soul Ericeira (Portugal); Istra Inspirit (Croatia); Connecting Community, Local Friends and Visitors to a Unique Experience and Happiness - Triponyu.com (Indonesia); Art and Tourism Painting a New Future for Women – banglatanak.com – India and Building a Future in The Community – Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat – South Africa, will be reflected upon within the spectrum of their relevance towards social, environmental and economic sustainability as well as the acknowledgment of human inclusivity.   

The International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice Flory
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Third ◽  
Development Decade ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations is entering the third development decade designated by a resolution which is part of the series now consisting of three texts which have guided the efforts of the United Nations over the last 20 years. The present document took a long time to produce and was the object of particular care and attention. The General Assembly resolution of 17 December, 1977, provided that:— all negotiations should be conducted within the framework of U.N. institutions— an extraordinary session of the General Assembly should be held in 1980 to assess and to identify the new strategy for development— a plenary committee should be established, open to all member states, to prepare for the meeting of the Extraordinary Session in 1980.On the one hand the third decade was to open “global negotiation” and the plenary committee was to prepare the ground for these negotiations; on the other hand, a committee was to devise the new strategy and to present it to the Eleventh Special Session. Those were the two aims; and the Group of 77 were determined to link them in a single ten-year-plan, in what is called in the U.N. terminology a ten years strategy. Three of these strategies have been adopted so far. The General Assembly in its resolutions A/1710 (XVI) and A/1715 (XVI), 19 December, 1961, declared the period 1960–70 the first U.N.Decadeof development: a period in which special efforts should be made by all, in favour of those who live in the less developed countries.

scholarly journals International Development Agenda in Resolutions of General Assembly and ECOSOC of the United Nations from 1946 to 2000

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-283
Author(s):  
Alexander Alexandrovich Ignatov ◽  
Elizaveta Andreyevna Safonkina
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations established after the Second World War by the winner countries was a key institution which formed the conceptual basis for international development possessed all necessary instruments and knowledge for its implementation in concrete countries. The paper explores a role of two main UN bodies - General Assembly (UN GA) and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in forming and pushing international development from the Organization establishment and till adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. To implement this research task the authors apply content-analysis and comparative historical analysis methods. A special database of the UN GA and ECOSOC documents dated 1946-2000 devoted to the development issues was made as well. The authors come to a conclusion that at the initial stage (1946-1959) both the UN GA and ECOSOC handled the similar tasks aimed at creating a new system of development institutions. After the adoption in 1961 the first Development Decade by the UN and till 2000 a process of division of powers of two bodies started. During this period a share of program documents in the GA discourse increased that laid a foundation for adoption by the global community the MDGs in 2000, operational and organizational issues were absorbed by the ECOSOC. The UN General Assembly was an important platform for the international dialogue on development which made it possible for the global community to adopt the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 21st century. The UN GA acted as a catalyzing power for inclusion of new development issues in the agenda and creations of instruments and mechanisms for their implementation. The ECOSOC played a technical and coordinating role in a process of elaborating the international development agenda.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

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