scholarly journals Volunteering and the Sustainable Development Goals: an opportunity to move beyond boundaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
Angela Ellis Paine ◽  
Cliff Allum ◽  
Danielle Beswick ◽  
Benjamin J. Lough
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Global North ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

There is growing recognition of the role that volunteering can play in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Evidence of its contribution, however, remains relatively weak, including for countries in the Global North such as the UK. This is compounded by limited collaboration between those concerned with volunteering and those concerned with development. The SDGs provide an opportunity to bring together research, policy and practice on volunteering and development, and on international and ‘domestic’ volunteering, enabling valuable interdisciplinary learning.

scholarly journals Crime and victimisation in the era of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 317 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Robert Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Crime and victimisation have reached epidemic proportions. By fostering sustainable development within the social, economic and environmental spheres, the United Nations envisaged the strengthening of crime prevention and justice. However, within the global North/South divide there is little reason to assume that criminological and victimological interventions, development programmes or economic reforms can ever fully resolve the underlying causes of many victimological harms that affect developing or developed countries, unless and until they lead to greater freedom, equality and justice. Intersecting inequalities and social and economic exclusion highlight the importance of context and the complex geopolitical, institutional and ideological landscapes that gave rise to this global agenda. Together with the associated challenges for the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a critical appraisal of the nexus between crime, victimisation, justice and sustainable development on account of the gravest threat to humanity, namely climate change and environmental degradation, remains a functional imperative for research, policy and practice.

scholarly journals Local Action with Global Impact: The Case of the GROW Observatory and the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10518
Author(s):  
Raquel Ajates ◽  
Gerid Hager ◽  
Pavlos Georgiadis ◽  
Saskia Coulson ◽  
Mel Woods ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

This article reports on Citizen Observatories’ (COs) potential to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflecting on the experience of the GROW Observatory (GROW). The research aims to take the first steps in closing the gap in the literature on COs’ potential contributions to the SDG framework, beyond quantitative data contributions for indicator monitoring. Following an analysis of project activities and outcomes mapped against the SDG framework, the findings reveal GROW’s potential contributions across two dimensions: (i) Actions to advance the implementation of goals and targets through awareness raising and training; participatory methods; multi-stakeholder connections; and supporting citizens to move from data to action and (ii) Data contributions to SDG indicator monitoring through citizen-generated datasets. While earlier research has focused mostly on the latter (dimension ii), CO activities can impact numerous goals and targets, highlighting their potential to relate global SDGs to local level action, and vice versa. These findings align with the growing literature on COs’ ability to bring together policy makers, scientists and citizens, and support changes to environmental policy and practice. Furthermore, this research suggests groundwork activities that address the goal and target level can also enhance sustained data collection to contribute to indicator level monitoring. We conclude with future trends and recommendations for COs wishing to contribute to the SDGs.

scholarly journals Rethinking public value through the lens of sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 618-624
Author(s):  
Christa Breum Amhøj ◽  
John Diamond ◽  
Flemming Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

This Viewpoint outlines the context within which papers published in this and recent issues of Local Economy were initially presented, developed and then submitted. We suggest in the commentary below that from the outset (at an initial workshop), we were seeking to model an iterative and collaborative process. The policy context is described in more detail but the impetus came from looking at ways in which a policy and practice alliance focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals could be mobilized to promote original thinking in the way in which municipal authorities could work with and learn from NGOs in the development of an alternative approach to sustainable development from that which currently shaped local social and economic policy in Copenhagen. This Viewpoint provides a summary of the papers published in Local Economy over two issues. It concludes by proposing that the approach adopted is in line with current initiatives in the USA and the UK.

Sustainable Development Practice: The Central Role of the Human Needs Language

Social Change ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-309
Author(s):  
Senkosi Moses Balyejjusa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Practice

Sustainable development has become a mantra in politics, academia and development policy and practice. Indeed, many policy and practice strategies, such as the sustainable development goals, have been devised in order to achieve sustainable development. Although the contents and items in these agendas are human needs, the use of ‘human needs’ language is less emphasised/explicitly spelt out. In fact, the language of human needs is almost absent. In this article, I argue that the adoption of the human needs language will strengthen sustainable development practice, efforts and agenda. This is because, unlike other aspirations, human needs by nature are universal. Secondly, human needs are limited in number compared to wants, desires, goals and capabilities. This nature of human needs makes the human needs language effective in promoting the sustainable development agenda and efforts, thus, adequately meeting the needs of the current and future generations.

scholarly journals Responsible Business in Fragile Contexts: Comparing Perceptions from Domestic and Foreign Firms in Myanmar

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Barkemeyer ◽  
Jason Miklian
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
International Investment ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global North ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Corporate Social

After decades of isolation, Myanmar opened up its economy to international trade in 2012. This opening led to a rapid influx of international investment, exposure to the international corporate social responsibility (CSR) community and presumed pressures to conform to related norms and practices. We report on a large-scale survey of firms operating in Myanmar, comparing perceptions of corporate practitioners of CSR and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Our findings show that awareness levels of CSR among domestic Myanmar firms match those of their international peers, but the application of and selection criteria for CSR implementation by domestic firms in Myanmar differs from typical CSR activities observed in other parts of the world, in particular by Global North firms. More surprisingly, Myanmar firms have a higher awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) than their multinational counterparts. Our findings have implications for CSR advocacy in Myanmar as well as for the dissemination of corporate responsibility and sustainability into the developing world more generally.

scholarly journals Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis

Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Leticia Ozawa-Meida ◽  
Fernando Ortiz-Moya ◽  
Birgit Painter ◽  
Matthew Hengesbaugh ◽  
Ryoko Nakano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

Cities are increasingly adopting potentially sustainable climate plans. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into these plans could help stabilize the climate while generating jobs, narrowing equity gaps, fostering innovation, and delivering other sustainability benefits. Yet, how much cities are integrating the SDGs into climate plans remains poorly understood. This article shed light on this question with a text analysis of SDG “keywords” in climate plans for two British and two Japanese cities. The results revealed that none of the surveyed cities have connected climate with socioeconomic priorities covered in SDG1 (poverty), SDG8 (employment), SDG5 (gender), and SDG10 (inequalities). Meanwhile, the United Kingdom cities made more connections between climate and responsible consumption and production (SDG12) than the Japanese cities. Further, Kyoto, Japan shares a climate-SDGs linkages profile that resembles the United Kingdom cities more than Kawasaki. Though not without limitations, text analysis can facilitate the city-to-city peer learning needed to make urban climate plans sustainable within and across countries.

scholarly journals A cross-cultural comparative study of sustainability consciousness between students in Taiwan and Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 6287-6313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Berglund ◽  
Niklas Gericke ◽  
Jelle Boeve-de Pauw ◽  
Daniel Olsson ◽  
Tzu-Chau Chang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract Education for sustainable development (ESD) is promoted as one important component in the endeavor toward sustainable development. Goal 4 in the Sustainable Development Goals (UN in Sustainable development goals—17 goals to transform our world, 2017) in particular targets the role of ESD in this respect. The importance of cultural specificity in ESD is emphasized in numerous international policy documents, but there are few cross-cultural studies that focus on the broad context of sustainable development and ESD. The current study investigates the sustainability consciousness of grade 12 students (age 18–19) in Taiwan (N = 617) and Sweden (N = 583) and discusses the implications for ESD policy and practice. The findings indicate that significant differences exist between the two samples, both with respect to their sustainability consciousness and within the three sub-constructs of knowingness, attitudes and self-reported behaviors. The differences are considered in light of the cultural value orientations of the East Asian and Western European regions. Implications for ESD are discussed from the perspective of cultural specificity.

scholarly journals Cost of Sending Remittances from the UK in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Andrej Přívara
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Source Country ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk

Reducing cost of remittances is among the sustainable development goals and leading institutions and figures in the field advocate for cheaper transaction costs. Remittances remained resilient during the financial crisis overall and growth continues in the aftermath. In this paper, cost of sending remittances from the United Kingdom, a major remittances source country, to a selected group of 10 developing countries is examined to understand the trends in prices. Results show that overall, in selected countries there is a declining tendency, while in certain corridors and by certain operators, the prices of remittances did not decline as desired. Hence, possibly billions of remittances pounds did not reach to those in grave need. 

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