scholarly journals A teacher’s perspective on the interactions between the United Nations’ SDGs

Envigogika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salim Lardjane ◽  
Françoise Laveuve
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Heads Of State ◽  
Teacher's Perspective

Heads of State and Government, senior UN officials and representatives of the civil society met in September 2015 as part of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, and adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). By 2030, these objectives form a program of Sustainable, Universal and ambitious Development, a program "of the people, by the people and for the people", conceived with the active participation of UNESCO.

scholarly journals THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: NORMATIVE VALUE AND CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 13-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Pavoni ◽  
Dario Piselli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Normative Value

This article explores the implications for international environmental law of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which occurred at the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. Following a summary of the main outcomes of the Summit, the paper evaluates the process and vision of the SDGs against both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the past efforts of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in the field of sustainable development. The paper then examines how the environmental dimension of the SDGs is integrated into the general framework of the post-2015 development agenda and addresses two important questions which will most likely prove instrumental in the achievement of the Goals themselves. First, it the light of UN General Assembly Resolution 70/1, it discusses the normative value of the environmental obligations of States enshrined in the SDGs. Secondly, it deals with problems of implementation of the outcomes of the Summit, and accordingly attempts to identify the main legal challenges for the operationalization of the environmental component of the SDGs, in the wider context of the Agenda and taking the recent developments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) into account.

UN Secretary General Appoints ICSU Executive Director to Special Advisory Group on the SDGs

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractICSU Executive Director Heide Hackmann has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to serve on a special advisory group, drawn from civil society, the private sector, and the scientific community, which will support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, a key part of the post-2015 architecture for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Leaving no one behind? The influence of civil society participation on the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole-Anne Sénit
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society Participation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainability Governance ◽  
The Relationship

Spaces for civil society participation within intergovernmental negotiations on sustainability have multiplied since the 1992 Earth Summit. Such participatory spaces are often uncritically accepted as a remedy for an assumed democratic deficit of intergovernmental policymaking. I argue, however, that civil society’s capacity to democratize global sustainability governance is constrained by the limited influence of these spaces on policymaking. The article explores the relationship between the format of participatory spaces and their influence on the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals. It finds that civil society is more likely to influence within informal and exclusive participatory spaces, and when these spaces are provided early in the negotiating process, at international and national level. This reveals a democracy–influence paradox, as the actors with the capacities to engage repeatedly and informally with negotiators are seldom those that are most representative of global civil society.

scholarly journals BiOnto: An Ontology for Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioproducts

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4265
Author(s):  
Chiara Bicchielli ◽  
Noemi Biancone ◽  
Fernando Ferri ◽  
Patrizia Grifoni
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Information Access ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable bioeconomy and circular economy are more and more connected to sustainable development goals. This requires engaging all the different stakeholders to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Therefore, information access is a key challenge related to all the sustainable development goals. This article considers ideas, approaches and concepts related to sharing knowledge on Bioeconomy and collaborative ecosystems based on an ontology, aiming to facilitate information and services access. This ontology has been defined starting from the experience of the BIOVOICES project and from the need to establish a common terminology shared among scientists, enterprises, policymakers and civil society organisations on the bioeconomy. Indeed, the ontology provides a structured information of the BIOVOICES multi-stakeholders social platform’s content, facilitating accessing and sharing it. The building process and the validation of the ontology have been described.

scholarly journals Regulating artificial-intelligence applications to achieve the sustainable development goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoe-Han Goh ◽  
Ricardo Vinuesa
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Applications Of Ai

AbstractArtificial intelligence is producing a revolution with increasing impacts on the people, planet, and prosperity. This perspective illustrates some of the AI applications that can accelerate the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlights some of the considerations that could hinder the efforts towards them. In this context, we strongly support the development of an 18thSDG on digital technologies. This emphasizes the importance of establishing standard AI guidelines and regulations for the beneficial applications of AI. Such regulations should focus on concrete applications of AI, rather than generally on AI technology, to facilitate both AI development and enforceability of legal implications.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CASPIAN SEA REGION: AGENDA FOR THE NEAREST FUTURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Shapovalov ◽  
E. A. Kostianaia ◽  
A. G. Kostianoy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Caspian Sea ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
The Caspian Sea ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Observation Systems ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Un General Assembly

The article discusses the Sustainable Development Goals pursuant to the Resolution 70/1 of the UN General Assembly “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and the Roadmap for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Recommendations are given on the creation of specific marine clusters as a tool for achieving the targets of SDG14 on the Caspian Sea, as well as their brief description. It is proposed to form five clusters: Astrakhan Cluster, Baku Cluster, Amirabad Cluster, Turkmenbashi Cluster, Aktau Cluster. The authors believe that the projects, initiatives and recommendations discussed in this article will effectively help achieve the targets of sustainable development in the Caspian Sea region by improving coordination of research programs, observation systems, enhancing the potential of young scientists, developing mechanisms for planning of marine space and significantly reducing the risks of marine activities in order to optimize management of marine resources, conserve biodiversity and ensure environmental protection of the Caspian Sea and its coastal zones.

scholarly journals Measuring the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators: An Unprecedented Statistical Challenge

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve MacFeely
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
Unanticipated Consequences

AbstractIn March 2017, the United Nations (UN) Statistical Commission adopted a measurement framework for the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, comprising of 232 indicators designed to measure the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their respective 169 targets. The scope of this measurement framework is so ambitious it led Mogens Lykketoft, President of the seventieth session of the UN General Assembly, to describe it as an ‘unprecedented statistical challenge’.Naturally, with a programme of this magnitude, there will be foreseen and unforeseen challenges and consequences. This article outlines some of the key differences between the Millennium Development Goals and the SDGs, before detailing some of the measurement challenges involved in compiling the SDG indicators, and examines some of the unanticipated consequences arising from the mechanisms put in place to measure progress from a broad political economy perspective.

scholarly journals Menjaga Keamanan Negara Menurut Perspektif Maqāsid Syariah Serta Hubungannya Dengan Matlamat Pembangunan Lestari [Sustainable Development Goals]: Kajian Di Malaysia (National Peace Preservation According to the Maqāsid Syariah Perspective and its Relations to the Sustainable Development Goals [Sustainable Development Studies]: A Study In Malaysia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Faezy Adenan ◽  
Asmak Ab Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The People ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
General Guidance

Peace is an invaluable asset to ensure the prosperity and harmony of a nation. With the existence of peace, the people in a nation can carry out their respective responsibilities and roles perfectly, which consequently further enhance the nation prosperity. There are numbers of Western orientalists suggested that Islam is a religion that advocates violence. While in actuality, Islam uphold the preservation of peace and security at the utmost importance. This calls for a comprehensive argument to properly present the adherence of Islam towards maintaining harmony and prosperity. Therefore, the objective of this study is to highlight the existence of peace preservation in the Islamic concept of Maqāsid Syariah and draw the similarity on the definition of peace in Maqāsid Syariah with UN Guidelines for Sustainable Development Goals (Sustainable Development Goals). The research adopted library research methodology to accentuate the concept of peace preservation in the five elements of Maqāsid Syariah by using textual and contextual analysis on available literature pertaining the subject matter. The results show that the peace preservation of the nation is an integral piece in the concept of Maqāsid Syariah. National peace preservation is the key to maintain the five elements of Maqāsid Syariah which are religion, intellect, self, heritage and wealth. In addition, Maqāsid Syariah delineates peace keeping at the highest priority in maslaḥah requirement.  Furthermore, Maqāsid Syariah demonstrates a compelling correlation in its definition of peace with the characteristic sustainable development goals (SDCs) outlined by the United Nations (UN). The importance of this study is to give a general guidance on preservation and maintenance of national peace according to the shariah objectives, which have a strong relationship among them.

scholarly journals Equality as a Global Goal

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Perverse Incentives ◽  
Global Goal ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Un General Assembly

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established following the UN Millennium Declaration, which was approved by the UN General Assembly in September 2000. Described by some as the “world's biggest promise,” they set out a series of time-bound targets to be achieved by the international community by 2015, including a halving of extreme poverty, a two-third reduction in child mortality, a three-quarter reduction in maternal mortality, and universal primary education. The MDGs were, however, often criticized for having a “blind spot” with regard to inequality and social injustice. Worse, they may even have contributed to entrenched inequalities through perverse incentives. As some have argued, in order to achieve progress toward the MDG targets at the national level, governments focused their attention on the “easy to reach” populations and ignored more marginalized, vulnerable groups. The aim of this essay is to examine the extent to which this widespread criticism has been successfully addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), approved by the UN General Assembly in September 2015.

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