Opinion Editorial: Sustainable Development Goal 6 and Agenda 2030 – A Paradigm Shift in Water Management to Realise the Future We Want for All

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahbaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

scholarly journals Citizen and Educational Initiatives to Support Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation for All

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 2073 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Luisa de Lázaro Torres ◽  
Pilar Borderías Uribeondo ◽  
Francisco José Morales Yago
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Water Abundance ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
Innovative Materials ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

Sustainable Development Goal 6 affirms the need to “ensure water availability, sustainable water management and sanitation for all” and thereby highlights a current problem in Spain caused by climate dynamics in the south and southeast of the peninsula and the islands. This study is based on a non-probabilistic online survey with 455 participants (n = 455) carried out to identify citizens’ views across the Autonomous Communities and detect good and bad practices, including efficiency gains and specific problems, derived from water management. Differences in perceptions were found regarding place of residence, gender, and education level, which were all especially significant in relation to territory. Generally, people who live in areas with greater water abundance are less aware of the need to make good use of it. There are no major differences in terms of gender, although there is a greater awareness among women about the effects of climate change and the need for good water management. It is argued that education should employ innovative materials and pedagogically motivating resources from school to university levels.

scholarly journals Leveraging CSR for Sustainability: Assessing Performance Implications of Sustainability Reporting in a National Business System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5987
Author(s):  
Labrini Sideri
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Business System ◽  
National Business

In the light of Agenda 2030 awareness of sustainability is steadily growing all over the world. Devastating phenomena like pandemics (Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)), poverty (Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) as well as climate change (Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) threaten humanity, calling for more sustainable solutions. Although economic growth (Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) is one of the principal goals for a sustainable future, little research has been devoted to the interface of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability and their contribution to the financial sector, in view of sustainable banking. Even fewer are the studies concerning sustainable banking in Greece. This paper attempts a comparative overview of sustainability integration into businesses, focusing on the banking industry. The current theoretical analysis initially provides an extended review of the CSR and sustainability concepts, which is followed by a comprehensive analysis of non-financial disclosures (NFDs) and their business value, providing some evidence from Greece. The following sections refer to the performance implications and sustainability integration in the banking industry. Eventually, sustainable banking seems to enhance banking performance in a national business system. This is a very important deduction for sustainability to be both the cause and effect of corporate banking. Along with the discussion, some avenues for future research are highlighted.

scholarly journals A Review of the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 from an Education, Training, and Research Perspective

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Ortigara ◽  
Melvyn Kay ◽  
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Synthesis Report ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

In 2015, UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6): “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. Commonly known as the ‘water goal’, SDG 6 went well beyond the limited focus on water supply and sanitation in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and recognized the importance of all aspects of the water cycle in development and that water was embedded directly and indirectly in all 17 SDGs. In 2018, the UN published a report: “Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2018” (referred to in this paper as ‘the report’) that reviewed progress with SDG 6 at global and regional levels. Overall, the report concluded there was progress, but it was too slow, and the world was not on track to achieve SDG 6 by 2030 without a significant change of gear. The report was written primarily for those working in sustainable development to guide finance and resource allocation, but there was much embedded in the report that was of value to those engaged in research and in developing the much-needed capacity to plan and manage water resources, particularly in developing countries. This paper attempts to distill these issues and to ask how those involved in education, training, and research could contribute to enabling and accelerating progress towards achieving SDG 6. Three key areas of engagement were identified: the urgent need for more data and improved monitoring to assess SDG 6 progress and to enhance decision-making, the need to address the serious lack of human and institutional capacity that was constraining progress, and the challenge of taking research into policy and practice. Note: This paper is a review of selected aspects of the report (in which production the authors were chiefly involved as coordinators and editors), and as such most of the facts, figures, and discussion in this review are taken from the report. For this reason, we have not continually attributed them to the report to avoid repetition. However, in some cases, we have attributed report material to the primary sources where we considered it important to do so. We have also attributed material we have included, and which is not cited in the report. A review inevitably depends, to some extent, on the views of the reviewers and as such we have tried to make it clear where we are expressing our personal views rather than those expressed in the report. The report contains full references to all the primary sources.

scholarly journals Facing a Paradigm Shift in the Sustainable Development Goal Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Foster ◽  
Gail Tomblin Murphy ◽  
Victor Neufeld
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development

scholarly journals Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management implementation

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Julie Ladel ◽  
◽  
Mahendra Mehta ◽  
Georges Gulemvuga ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Rio Conference ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6 ◽  
Practical Implications

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRW) has made significant strides since its definition following the Rio Conference on Sustainable Development. Part of Sustainable Development Goal 6, the implementation of IWRM is foreseen globally by 2030. Initially, planning water resources in an integrated manner was the focus of most projects/programmes; hence, nowadays most of the efforts are targeted towards its implementation with practical implications for the nations and their populations.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document