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 Monitoring sustainable development by means of earth observation data and machine learning: a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Ferreira ◽  
Muriel Iten ◽  
Rui G. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Earth Observation Data

Abstract This paper presents and explores the different Earth Observation approaches and their contribution to the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. A review on the Sustainable Development concept and its goals is presented followed by Earth Observation approaches relevant to this field, giving special attention to the contribution of Machine Learning methods and algorithms as well as their potential and capabilities to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, it is observed that Earth Observation plays a key role in monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals given its cost-effectiveness pertaining to data acquisition on all scales and information richness. Despite the success of Machine Learning upon Earth Observation data analysis, it is observed that performance is heavily dependent on the ability to extract and synthesise characteristics from data. Hence, a deeper and effective analysis of the available data is required to identify the strongest features and, hence, the key factors pertaining to Sustainable Development. Overall, this research provides a deeper understanding on the relation between Sustainable Development, Earth Observation and Machine Learning, and how these can support the Sustainable Development of countries and the means to find their correlations. In pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals, given the relevance and growing amount of data generated through Earth Observation, it is concluded that there is an increased need for new methods and techniques strongly suggesting the use of new Machine Learning techniques.

scholarly journals Seeing Sustainability from Space: Using Earth Observation Data to Populate the UN Sustainable Development Goal Indicators

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Andries ◽  
Stephen Morse ◽  
Richard Murphy ◽  
Jim Lynch ◽  
Emma Woolliams
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Earth Observation Data

In 2015, member countries of the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York. These global goals have 169 targets and 232 indicators based on the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental. However, substantial challenges remain in obtaining data of the required quality and quantity to populate these indicators efficiently. One promising and innovative way of addressing this issue is to use Earth observation (EO). The research reported here updates our original work to develop a Maturity Matrix Framework (MMF) for assessing the suitability of EO-derived data for populating the SDG indicators, with a special focus on those indicators covering the more social and economic dimensions of sustainable development, as these have been under-explored in terms of the contribution that can be made by EO. The advanced MMF 2.0 framework set out in this paper is based on a wide consultation with EO and indicator experts (semi-structured interviews with 38 respondents). This paper provides detail of the evolved structure of MMF 2.0 and illustrates its use for one of the SDG indicators (Indicator 11.1.1). The revised MMF is then applied to published work covering the full suite of SDG indicators and demonstrates that EO can make an important contribution to providing data relevant to a substantial number of the SDG indicators.

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 Transnational youth networks: an evolving form of public diplomacy to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Acosta ◽  
Zsofia Szlamka ◽  
Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Goals

According to the United Nations (UN), 41% of the world’s population is under the age of 24 (United Nations Population Division). Despite being a considerably large group, the youth has been commonly underrepresented in decision-making in the public and private sectors. To combat this situation, the UN launched the Youth 2030 strategy in 2018 thereby recognizing the need to empower the youth to reach their full potential (Youth 2030: The UN Youth Strategy). In this contribution, we provide a brief description of some of the recent transnational youth networks (TYNs) and their features in order to discuss the role of such networks to empower the youth. We propose here that such networks constitute a novel and powerful form of public diplomacy (PD) because of their experiential educational aspects that they develop in their members. Moreover, these networks also offer a rather unique opportunity of building interpersonal relationships among global prominent individuals thereby influencing the international agenda. We further discuss how such networks can advance substantially the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda (Sustainable Development Goals).

scholarly journals Co-creating local socioeconomic pathways for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin C Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the importance of action across all scales to achieve a sustainable future. To contribute to overall national- and global-scale SDG achievement, local communities need to focus on a locally-relevant subset of goals and understand potential future pathways for key drivers which influence local sustainability. We developed a participatory method to co-create local socioeconomic pathways by downscaling the SDGs and driving forces of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) via a local case study in southern Australia through contextual analysis and community engagement. We linked the SSPs and SDGs by identifying driving forces and describing how they affect the achievement of local SDGs. We co-created six local socioeconomic pathways with the local community which track towards futures with different levels of fulfilment of the SDGs and each encompasses a narrative storyline incorporating locally-specific ideas from the community. We tested and validated the local pathways with the community. This method extends the SSPs in two dimensions – into the broader field of sustainability via the SDGs, and by recontextualizing them at the local scale. The local socioeconomic pathways can contribute to achieving local sustainability goals from the bottom up in alignment with global initiatives.

scholarly journals MAQASHID AL-SYARI’AH: Kajian Mashlahah Pendidikan dalam Konteks UN Sustainable Development Goals

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-95
Author(s):  
Mohamad Anang Firdaus
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
United Nations Development Program ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Nations Development

Abstract: This paper will discuss the concept of maqashid Sharia as an Islamic education approach in realizing global goals. Education as a development instrument for Human Resources (HR) that encourages competent management and use of Natural Resources (SDA) should play an important role in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program. And educational goals oriented to the SDGs program can be conceptualized by the maqashid shari’ah approach. Because Ibn ‘Asyûr thinks that the benefits that will be achieved by maintaining the maqashid shari’ah are the main objectives of Islamic sharia. In the context of social piety, noble character is the ultimate goal of Islamic education. This is part of the Islamic mission as a religion which is "rahmatan lil ‘alamin". By spreading the Mashlahah in all the joints of life. On a global scale, Islamic education is required to be able to answer various contemporary problems that arise and create benefits for all parties. It can be seen from the purpose of Islamic shari’ah. Substantially the objectives of the Shari’a which we call "Maqashid al-Syari’ah" contain benefits. And SDGs also contain the mashlahah that the world wants to achieve. Although this study is included in the shari’ah discipline, according to al-Nahlawi, the concept of maslaha has a close relationship with education. In this case, Islamic education must be able to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by 193 world leaders on September 25, 2015 and then through the UNDP (United Nations Development Program). Makalah ini akan membahas konsep maqashid syariah sebagai pendekatan pendidikan Islam dalam mewujudkan tujuan global. Pendidikan sebagai instrumen pembangunan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) yang mendorong untuk cakap dalam mengelola dan memanfaatkan Sumber Daya Alam (SDA) harusnya bisa memainkan peranan penting dalam upaya realisasi program Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tujuan pendidikan yang berorientasi pada program SDGs bisa dikonsepsi dengan pendekatan maqashid syari’ah. Karena Ibn ‘Asyûr beranggapan kemaslahatan yang akan diraih dengan memelihara maqashid syari’ah merupakan tujuan utama syariah Islam. Dalam konteks kesalehan sosial, budi pekerti yang luhur menjadi tujuan akhir pendidikan Islam. Hal ini menjadi bagian misi Islam sebagai agama yang "rahmatan lil ‘alamin". Dengan menyebarkan mashlahah dalam semua sendi kehidupan. Dalam skala global, pendidikan Islam dituntut untuk dapat menjawab berbagai masalah kontemporer yang muncul dan menciptakan kemaslahatan untuk semua pihak. Hal itu bisa dilihat dari tujuan syari’at Islam. Secara substansial tujuan syariat yang kita sebut dengan ”Maqashid al-Syari’ah” mengandung kemashlahatan. SDGs juga memuat mashlahah yang hendak dicapai dunia. Meski kajian ini masuk dalam disiplin ilmu syari’ah, namun menurut al-Nahlawi, konsep mashlahah ini memiliki hubungan yang erat dengan pendidikan. Dalam hal ini, pendidikan Islam harus mampu mewujudkan Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (SDGs) yang telah disepakati oleh 193 pemimpin dunia pada 25 September 2015 dan kemudian melalui UNDP (United Nations Development Programme).

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