scholarly journals Methodological Insights to Measure the Agenda 2030 at Urban Level in Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4598
Author(s):  
Farnia ◽  
Cavalli ◽  
Lizzi ◽  
Vergalli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Demographic Heterogeneity ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Urban Level ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of

In this paper, we deal with the issue of measuring the Agenda 2030 at the urban level in Italy; the results are useful for the policy analysis and dissemination of sustainable development at the local level. The proposed tool merges 53 available economic, social and environmental elementary indicators into 16 composite indices and one composite dimension representing 16 out of 17 Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The contribution of the paper is twofold: While the results of the indices show the geographical and demographic heterogeneity within the country when considering each of the 16 dimensions, the methodological discussion highlights the complexity of the phenomena, due to the multidimensional definition of the Agenda 2030.

Education for Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Meghna Tare
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

In 2003, in response to the United Nations (UN) Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability launched a global multi-stakeholder network of Regional Centers of Expertise (RCEs) on education for sustainable development (ESD). RCEs facilitate multi-sector collaboration and utilize formal, non-formal, and informal education to address sustainable development challenges in local and regional communities. In essence, RCEs are a tool for transformation to a more sustainable society, combining education and action for sustainable development. As we enter the new "ESD for 2030" decade, RCEs will continue to construct platforms for cross-sectoral dialogue between regional stakeholders and actors to promote and strengthen ESD at the local level. RCEs have committed to helping advance the five priority areas of action established in the Global Action Program on ESD and the new UN decade "ESD for 2030": advancing policy by mainstreaming ESD, transforming learning and training environments using whole-institution approaches, building capacities of educators and trainers, empowering and mobilizing youth, and accelerating sustainable solutions at the local level. RCEs are uniquely positioned to serve as shepherds in the realization of the new "ESD for 2030" decade. As of January 2019, 174 RCEs have officially been acknowledged by UNU worldwide, with eight RCEs in the United States: Georgetown, South Carolina; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Greater Atlanta, Georgia; Greater Burlington, Vermont; Greater Portland, Oregon; North Texas, Texas; Salisbury, Maryland; and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. RCEs serve an essential role in the achievement of "ESD for 2030" goals by translating global objectives into the local contexts of our communities.

scholarly journals A Sustainable world with cartography

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ayako Kagawa ◽  
Kyoung-Soo Eom
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the new global paradigm and blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. To collectively achieve the SDGs, the global community agreed on 17 Goals as a baseline framework to measure and monitor its growth. How to measure and monitor development progress by countries has been a long-standing debate since the era of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 2000s but with the establishment of Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), the SDGs have a clearer framework on how to monitor progress and the global community are grappling on how to effectively collect, analyse, visualise and report their successes.</p><p>Within the United Nations, there is the desire to elaborate collectively principles and tools on how best to report the SDGs at country and local level as its success lies in the ownership and accountability at all levels. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is looking into how technologies can accelerate the SDGs and to facilitate the alignments with the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the norms and standards of International Laws.</p><p>In this paradigm, what should be the role of cartographers and geospatial information management experts to ensure how maps and geospatial information can be effectively used by the global community to communicate their challenges and successes from planning to implementing, monitoring, analysing, visualising and reporting on sustainable development? This paper argues the importance of understanding the challenges, asking questions to the policy makers, sharing best practices and building a consensus on the issues surrounding the SDGs before demonstrating the diverse cartographic skills available to design and communicate the intended message better. Hence, the importance of context has never changed and provides the cartographic and geospatial information management community an opportunity to demonstrate the potential and to provide effective support through cartography for the accomplishment of the sustainable development agenda.</p>

scholarly journals Desarrollo (evolución internacional) = Development (international evolution)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Jorge Resina de la Fuente
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Human Development ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Legal Construction ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen: Este artículo analiza la construcción histórica y legal del concepto de desarrollo en el ámbito internacional, desde su institucionalización a mediados del siglo XX hasta la aprobación en 2015 de la Agenda 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible por parte de las Naciones Unidas. Para ello, se plantea un estudio sobre cómo evoluciona el término a través de un recorrido por los distintos contextos en los que aparece y los debates que se generan en torno a cuestiones como crecimiento, sustentabilidad o capacidades humanas.Palabras clave: Desarrollo, Sostenibilidad, Desarrollo Humano, Cooperación Internacional, Agenda 2030.Abstract: This article analyzes the historical and legal construction of the concept of development in the international arena, since its institutionalization in the middle of the twentieth century to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations in 2015. To do this, we study how the term evolves through the different contexts in which it appears, and what debates are generated, with issues such as growth, sustainability or human capabilities.Keywords: Development, Sustainability, Human Development, International Cooperation, 2030 Agenda.

Mit den Sustainable Development Goals in mittelständischen Unternehmen Sinn gestalten

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Harald Bolsinger
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Die Ausrichtung von Unternehmen an den konkreten Teilzielen der Sustainable Development Goals der Vereinten Nationen gilt als state of the art der verantwortungsvollen Unternehmensführung. Die Beschäftigung mit den Nachhaltigkeitszielen der Vereinten Nationen birgt für Unternehmen eine große Chance zur innovativen nachhaltigkeitsfokussierten Differenzierung. In kleineren und mittleren Unternehmen erscheint die Beschäftigung mit den SDGs als Kraftakt, der mit einer hohen Ressourcenbindung einhergeht. So gilt es vor allem für diese Unternehmen, einen gleichermaßen pragmatischen wie professionellen eigenen Weg zur glaubwürdigen Annäherung an die Agenda 2030 zu finden und damit die Unternehmenskultur innovativ und sinnzentriert auf messbare Verantwortungselemente auszurichten. Der vorliegende Artikel zeigt beispielhaft auf, wie die erfolgsorientierte Fokussierung auf die SDGs in einfachen Schritten glaubwürdig zu meistern ist. The orientation of companies to the concrete objectives of the United Nations´ Sustainable Development Goals is considered to be state of the art of responsible and sustainable management. The discussion of the United Nations sustainability goals is a great opportunity for companies to differentiate their business model in an innovative, sustainable and responsible way. In small and medium-sized enterprises, employment with the SDG seems to be a major strain with high levels of resource retention. In particular, it is therefore important for these companies to find an equally pragmatic and professional way to a credible approach to the Agenda 2030, thus making the corporate culture innovative and sense-centered on measurable elements of responsibility with the SDG in mind. This article shows an example of how meaningful, profitable and successoriented focus on the SDG can be mastered credibly in simple steps. Keywords: unternehmensethos, sdg, nachhaltigkeit, implementierung, agenda 2030

scholarly journals National indicators of achieving the sustainable development goals and their roles in the United Nations Agenda by 2030

2019 ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
Maryna Marianovych
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
And Control

Purpose. The purpose of the article is investigation of the problems in the formation of a unified system of indicators of the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals in the world and Ukraine, justification of the need to adapt the approaches applied at the international level to the solution of the national objectives of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, determination of the directions for monitoring in this area. Methodology of research. Scientists researches, documents of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, and reports of the United Nations were the theoretical basis this research. The comparison and analogy methods were used for analysis of information about control, coordination and monitor mechanisms in the process of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in foreign countries; as well as under determining the relevance of the approved national targets and indicators to the Global Sustainable Development Goals indicators. Definition of the priority tasks, that should be resolved to work more effectively in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, was done based on the method of generalization. Findings. The article substantiates the need to solve the problems that exist in the field of the SDGs achievement in Ukraine, in particular: imperfection of a monitoring and control system for achievement of SDGs indicators, insufficient information on established national tasks at the local level; no legal nature defined for such an important document as the National Sustainable Development Goals - Ukraine report. Priority directions for further work on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals have been formed. The priority tasks for improving a system of monitoring and control over the fulfillment of national tasks have been identified. The necessity of expanding the information base and the importance of regular data collection are substantiated. Originality. The priority steps in the work on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Ukraine in terms of improving information support and the institutional environment in this field are offered. It will help to increase the effectiveness of the implementation of national goals in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals Practical value. The obtained research results can be used to identify further ways of working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, both nationally and locally, which will contribute to a more effective implementation of the UN global strategy objectives. Key words: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG); SDG indicators; national indicators; global indicator framework; monitoring; sustainable development strategy.

scholarly journals UNITED NATIONS ACTION IN THE FIELD OF TRADE FACILITATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
V. N. Sidorov ◽  
E. V. Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Trade ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
United Nations Economic Commission ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The United Nations

Trade is defined as one of the key enabler of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. Trade facilitation is important trend of trade in sustainable development, as expected will promote of growth acceleration and international trade and also will enhance economic, ecological and social aspects of sustainable development. In article is offered to consider the main activities of the United Nations in the trade facilitation. In the article it is offered to consider the main activities of the UN in the sphere simplification of procedures of trade The article considers the work of the United Nations in the of trade facilitation field, in particular the work of the United Nations, sustainable development, trade facilitation, International law, United Nations Commission on International Trade law, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific.

Sustainable Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 167-203
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of

Sustainable development works within the ecosystems of the planet to conserve and replenish renewable clean energy sources. The most widely used definition of sustainable development was written by Norway's Prime Minister in her 1987 Brundtland Report to the United Nations: it must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals, to be achieved by 2030; they include the eradication of poverty and hunger, provision of clean water and sanitation for all, achievement of gender equality, elimination of health disparities, access to quality education, promotion of economic prosperity, use of affordable clean energy sources, and good health and well-being for all. Proper disposal of hazardous waste and effective disaster risk management help to facilitate these goals. This chapter will discuss several new technologies employed in sustainable development.

scholarly journals OBJETIVOS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: O DIREITO HUMANO E O SUPORTE FÁTICO DA REDE DA VIDA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (57) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Elisaide TREVISAM ◽  
Jessé CRUCIOL JUNIOR
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

RESUMOObjetivo: O artigo apresenta como objetivo analisar a relação entre o desenvolvimento sustentável e os direitos humanos, considerando-se a  Agenda 2030 da Organização das Nações Unidas e os seus Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS)”, com suas finalidades e a imprescindibilidade de implementação conjunta pela comunidade internacional. Metodologia: Para atingir os fins esperados, a metodologia utilizada será documental e explorátoria, utilizando-se o método dedutivo, com caráter bibliográfico.Resultados: O presente trabalho mostra como resultado a avaliação das premissas estabelecidas na pesquisa e demonstração da imprescindibilidade do modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável para a sustentabilidade da rede da vida, inclusive a vida humana digna e outros direitos fundamentais.Contribuições: A contribuição do presente trabalho visa, por fim, após analisar os Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável aprovados no âmbito da Organização das Nações Unidas no ano de 2015, descritos na Agenda 2030, apontar que a implementação desses objetivos, enquanto modelo socioeconômico, pelos Estados do globo em conjunto, é medida indispensável para a manutenção das condições da rede da vida como busca de efetivação dos direitos humanos em sua totalidade.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Desenvolvimento sustentável; direitos humanos; Agenda 2030. ABSTRACTObjective: To analyze the relationship between sustainable development and human rights, considering the United Nations Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ”, with its purposes and  the necessary joint implementation by the international community.Methodology: To achieve the expected purposes, the methodology used will be documentary and exploratory, using the deductive method, with bibliographic feature.Results: This paper shows as a result the evaluation of the premises established in the research and demonstration of the indispensability of the sustainable development model for the sustainability of the life network, including dignified human life and other fundamental rights.Contributions: Finally, the purpose of this paper is, after analyzing the Sustainable Development Goals approved by the United Nations in 2015, described in Agenda 2030, to point out that the implementation of these goals as a socioeconomic model by the States of the globe together, is an indispensable measure for the maintenance of the conditions of the network of life as a search for the realization of human rights in its entirety.KEYWORDS: Sustainable development; human rights; Agenda 2030.

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