scholarly journals Providing an enabling environment to promote the Sustainable Development Goals: Coventry University’s experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Jaliyyah Bello ◽  
Selina Fletcher ◽  
Mojtaba Ammari-Allahyari
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Agendas

Higher Education Institutions provide a vital role in providing education towards solving sustainability issues. Hence, the adoption of development agendas, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the SDG Accord, into curriculum. As a signatory of the sector SDG Accord, Coventry University Group has the responsibility of providing an enabling environment to promote the achievement of the Goals. This article introduces a model for embedding the goals into curriculum; with creative teaching practice and enriching student experience at the centre to the approach taken. The approach considers three dimensions: Staff Development, the Goals within Teaching, and Students' Activities.

scholarly journals Education for Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals: Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions and Knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7741
Author(s):  
Esther García-González ◽  
Rocío Jiménez-Fontana ◽  
Pilar Azcárate
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Training Process ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Development Goals

The purpose of this study is to explore the change in the perceptions of pre-service teachers after participating in a training process on Education for Sustainability. The research was conducted during academic year 2019–2020 in the context of the Master’s Degree in Educational Research for Teachers’ Professional Development. The changes related to Education for Sustainability, the knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals, and methodological strategies to integrate both were analysed. An initial and a final questionnaire as well as the activities developed by the students during the course were used to gather information. An analysis was performed of three dimensions (Education for Sustainability, the Sustainable Development Goals, and methodological strategies) with the help of the NVivo 12 Plus software programme. The results show progress was made in all three dimensions. The most significant changes were detected with regard to the knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the majority of the student teachers indicated they knew them on completing the training process. Their perception of Education for Sustainability evolved towards more complex views, while the methodological strategies proposed at the end of the training process did not differ significantly from the initial ones. This shows it is imperative to insist on training processes that include methodological strategies. By doing so, future educational professionals will be able to incorporate Education for Sustainability into their teaching practice.

scholarly journals Agenda 2030's, “Leave no one behind”, in citizen science?

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. A07
Author(s):  
Madeleine Montanari ◽  
Liesbet Jacobs ◽  
Mordechai Haklay ◽  
Felix Kwabena Donkor ◽  
Maria Rosa Mondardini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Development Goals

Citizen science (CS) is promoted as a useful practice for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this contribution we explore how CS aligns to the SDGs overarching pledge to ‘Leave no one behind’. We propose a framework to evaluate exclusionary processes in CS. We interlink three dimensions of CS inspired by existing CS typologies with five factors underpinning exclusionary processes. With this, we are able to situate existing literature on various exclusionary effects in CS within a structured framework. We hope this contribution sparks a discussion and inspires practitioners’ reflections on a more inclusive practice in CS.

scholarly journals Energy Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas Based on the Analysis of Sustainable Digital Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuonan Wang ◽  
Yan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Technology has played a vital role in modifying the lifestyle of individuals and the emerging countries are progressing so fast as no one has ever thought before. With the progression of technology boosting, the pattern of energy resources consumption has also been the center of attention for researchers in this decade. China has been one of those countries that have adopted such energy strategies in its industrial regime. The economists and information technology (IT) working together have done wonders in digitalizing and sustaining the economies that will lead to sustainable development goals. This study has been an effort to understand the role of technology and the availability of affordable energy resources in obtaining a sustainable digital economy with the mediating role of sustainable development. The population of this study was IT professionals and economists. The survey data were collected from 285 respondents selected based on purposive sampling. The software adopted for data analysis was SmartPLS 3.3.3. This study showed that technology utilization had been an important predictor of sustainable development, contributing to a sustainable digital economy. Similarly, low operational cost also moderated the relationship of sustainable development and sustainable digital economy that has been the major focus of developing countries. Moreover, the strategy of cutting down the operation costs to bring it down to the level of affordability is a major challenge for the economies such as China that have been among the low production cost. Studies on the sustainable digital economy with respect to technological use are very limited. Hence, this study will find many advantages for economists and IT professionals in the future with respect to devising the strategies taking into account the sustainable development goals and the achievement of a sustainable digital economy.

Women, Development, and Gender Inequality

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender

Women have a lengthy history of fighting their oppression as women and the inequalities associated with this to claim their place on the world stage, in their countries, and within their families. This article focuses on women’s struggles to be recognized as having legitimate concerns about development initiatives at all levels of society and valuable contributions to make to social development. Crucial to their endeavors were: (1) upholding gender equality and insisting that women be included in all deliberations about sustainable development and (2) seeing that their daily life needs, including their human rights, be treated with respect and dignity and their right to and need for education, health, housing, and all other public goods are realized. The role of the United Nations in these endeavors is also considered. Its policies on gender and development, on poverty alleviation strategies—including the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals—are discussed and critiqued. Women’s rights are human rights, but their realization remains a challenge for policymakers and practitioners everywhere. Social workers have a vital role to play in advocating for gender equality and mobilizing women to take action in support of their right to social justice. Our struggle for equality has a long and courageous history.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence-Driven Digital Technologies to the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Perspective from Brazil and Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13669
Author(s):  
Angélica Pigola ◽  
Priscila Rezende da Costa ◽  
Luísa Cagica Carvalho ◽  
Luciano Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Cláudia Terezinha Kniess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Levene Test

Innovativeness is a characteristic of digital technologies (DT), and they have been assuming an important role in economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Therefore, DT are relevant contributors for sustainable development goal (SDG) achievements. This study aims to compare the preference for artificial intelligence-driven digital technologies (AI-Driven DT) to achieve SDGs in Brazil and Portugal. An independent sample t-test analysis and Levene test are performed to identify potential artificial intelligence-driven digital technologies (AI-Driven DT) as favorable facilitators for SDG achievements in Brazil and Portugal. Based on the findings, a broader analysis is provided, to (i) indicate potential favorable SDGs, (ii) discuss differences between the countries in AI-Driven DT preferences in each SDG, and (iii) make recommendations for potential technologies that could receive more attention and investments in both regions to make emergent digital technologies succeed, with a particular emphasis on cleaner production. The analysis is organized into three dimensions: economic, social, and environment. At the end, a closing discussion is provided about the key guidelines and prospects that could be adopted to keep a strong and positive shift of AI-Driven DT developments and applications towards fully supporting the attainment of the SDG of United Nations Organization (ONU) Agenda 2030.

scholarly journals Assessing the Progress of REDD+ Projects towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Milbank ◽  
David Coomes ◽  
Bhaskar Vira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Goal Level ◽  
Certification Standards ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
Development Agendas ◽  
Monitoring Progress

Almost a decade since the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), this study investigates the extent to which REDD+ projects are delivering on the promise of co-benefits and the elusive ‘triple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, and local communities. The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCB) is among several leading REDD+ certification standards that are designed to support the delivery of social and environmental co-benefits, and ‘socially-just’ carbon. This study uses an in-depth content analysis of 25 subnational REDD+ project documents to assess the extent to which REDD+ project objectives align with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, and evaluates the reporting of progress towards meeting these objectives. Currently the CCB standards address a relatively small subset of SDG targets. Despite this, we find that REDD+ projects aspire to work on a much broader set of SDG target objectives, thus going beyond what the CCB Standards require for REDD+ validation. However, although reviewed REDD+ projects have these aspirations, very few are actively monitoring impact against the goals. There is a gap between aspiration and reported progress at the goal level, and for each project: on average, only a third of SDGs that are being targeted by REDD+ projects are showing ‘improvement’. The analysis shows which global goals are most frequently targeted, and which are the least. It also allows an analysis of which projects are following through most effectively in terms of monitoring progress towards the SDGs. This assessment provides insights into the priorities of REDD+ project proponents, suggesting that REDD+ has unfulfilled potential to elicit positive change in relation to the SDGs. Our analysis also shows that there is considerable potential for the safeguarding bodies to do more to ensure that real improvements are made, and reported against, aligning REDD+ projects more strongly with global development agendas.

scholarly journals Assessing regional performance for the Sustainable Development Goals in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Idiano D’Adamo ◽  
Massimo Gastaldi ◽  
Cesare Imbriani ◽  
Piergiuseppe Morone
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Performance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
National Perspective

AbstractThe monitoring report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a global context involves a large number of actors as it represents probably the biggest change that our society is implementing. Actions at all levels, from local, regional and national to the aggregation of multiple countries (e.g. EU 27) are needed to achieve a sustainable future. This work focuses on a national perspective (Italy) where multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is used to measure current performance. A sustainability score for each region is calculated from a set of 175 indicators contained in all 17 SDGs. Additionally, sustainability scores are disaggregated along the three pillars – social (1–5, 10, 16, and 17), environmental (6, 13–15) and economic (7–9, 11, and 12). The results highlight the positive performance of northern regions and, in particular, of Trentino Alto Adige, which ranks first in the two considered scenarios. In addition, the relevance of territorial specificities emerges for which the analysis of individual SDGs shows different leading regions. It is noteworthy to highlight the performance of the environmental sub-group of SDGs in southern regions, in contrast to the social and economic sub-groups. Evidently, policy actions are needed to reduce the long-lasting North/South divide—yet the highlighted heterogeneous sustainability performance along the three dimensions calls for well targeted policy measures necessary to regain competitiveness at a European and global level, without compromising with environmental sustainability.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BACKGROUND

2016 ◽  
pp. 90-113
Author(s):  
G. Bager ◽  
R. Paiman ◽  
C. Odorige
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Social And Environmental Responsibilities

This is a comparative study of three countries, “Hungary, Nigeria and Iraq”. These countries belong to three different continents, Hungary-Central Europe, Nigeria-Africa, Iraq-the Middle East. Sustainable Development means different concerns to each of these countries. The paradigm of SD includes Economic, Social and Environmental responsibilities. Economic growth is the primary policy objective for most countries where environment and social paradox of the equation is relatively low. In this study, the researchers analyse the three country’s situation in relation to Global Sustainable Development Goals. The approach of each country in realising these goals will be highlighted and a comparative link designed to find out differences and similarities in their approaches. Overall objectives of the Sustainable Development is to focus on the three dimensions equally, “economics, social and Environmental (Figure 1). Unfortunately many developing countries are incapable or lack the political will to tackle all three at the same time. The second part of this study will focus on the role of the three governments in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the challenges to growth and sustainability will be highlighted. The overall objective of this comparative study is to find out the role of governments and their efforts at reaching sustainable development goals.

Contributions of the social and solidarity economy to the implementation of the sustainable development goals and the construction of evaluation indicators: the case of a settlement in Araraquara, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-92
Author(s):  
Leandro Pereira Morais ◽  
Miguel Juan Bacic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals

In Brazil, and in many other countries, the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) has been an innovative alternative for job and income generation, and a solution to cope with social and labor inclusion, in the last two decades. It can also be considered a new, more humane and inclusive model of development. This fact contributes to improving the quality of life, both for people and their communities, especially those with social and economic disadvantages. This conclusion led the United Nations to recognize the SSE as one of the auxiliary contributions to fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is because the SDGs integrate and merge the three dimensions of sustainable territorial development: economic, social and environmental. However, at present, we need conclusive quantitative and qualitative studies and methodologies to be able to “quantify” the effective contributions of the SSE to the SDGs. Thus, this article aims to use a real and innovative experience of municipal SSE, carried out in an area of high socioeconomic vulnerability (Monte Alegre Land Reform Settlement), in the Brazilian municipality of Araraquara (SP), to explain its effective contributions to achieving certain SDGs. With this study, which is still being carried out, we also intend to propose a set of indicators for SDGs 1, 2, 5, 11 and 12, which can be applied in the future, as well as to other SSE experiments. Keywords: social and solidarity economy; settlements; territorial development; ecosystem; indicators; 2030 Agenda, Brazil.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals and Leading European Retailers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Daphne Comfort
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed at a United Nations General Assembly in 2015 embrace an ambitious and wide-ranging set of global environmental, social and economic issues designed to effect a transition to a more sustainable future; the United Nations important role of the private sector in addressing the SDGs. The majority of Europe’s leading retailers have been pursuing sustainability strategies, and reporting on their achievements against their strategies, for some time and within the European retail community there is a recognition that retailers have a vital role to play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs. This exploratory paper reviews and reflects on how seven of Europe’s leading retailers claim to be committed to addressing the SDGs. The findings revealed that all seven retailers reported on their commitment to contributing to the achievement of the SDGs, though the scale and the extent of their commitment varied. In reviewing the retailers’ approach to the SDGs, the authors drew attention to a number of issues namely, concentration on specific SDGs, issues of measurement and reporting and tensions between sustainability and economic growth.

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