Sustainable Development Goals, climate crisis and sustained injustices

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

The Status ◽

Development Goals ◽

Climate Crisis ◽

Development Paradigm

In 2015, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of universal goals in key areas of action linked to sustainable development. The SDGs address not only highly relevant socioeconomic issues, but also pressing environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene, such as climate change. The integration of a specific climate goal – SDG 13 – into the SDGs is paramount as climate change is a global and urgent threat compromising the realisation of all the SDGs. However, the SDGs’ focus on issues linked to the current economic growth pattern and development paradigm may prevent them from addressing the climate crisis and the inequalities and injustices associated with it. This paper attempts to establish the extent to which the SDGs promote progress towards achieving climate justice or if, on the contrary, they maintain the status-quo and continue to fuel the climate crisis while leaving millions behind. En 2015, las Naciones Unidas adoptaron la Agenda 2030 y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), un conjunto de objetivos universales en áreas de acción esenciales vinculadas al desarrollo sostenible. Los ODS no sólo abordan cuestiones socioeconómicas de gran relevancia, sino también desafíos ambientales apremiantes asociados al Antropoceno, como el cambio climático. La integración de un objetivo climático específico –SDG 13– en los ODS es primordial ya que el cambio climático es una amenaza global y urgente que compromete la realización de todos los ODS. Sin embargo, el hecho de que los ODS se centren en cuestiones relacionadas con el actual patrón de crecimiento económico y el paradigma de desarrollo podría impedirles enfrentar la crisis climática y las desigualdades e injusticias asociadas con la misma. Este artículo intenta establecer hasta qué punto los ODS promueven el progreso hacia el logro de la justicia climática o si, por el contrario, mantienen el statu quo y siguen alimentando la crisis climática, al tiempo que dejan atrás a millones de personas.

Pedagogical professions. In support of a green and human transition

Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete ◽

10.36253/form-11328 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 6-20

Author(s):

Simona Sandrini

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Young People ◽

University Students ◽

Human Dignity ◽

Planetary Boundaries ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

Climate Crisis

An increasing number of initiatives related to Agenda 2030 are being launched. Educators, trainers and teachers are dedicated themselves to interpret the approach to sustainability in light of the climate crisis and within the planetary boundaries. Looking toward the future, the pedagogical professions in their core can help the younger generation to recompose the prospective of “global human”, avoiding the risk of flattening sustainability on purely functional devices that forget the value and relational texture of human dignity. Coordinating experiences is crucial to support a transition both green and human. This means preparing fraternal training environments in which young people experience the culture of relation and proximity, with the intent of realising the sustainable development goals. This contribution presents a laboratory of dialogue on the paradigmatic union between sustainable development and fraternity, experience by young university students. Professioni pedagogiche. A sostegno di una transizione verde e umana Si moltiplicano le iniziative nel solco dell’Agenda 2030. Educatori, formatori, pedagogisti e insegnanti sono impegnati a interpretare l’accostamento alla sostenibilità, tra l’allarme della crisi climatica e dentro i confini planetari. Volgendosi verso orizzonti di senso, le professioni del pedagogico possono aiutare le giovani generazioni a ricomporre un intero umano, evitando il rischio di appiattire la sostenibilità su dispositivi puramente funzionali che dimenticano la valenza e la trama relazionale della dignità umana. Coordinare esperienze in questa chiave di sostegno a una transizione che sia al contempo verde e umana, può significare predisporre ambienti formativi fraterni in cui i giovani sperimentino la cultura dell’incontro e della prossimità, anche per avverare i sustainable development goals. Il contributo presenta un’esperienza di laboratorio vissuta in mezzo a giovani studenti universitari, di dialogo sul connubio paradigmatico tra sviluppo sostenibile e fraternità.

Assessment of the similarity of the eu countries in the process of sustainable development in the context of agenda 2030 goals

Współczesne Problemy Zarządzania ◽

10.52934/wpz.97 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2(13)) ◽

pp. 123-133

Author(s):

Emília Huttmanová ◽

Tomáš Valentiny ◽

Roman Novotný

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Life ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

Almost All ◽

The Eu

Sustainability ideas are implemented in almost all areas of life, not only into the economic and social life. However, the ways to sustainable development quantifying are still relatively complicated and incomplete. One of the possibilities of assessment and achievement of sustainable development and sustainability can be considered assessment using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presented in Agenda 2030. The aim of the paper is to assess the similarity of the EU countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals according to 2030 Agenda.

A systems model of SDG target influence on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Sustainability Science ◽

10.1007/s11625-021-01040-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Carl C. Anderson ◽

Manfred Denich ◽

Anne Warchold ◽

Jürgen P. Kropp ◽

Prajal Pradhan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Systems Model ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

Indicator Data

AbstractThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and aim to address issues ranging from poverty and economic growth to climate change. Efforts to tackle one issue can support or hinder progress towards others, often with complex systemic interactions. Thus, each of the SDGs and their corresponding targets may contribute as levers or hurdles towards achieving other SDGs and targets. Based on SDG indicator data, we create a systems model considering influence among the SDGs and their targets. Once assessed within a system, we find that more SDGs and their corresponding targets act as levers towards achieving other goals and targets rather than as hurdles. In particular, efforts towards SDGs 5 (Gender Equality) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) may accelerate progress, while SDGs 10 (Reduced Inequalities) and 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) are shown to create potential hurdles. The model results can be used to help promote supportive interactions and overcome hindering ones in the long term.

Μελέτη και ανάλυση διδακτικών προτύπων για εφαρμογή στην διδακτική πολύπλοκων συστημάτων

10.12681/eadd/47417 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Σταματία Αρτέμη

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Management System ◽

Learning Management System ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

E Learning ◽

Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή έχει στόχο την παραγωγή και διακίνηση εκπαιδευτικού υλικού και μεθόδων που ενισχύουν την συνεργασία βαθμίδων εκπαίδευσης και την Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη (ΕΑΑ). Η επιλογή διδασκαλίας από απόσταση σύγχρονων θεμάτων Φυσικής στο πλαίσιο της ΕΑΑ και η έρευνα του κατάλληλου πλαισίου από το οποίο μπορεί να επιτευχθεί αυτό είναι ένα από τα αντικείμενα έρευνας. Η εκπαίδευση από απόσταση είναι ένα από τα αντικείμενα μελέτης για πολλούς λόγους που θα αναφερθούν παρακάτω, αλλά ένας από τους κυριότερους είναι ότι καθίσταται ο μοναδικός τρόπος να πετύχουμε δίαυλο επικοινωνίας και άμεση συνεργασία με τις υπόλοιπες βαθμίδες εκπαίδευσης (μαθητές, εκπαιδευτικούς) σε διάφορα γεωγραφικά μέρη. Η παρούσα διατριβή σχεδιάζει και υλοποιεί εκπαιδευτικά πρότυπα που ασχολούνται με διαφορετικά σύγχρονα θέματα επιστήμης και μελετά - αναλύει την αποτελεσματικότητα συνδυασμού συγκεκριμένων μαθησιακών εργαλείων που εξυπηρετούν το κάθε πρότυπο, τα εργαλεία επικοινωνίας και την αλληλεπίδραση των μαθητών και εκπαιδευτικών στα άτυπα αυτά εκπαιδευτικά περιβάλλοντα. Η διατριβή βασίζεται σε τέσσερις βασικούς πυλώνες και αναλύονται με την ακόλουθη σειρά: ένταξη σύγχρονων θεμάτων επιστήμης, σε τυπική και μη μορφή, στο σχολικό πλαίσιο, δημιουργία δράσεων που συμβάλλουν στην Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη και υπηρετούν τους στόχους της Agenda 2030 (agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs), χρήση εξ αποστάσεως εργαλείων και πρακτικών, ένταξη Problem Oriented Project Based Learning μεθόδου υπό το κατάλληλο πλαίσιο στα παραγώμενα διδακτικά πρότυπα Βασιζόμενοι στους πυλώνες αυτούς διερευνάται το κατάλληλο blended e- learning διδακτικό πρότυπο που πρέπει να δημιουργηθεί ώστε να αποσκοπεί στην ΕΑΑ, επιλέγοντας την προβληματοκεντρική διερεύνηση ενός σύγχρονου θέματος για την αειφορία και την βιωσιμότητα και συνδυάζοντας αριθμό συγκεκριμένων εξ αποστάσεως μαθησιακών και επικοινωνιακών εργαλείων. Το πρότυπο αυτό καλείται να είναι αποτέλεσμα ζυμώσεων της συνεργασίας των βαθμίδων εκπαίδευσης και να μπορεί να είναι διαθέσιμο προς όλους και επαναχρησιμοποιήσιμο. Η έρευνά μας καταλήγει στο ότι μπορεί να στηθεί κατάλληλο blended e- learning περιβάλλον με θεματική που να ενισχύει την Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφόρο Ανάπτυξη. Παρουσιάζονται τα κριτήρια επιλογής θεματολογίας που μπορεί να δημιουργήσει και ενιαίο πλαίσιο, μια κοινή δράση, για όλες τις βαθμίδες εκπαίδευσης σε συνεργασία με το πανεπιστήμιο. Η προβληματοκεντρική προσέγγιση στο παραπάνω πλαίσιο και η χρήση της μεθόδου των μαθησιακών αντικείμενων στον σχεδιασμό του e-learning προτύπου, χρησιμοποιώντας συγκεκριμένα προτεινόμενα μαθησιακά εργαλεία , όπως την φιλοξενία όλου του υλικού σε πλατφόρμα τηλεκπαίδευσης (Learning Management System) και η χρήση συγκεκριμένων προσομοιώσεων, εξ αποστάσεως πραγματικών πειραμάτων και πολυμέσων, είχε θετική ανατροφοδότηση από του χρήστες, δίνοντας κίνητρο σε αυτούς .να συμμετέχουν ενεργά καθόλη την διάρκεια της δράσης. Οι εκπαιδευτικοί έκριναν χρήσιμο το πρότυπο και κάποιοι χρησιμοποιούν μέρη του ακόμη και σήμερα.

La sostenibilidad del concepto de Desarrollo Sostenible. ¿Cómo hacerlo operativo?

UDA AKADEM ◽

10.33324/udaakadem.v1i6.320 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 184-202

Author(s):

Juan Diego Tapia-Sisalim

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Water Resources ◽

Integrated Management ◽

Social Changes ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Management Indicators ◽

Los desafíos del Antropoceno generan presiones por la planificación, fomento y aplicación de innovadores cambios económicos, éticos, políticos y sociales. La propuesta del Desarrollo Sostenible, a pesar de insistir en un crecimiento económico ilimitado con fundamento en la teoría capitalista, y, de su enfoque antropocéntrico, a través de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se ha establecido como el punto de referencia para el desarrollo global futuro. No obstante, las críticas al concepto y su operatividad son varias. El presente ensayo ofrece una reflexión crítica de este concepto y de su propia sostenibilidad y, a partir de ella, con relación a los ODS y su interconexión con la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos (GIRH), se discute de manera descriptiva la forma de hacerlo operativo a través del análisis con indicadores de gestión. Enfoques holísticos y complejos son comunes entre Desarrollo Sostenible y GIRH, por lo que sus dinámicas y abordajes hacia la operatividad en el ámbito de la sostenibilidad, también podrían serlo.Palabras Clave: Antropoceno, Desarrollo Sostenible, Economía Política, Naturaleza, Recursos Hídricos. AbstractThe challenges of the Anthropocene generate pressures for the planning, promotion and application of pioneering economic, ethical, political and social changes. The Sustainable Development proposal, despite persist on unlimited economic growth based on capitalist theory, and, of its anthropocentric viewpoint, through the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been established as the point of reference for future global development. Nevertheless, there are several criticisms of the concept and its operability. This essay offers a critical reflection of this concept and of its own sustainability, and based on it, in relation to the SDGs and their interconnection with the integrated management of water resources (IWRM), the way to make it operational is discussed in a descriptive way through the analysis with management indicators. Holistic and complex outlooks are common between Sustainable Development and IWRM, so their dynamics and approaches to operability in the field of sustainability could also be. Keywords: Anthropocene, Sustainable Development, Political Economy, Nature, Water Resources

Editorial – Global Politics, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies ◽

10.20889/m47e21016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

Author(s):

Thiago Gehre Galvão ◽

Henrique Zeferino de Menezes

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Politics ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

A publicação de uma edição especial do Meridiano 47 - Revista de Política Global sobre a Agenda 2030 e os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável coloca o Brasil e o Sul Global no centro dos debates sobre um dos assuntos mais relevantes e que têm animado periódicos, artigos e conferências internacionais no mundo todo. De fato, esse dossiê é uma genuína contribuição intelectual para as discussões sobre os impactos da Agenda 2030, debatendo os desafios à política global em relação à Agenda 2030 e aos ODS, como territorialização e níveis de implementação, orquestração e prestação de contas, potencial transformador dos ODS, conciliação entre pesquisa e atividades de aprendizagem e extensão, bem como problematizando o tema dos indicadores. Além disso, busca fornecer recorte claro da perspectiva brasileira sobre a política global dos ODS.

REFLEXÕES SOBRE A INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL NA AGENDA 2030 PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL

Revista Eletrônica Direito e Política ◽

10.14210/rdp.v16n1.p30-64 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 30-64

Author(s):

Sthéfano Bruno Santos Divino

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Research Methods ◽

Research Problem ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Integrated Research ◽

RESUMOO presente artigo tem como problema de pesquisa o seguinte questionamento: como a Inteligência Artificial (IA) pode contribuir para o cumprimento das metas da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento sustentável? A primeira seção se incumbe da demonstração das possíveis utilizações da IA para o efetivo atingimento dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). Neste momento, destacam-se os aspectos positivos e os aspectos negativos na utilização da IA. Na segunda seção, realiza-se um estudo sobre os atos normativos de alguns países sobre as possíveis implicações negativas e regulamentais da IA para com a sociedade. Para tanto, utiliza-se os métodos dedutivo e de pesquisa integrada. Ao final, demonstra-se que a IA apresenta-se como importante fator da equação posta pela Agenda 2030, desde que devidamente observada e regulada.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Agenda 2030; Inteligência Artificial; Desenvolvimento Sustentável. ABSTRACTThis article has as a research problem the following question: how can Artificial Intelligence (AI) contribute to meeting the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? The first section is responsible for demonstrating the possible uses of AI for the effective achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At this moment, the positive and negative aspects in the use of AI are highlighted. In the second section, a study is carried out on the normative acts of some countries on the possible negative and regulatory implications of AI for society. For this, the deductive and integrated research methods are used. In the end, it is shown that AI presents itself as an important factor in the equation posed by Agenda 2030, as long as it is properly observed and regulated.Keywords: Agenda 2030; Artificial intelligence; Sustainable development.

Global Health and International Development

The Oxford Handbook of Global Health Politics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190456818.013.14 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 216-235

Author(s):

Andrew Harmer ◽

Jonathan Kennedy

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Health ◽

Economic System ◽

International Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Relationship ◽

Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

Defining and Quantifying National-Level Targets, Indicators and Benchmarks for Management of Natural Resources to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11020462 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 462 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Chris Dickens ◽

Vladimir Smakhtin ◽

Matthew McCartney ◽

Gordon O’Brien ◽

Lula Dahir

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Natural Resources ◽

National Level ◽

Resource Quality ◽

Country Level ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

Global Indicators

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are high on the agenda for most countries of the world. In its publication of the SDGs, the UN has provided the goals and target descriptions that, if implemented at a country level, would lead towards a sustainable future. The IAEG (InterAgency Expert Group of the SDGs) was tasked with disseminating indicators and methods to countries that can be used to gather data describing the global progress towards sustainability. However, 2030 Agenda leaves it to countries to adopt the targets with each government setting its own national targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account national circumstances. At present, guidance on how to go about this is scant but it is clear that the responsibility is with countries to implement and that it is actions at a country level that will determine the success of the SDGs. Reporting on SDGs by country takes on two forms: i) global reporting using prescribed indicator methods and data; ii) National Voluntary Reviews where a country reports on its own progress in more detail but is also able to present data that are more appropriate for the country. For the latter, countries need to be able to adapt the global indicators to fit national priorities and context, thus the global description of an indicator could be reduced to describe only what is relevant to the country. Countries may also, for the National Voluntary Review, use indicators that are unique to the country but nevertheless contribute to measurement of progress towards the global SDG target. Importantly, for those indicators that relate to the security of natural resources security (e.g., water) indicators, there are no prescribed numerical targets/standards or benchmarks. Rather countries will need to set their own benchmarks or standards against which performance can be evaluated. This paper presents a procedure that would enable a country to describe national targets with associated benchmarks that are appropriate for the country. The procedure builds on precedent set in other countries but in particular on a procedure developed for the setting of Resource Quality Objectives in South Africa. The procedure focusses on those SDG targets that are natural resource-security focused, for example, extent of water-related ecosystems (6.6), desertification (15.3) and so forth, because the selection of indicator methods and benchmarks is based on the location of natural resources, their use and present state and how they fit into national strategies.

Financial Institutions’ Risk Profile and Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13147738 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 7738

Author(s):

Nicolás Gambetta ◽

Fernando Azcárate-Llanes ◽

Laura Sierra-García ◽

María Antonia García-Benau

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Risk Profile ◽

Corporate Reporting ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Impact

This study analyses the impact of Spanish financial institutions’ risk profile on their contribution to the 2030 Agenda. Financial institutions play a significant role in ensuring financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth and usually incorporate environmental and social considerations into their risk management systems. The results show that financial institutions with less capital risk, with lower management efficiency and with higher market risk usually make higher contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to their sustainability reports. The novel aspect of the present study is that it identifies the risk profile of financial institutions that incorporate sustainability into their business operations and measure the impact generated in the environment and in society. The study findings have important implications for shareholders, investors and analysts, according to the view that sustainability reporting is a vehicle that financial institutions use to express their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and to higher quality corporate reporting.