Conferences as Learning Spaces for Advancing Knowledge and Action for the SDGs

Agenda 2030 ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

The international community is increasingly recognizing the importance of youth as key stakeholders in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030. Young people need to be continuously empowered and provided with opportunities to enhance their competences and networks. There are multiple capacity-building and networking events that seek to engage youth, yet the learning and impact generated in such spaces remains less understood. This chapter explores the value of youth-targeted and youth-led conferences and events centered on sustainability themes in advancing the learning experiences of youth participants. Testimonials from young people provide key insights into their engagement. The findings highlight the need for such platforms to be more empowering through focusing more directly on fostering collaborative actions amongst youth and organizations rather than merely on capacity-building on the spot; and through garnering financial or technical support for advancing youth action on the SDGs, especially at the local community level.

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.

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Reshaping Social Policy to Combat Poverty and Inequality ◽

Gender Inequality and Sustainable Development

10.4018/978-1-7998-0969-2.ch007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 132-145

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Men And Women ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

Regional Performance

The chapter argues that inequality between men and women has led to the gap in income and poverty for women. Gender inequality and women's empowerment have, therefore, become one of the 17 pillars of the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. This chapter, therefore, examines the global performances on gender inequality index (GII) and the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030, regional performance and the Sustainable Development Goals, the top best performers on gender gap parity versus the worst performers on gender gap parity, and sub-national performances and global rankings. Also, this chapter examines the challenges of achieving gender equality by 2030 along with policy options for achieving gender equality in the year 2030.

An Eco-GAME Meta-Evaluation of Existing Methods for the Appreciation of Ecosystem Services

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12187805 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (18) ◽

pp. 7805

Author(s):

Maurizio Sajeva ◽

Marjo Maidell ◽

Jonne Kotta ◽

Anneliis Peterson

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Science Policy ◽

Dimensional System ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

The One

The isolation of science disciplines and the weak integration between science, policy and society represent main challenges for sustainable human development. If, on the one hand, the specialization of science has produced higher levels of knowledge, on the other hand, the whole picture of the complex interactions between systems has suffered. Economic and natural sciences are, on matters of sustainable development, strongly divergent, and the interface informing decision-making is weak. This downplays uncertainty and creates room for entrenched political positions, compromising evidence-based decision-making and putting the urgent need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030 at risk. This article presents the heterodox Eco-GAME framework for interconnecting science through trans-disciplinary social-learning and meta-evaluation of scientific knowledge in pursuit of SDGs. The framework is tested and refined in the BONUS MARES project by systematic literature analysis, participatory workshops, and semi-structured interviews, in relation to the specific habitats of Baltic Sea mussel reefs, seagrass beds and macroalgae ecosystem services produced and methods applied. The results, acknowledging the urgency of interfacing science, policy and society, validate the Eco-GAME as a framework for this purpose and present a multi-dimensional system of indicators as a further development.

The Affective Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals: Partnership, Capacity-Building, and Big Data

Globalizations ◽

10.1080/14747731.2017.1286167 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 468-485 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Clive Gabay ◽

Suzan Ilcan

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Big Data ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Development Goals ◽

Partnership Capacity

Toward a Holistic Rating System: An Attempt to Expand the Boundaries of Building Sustainability Using SDGs

Frontiers in Built Environment ◽

10.3389/fbuil.2021.679014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Author(s):

Pierluca Vitale ◽

Vincenzo Alfano ◽

Tommaso Pastore ◽

Costantino Menna ◽

Pietro Maffettone ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Rating System ◽

Mathematical Framework ◽

Rating Systems ◽

Evaluation Systems ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Several frameworks have been developed for mitigating the environmental impact of human activities. Among them, possibly the most forward-thinking are the Sustainable Development Goals set out in UN Agenda 2030, which are often cited by stakeholders at various levels. Nevertheless, when it comes to policy tools, defining goals relating to sustainability is not straightforward. In this contribution, we use a mathematical framework to compare the goals of Agenda 2030 with the assessments possible with three different building-rating systems, BREEAM, LEED and ITACA. Our results show that these tools address sustainability very differently to the intentions of the SDGs. However, a number of minor changes could easily make the assessments produced by these evaluation systems on this issue more complete.

Urban Management as a Pedagogical Tool. San José De Cúcuta: Causes, Phenomena and Impacts on Urban Growth

Revista Perspectivas ◽

10.22463/25909215.3166 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 6-20

Author(s):

Luz Karime Coronel-Ruiz ◽

Erika Tatiana Ayala García ◽

Magdiel Daviana Tami Cortes

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Natural Phenomena ◽

San Jose ◽

Pedagogical Tool ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

The City

In this article the transformation of the territory of San José de Cúcuta, Norte de Santander- Colombia, borderarea with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela during the last twenty years was studied, from a territorialand pedagogical approach based on the analysis of the physical dimensions -environmental, social-culturaland economic-normative, and phenomena such as: scarcity of developable land, limited urban planning andcontrol strategies, migration, informality of the land and risks due to socio-natural phenomena as input in orderto propose aspects and significant strategies for solving problems present in the territory. A mixed inductiveanalyticalmethod was used, by source of documentary data collection. It was found that the city shouldprioritize interventions focused on property sanitation and land formalization. In addition, that with respect tothe physical- environmental and social-cultural dimensions, it is necessary to establish mechanisms for urbanplanning and management in response to the Sustainable Development Goals proposed for Latin Americancities by the United Nations and contemplated in the agenda. 2030 for sustainable development.

Environmental Protection and Social Entrepreneurship Activities: The Vision of the Young People

Environmental Sciences Proceedings ◽

10.3390/environsciproc2021009015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Oana-Cristina Modoi ◽

Andreea Vescan

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Young People ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Quality Information ◽

Social Entrepreneurs ◽

Before And After ◽

The involvement of the young people in adopting sustainable behaviors and their possible activities as social entrepreneurs is important, in terms of the future adults who will make decisions on sustainable economic development. The objective of the study is to find out what are drivers, barriers and practices in the vision of young people and adolescents in Romania, in terms of social entrepreneurship. The study took place online and aimed to facilitate access to quality information related to the integration of the sustainable development principles in daily behaviors of young people, their willingness to become involved in social entrepreneurship activities. As a working methodology, a questionnaire is applied to adolescents and young people, before and after the seminars they participate, in which they are asked about how they see their involvement in some activities of the environmental protection and in social entrepreneurship activities or in what way they want to contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and which sustainability goals they would choose first.

Health and Education through Sport for development and peace in extreme development contexts: cases studies from various developing countries

10.31236/osf.io/cau6j ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tegwen Gadais ◽

Laurie Decarpentrie ◽

Patrick Charland ◽

Olivier Arvisais ◽

Bernard Paquito

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Young People ◽

Severe Trauma ◽

Sport For Development ◽

Resilience Process ◽

The World ◽

Development Context ◽

Across the world, young people do not have the same opportunities to develop their potential and become well-rounded adults. The world's population is approximately 1.8 billion young people aged 10 to 24, and about 90% of them live in developing countries within extreme development context. Optimal development of those generations depends on the resources for support, education and health and the means implemented to sustain this development. However, the imbalance of these resources is clearly observable throughout the world. Sport has been use in many developing countries to contribute to health and education for youth following Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations. More especially, sport is use as a leisure to generate resilience, the capacity of a person or group to develop well, to continue to project itself into the future despite destabilizing events, difficult living conditions, and severe trauma. Several authors emphasize the role of recreational activities such as physical activity and sport in the resilience process or for academic perseverance. The chapter explores the perspective and the potential of using sport for the sustainable development for health and education of youth as targeted in the SDG. More especially, we aim to understand how sport can contribute to health and education of youth through cases studies from various developing countries.

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

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.20060207 ◽

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 ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Inclusive Practice ◽

Five Factors ◽

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.

Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on sustainable development

Economics of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5937/esd2001045p ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 45-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andrija Popović

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

New Technologies ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

We are at the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and its implications on the society are far-reaching. The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive overview of the implications that Industry 4.0 has on the Sustainable Development Goals from the UN Agenda 2030, based on the review and the analysis of the available literature. The paper is structured to give an insight into the basic concepts of Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Development, then moves through the implications of new technologies on the Sustainable Development Goals, and finally, points out the areas that need to be addressed by policymakers. This paper just tapped into the potentials and issues that the Fourth Industrial Revolution brings while leaving the room for in-depth research of any of the analyzed areas.