Resilience and Sustainability Development

Global Science ◽

Resilient Communities ◽

Informed action by the leaders of the future is critical for creating resilient communities. Preparing these future leaders through formal and informal education, research, and environmental/climate change programs that interweave local knowledge with the most current global science positions them to becomes the catalysts that propel community leaders to engage a wider range of possible futures. This chapter integrates findings from a SeaTrust Institute research project with the sustainable development goals in an analysis supporting dynamic and reconfigurable combinations of agents that promote the attributes of elasticity, future orientation, and motivation to address the high stakes choices for resilience to climate and environmental/social change. Author objectives in this chapter are to illustrate the optimum roles of youth in the process and what preparations and conditions are needed to instill and support youth in their ability to flip a process at the point of catastrophe to restore equilibrium and promote resilience.

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.

Small business and its place in promoting sustainable development

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202125006007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 250 ◽

pp. 06007

Author(s):

Elena Korneeva ◽

Natalia Skornichenko ◽

Tatiana Oruch

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Small Business ◽

Social Life ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Global Climate ◽

Global Changes ◽

Development Goals ◽

Medium Enterprises

Sustainable development is becoming a very important issue in the 21st century. Facing global changes such as the global warming, global climate change, as well as other pressing issue, all spheres of economy and social life need to take part in mitigating them and preventing disasters from happening. Our article studies the role of the small business in the above processes and the place of the small business in promoting sustainable development through its actions, public and social awareness and responsibility. We show how even small and medium enterprises can become a decisive power in tackling the climate change and promoting green thinking and sustainable awareness. This can be achieved through enhancing social responsibility of business companies which can greatly contribute to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and promoting sustainable economic growth.

A STUDY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION IN INDIA UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2030

EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review ◽

10.36713/epra2966 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 12-20

Author(s):

Dr. Basanta Kalita

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Paris Declaration ◽

Water And Sanitation ◽

Sanitation Services ◽

The SDGs agenda is the outcome of a series of international conferences on the issue of environmental sustainability. A principle of common and differentiated responsibility was endorsed by the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 (2012). The political commitments from the world leaders were confirmed during the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa in July 2015 for a common policy on sustainable development. The goals are broad based and interdependent. Finally the Paris Declaration on Climate Change (2016) paved the way for the adoption of a comprehensive list of goals to be achieved by 2030. Each of the 17 sustainable development goals has a list of targets which are measured with indicators and are interdependent. The present study will be confined to the 6th goal which is ensuring “Clean water and Sanitation” in the Indian context. KEYWORDS: SDGs agenda, Climate Change, employment, sanitation services

Farmer-Prioritized Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies

Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190949501.003.0021 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 423-445

Author(s):

Caroline Mwongera ◽

Chris M. Mwungu ◽

Mercy Lungaho ◽

Steve Twomlow

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Development Goals ◽

Smart Agriculture ◽

Study Sites ◽

Context Specific

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) focuses on productivity, climate-change adaptation, and mitigation, and the potential for developing resilient food production systems that lead to food and income security. Lately, several frameworks and tools have been developed to prioritize context-specific CSA technologies and assess the potential impacts of selected options. This study applied a mixed-method approach, the climate-smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) tool, to evaluate farmers’ preferred CSA technologies and to show how they link to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The chapter examines prioritized CSA options across diverse study sites. The authors find that the prioritized options align with the food security and livelihood needs of smallholder farmers, and relate to multiple sustainable development goals. Specifically, CSA technologies contribute to SDG1 (end poverty), SDG2 (end hunger and promote sustainable agriculture), SDG13 (combating climate change), and SDG15 (life on land). Limited awareness on the benefits of agriculture technologies and the diversity of outcomes desired by stakeholders’ present challenges and trade-offs for achieving the SDGs. The CSA-RA provides a methodological approach linking locally relevant indicators to the SDG targets.

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Adapting and Mitigating Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk in Business ◽

Circular Economy and Climate Change in Developing Economies

10.4018/978-1-7998-6788-3.ch011 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 225-238

Author(s):

James Osabuohien Odia

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Policy Development ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Paris Agreement ◽

Net Zero ◽

Climate Change Risks ◽

Product Lifetime ◽

The CE represents a new model for resilient growth in both developed and developing economies that would help to tackle the causes and devastating effects of climate change and climate change risks, meet the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Agreement, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The CE practices can help to reduce greenhouse gases (CO2, methane, and nitro-oxide) to net zero emissions by 2050 through efficient resources use, elongation of product lifetime, recycling, recovery, reuse, materials substitution, efficient waste reduction and management, sharing service, among others. Given the numerous economic opportunities, innovation, and policy progresses, developing countries should transit to the CE pathway by aligning the CE strategies with the mitigation of climate change and the achievement of SDGs, synergize the CE practices with the existing national policies, and mainstream across sectoral strategy and policy development.

High stakes at the UN on the Sustainable Development Goals

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61956-x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 382 (9897) ◽

pp. 1001-1002 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jeffrey D Sachs

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

High Stakes ◽

Investigating South Africa’s Fresh Peach and Nectarine Value Proposition: Measuring Progress on Achieving Sustainable Consumption in Exports

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12072615 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 2615

Author(s):

Chiedza Zvirurami Tsvakirai ◽

Teboho Jeremiah Mosikari

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South African ◽

Sustainable Consumption ◽

Principal Component ◽

Composite Indices ◽

Responsible Consumption ◽

Value Propositions ◽

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have shone a spotlight on the importance of adaption to climate change. However, progress in achieving SDG 12 which calls for, “responsible consumption and production” has been stalled by the unavailability of indicators that adequately capture and motivate increased responsible consumption. To fill this gap, this article presents an alternative indicator that makes use of cultivar characteristics and uses South African fresh peach and nectarine exports as a focus area. Principal component analysis is used to extract and summarize the product value propositions identified in composite indices that were constructed by weighting the proportional use of cultivars in exports between 1956 and 2017. The indices acquired from the analysis were found to measure the provisions for sustainable consumption, good-quality fruit and off-peak fruit supply. The study’s results show that progress was found in the provisions for sustainable consumption and this was mainly driven by improvements in cultivars’ climate change adaptability. However, the last two decades have been characterized by years of successive lower readings on this index. Improvements in fruit quality index were found to be attained at the expense of farm enterprise productivity. The study concludes that strategies be developed to encourage the use of cultivars that promote responsible consumption as, if left uninfluenced, market forces will spur unsustainable production.

Moving past the rhetoric: Policy considerations that can make Sino-African relations to improve Africa's climate change resilience and the attainment of the sustainable development goals

Advances in Climate Change Research ◽

10.1016/j.accre.2016.11.002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 253-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Dumisani Chirambo

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Climate Change Resilience

Climate Change and Food Insecurity Dynamics in the Rural Limpopo Province of South Africa

Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies ◽

10.22610/jebs.v10i1(j).2085 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1(J)) ◽

pp. 22-32

Author(s):

Abiodun Olusola Omotayo

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

South Africa ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Limpopo Province ◽

Development Goals ◽

Household Heads

In the developing nations of the world, poor gross domestic product growth has shown serious vacuum to be filled in order to achieve the sustainable development goals. In that regard, this research article intends to contribute to the sustainable development goals of the United Nationâ€™s goal by explaining the rural food insecurity in the light of climate change dynamic in some selected rural communities of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The data employed in the study were collected from 120 randomly selected rural household heads. Data were analysed with descriptive (frequency, mean etc.) and inferential statistics (Principal component Analysis (PCA), Tobit and Probit Regression) which were properly fitted (P<0.05) for the set research objectives. Descriptive results indicate that the average age of the respondents was 52 years with 60% of the household heads being married and a mean household size of 5.The study concluded that there is climate change effect and food insecurity in the study area and therefore recommended among others that the government of South Africa should endeavour to implement a more rural focused food securityclimate change policies in order to relieve the intensity of food insecurity situations among these disadvantaged rural dwellers of the province as well as to entrench a policy of long term development of agriculture. Finally, the study emphasized that the rural farming households should be enlightened through proper extension services to carry out climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in alleviating the food insecurity situation in the rural communities of the province.