Big Earth Data enhance the Implementation of PEEX along the Belt and Road regions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubao Qiu ◽  
Huadong Guo ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
Fang Chen ◽  
Massimo Menenti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Earth Observations ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Common Domain ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Snow And Ice

<p>The Digital Belt and Road program, the DBAR, is aiming to resolve the scientific understanding of the Earth changes, and sustainable development goals along the Belt and Road regions (B&R), which was initiated in 2016, and now have been developing into its 1<sup>st</sup> phase of implementation plan after the startup phase. With a strong collaboration and common interest, the Pan-Eurasia experiment the PEEX, and DBAR is crossed together to use the Earth observations to understanding and address the challenges for the environmental changes, especially for the Belt and Road in Asia about the changing of snow and ice, vegetation and ecosystem, disaster, urban, agriculture, water stress and etc.</p><p>With the development of the Earth Observations, either from the ground observations or the space/air borne platform, the Big Earth Data approach has been developing for addressing the societal and science challenges for the PEEX and DBAR common domain, with the eight working group efforts, and its potential contribution to the working efforts for the PEEX. In this talk, we will describe the Big Earth Data, societal challenges, its platform development, and more focus will be put in the snow and ice, urban, environment, disaster, and water as the priorities for the cross feralization with PEEX.</p>

scholarly journals The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanbo Li ◽  
Xufeng Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Belt And Road

During the initial implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Santiago, Chile, in January 2018. During this forum, China officially invited 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This study links three important global governance issues: The 2030 Agenda, China-LAC relations and BRI. The authors attempt to analyze how China’s BRI in the LAC region can learn from the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations with 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). This study shows that although China and the LAC region have strong political, economic and trade relationships, they must deepen dialogues and cooperation on sustainable development, especially the 2030 Agenda with 17 SDGs, which can be inspirations for China’s BRI in this region. BRI, which aligns with the 2030 Agenda and contributes to Chinese experience in development, can generate new opportunities for the LAC region to implement such an agenda. However, the challenges and risks of BRI cannot be ignored, and adequate answers and solutions should be provided to allow BRI to achieve a win–win outcome for China and LAC countries. The authors also examine the alignment of China’s policies towards LAC and BRI with the 2030 Agenda (17 SDGs) and the involvement of each SDG in these policies as the 2030 Agenda (17 SDGs) should be considered in policy-making for China’s BRI in the LAC region. Moreover, on the basis of previous analyses, suggestions for a successful BRI in the LAC region in six sectors are proposed in the context the 2030 Agenda.

scholarly journals The Belt and Road Initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals

One Earth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-267
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Alice C. Hughes ◽  
Gulshan Sachdeva ◽  
Divya Narain ◽  
Taidong Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Belt And Road

scholarly journals The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Tapping Potential to Achieve the 2030 Agenda in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 301-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Political Differences ◽  
Immense Potential ◽  
The Belt And Road

The year 2015 marked the deadline for finishing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the United Nations (UN) member states launched the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN 2030 Agenda encompassing 17 goals and 169 targets aims at eradicating global poverty, combating inequalities and utilizing natural resources in a sustainable manner so that “no one is left behind.” All stakeholders have committed to proceeding with the incomplete agenda of the MDGs and achieve the SDGs by 2030. Also in 2015, China initiated the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a collection of projects to develop energy, industry and communication infrastructure costing US$46 billion as a key part of the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).” This paper examines different components of the CPEC and explores the extensive convergence between the main goals envisioned under the CPEC and the universally accepted SDGs. It posits that if successfully implemented, the CPEC will contribute to achievement of various SDGs in Pakistan. While it is expected that the CPEC will enable the country to move forward on a number of SDGs, three goals are particularly relevant to the construction of the CPEC. The paper argues that there is immense potential for convergence, commonality, and division of labor for a host of bilateral and multilateral actors to enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development (SDG17), resolve political differences, participate in the CPEC, and contribute to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda even beyond Pakistan in the broader South Asian region.

Dovetailing the Belt and Road Initiative with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: The Connotations, Objectives and Pathways

2019 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 1940005
Author(s):  
Lei ZHU ◽  
Ying CHEN
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Road ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Belt And Road

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been put into practice for nearly six years since it was put forward in 2013. While the achievements have attracted the world’s attention, it is also necessary to think over the way of building the “Road and Belt” with a higher quality. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (hereinafter referred to as the “2030 Agenda”) is the latest result of the United Nations’ sustainable development cause and the world’s consensus, with its authority being widely recognized. There are many similarities between BRI and the 2030 Agenda. Dovetailing them can help dispelling the international community’s worries, and promoting the international position and moral advantage of participating countries and friendly groups, and help introducing BRI to the rest of the world. The important theoretical and policy issues of dovetailing BRI with the 2030 Agenda involve three aspects, i.e. connotations, objectives and pathways. The core of the dovetail lies at the understanding of the dialectical relationship between actions and goals, and between the current and the future. Its purpose is to build a common discourse system with other countries, increase the supply of quality public goods, promote the global sustainable development process and facilitate the implementation of the sustainable development goals in the developing countries along the Belt and Road. The pathway is to dovetail the ideas, fields and mechanisms of BRI with those of the 2030 Agenda.

China will use foreign aid for strategic aims

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Diplomacy ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Belt And Road

Significance It consolidates and formalises a shift that has been underway, using examples of recent practice to present China’s new approach. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is presented as a key part of China’s development policy, alongside the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Impacts Trilateral cooperation with developed country aid donors is affirmed, but China is unlikely to contribute money. A new interest in cooperating on ‘governance’ suggests a willingness to support authoritarianism overseas. The distinctions between aid, economic diplomacy and geostrategic competition will remain blurred, and may become more so.

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