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Lehoux, Pascale, Hudson Pacifico Silva, Renata Pozelli Sabio, and Federico Roncarolo. "The Unexplored Contribution of Responsible Innovation in Health to Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 10, no. 11 (November 2, 2018): 4015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10114015.
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Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) represents an emerging Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) approach that could support not only the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “Good health and well-being” but also other SDGs. Since few studies have conceptualized the relationships between RIH and the SDGs, our goal was to inductively develop a framework to identify knowledge gaps and areas for further reflections. Our exploratory study involved: (1) performing a web-based horizon scanning to identify health innovations with responsibility features; and (2) illustrating through empirical examples how RIH addresses the SDGs. A total of 105 innovations were identified: up to 43% were developed by non-profit organizations, universities or volunteers; 46.7% originated from the United States; and 64.5% targeted countries in Africa, Central and South America and South Asia. These innovations addressed health problems such as newborn care (15.5%), reduced mobility and limb amputation (14.5%), infectious diseases (10.9%), pregnancy and delivery care (9.1%) and proper access to care and drugs (7.3%). Several of these innovations were aligned with SDG10-Reduced inequalities (87%), SDG17-Partnerships for the goals (54%), SDG1-No poverty (15%) and SDG4-Quality education (11%). A smaller number of them addressed sustainable economic development goals such as SDG11-Sustainable cities and communities (9%) and SDG9-Industry and innovation (6%), and environmental sustainability goals such as SDG7-Affordable and clean energy (7%) and SDG6-Clean water and sanitation (5%). Three examples show how RIH combines entrepreneurship and innovation in novel ways to address the determinants of health, thereby contributing to SDG5 (Gender), SDG10 (Inequalities), SDG4 (Education) and SDG8 (Decent work), and indirectly supporting SDG7 (Clean energy) and SDG13 (Climate action). Further research should examine how alternative business models, social enterprises and social finance may support the STI approach behind RIH.
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Lagoarde-Segot, Thomas. "Financing the Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 12, no. 7 (April 1, 2020): 2775. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12072775.
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This paper contends that carving out pathways to finance the sustainable development goal (SDG) agenda entails to reconsider tacit assumptions regarding the functioning of financial systems. We first use a history of economic thought perspective to demonstrate the flaws of the loanable fund theory, which has come to underlie SDG finance strategies. We then introduce the alternative endogenous money theory using a consistent theoretical and accounting framework. This allows us to identify and discuss a set of financing mechanisms that would permit to bridge the SDG budget gap. These mechanisms include the issuing of sovereign green bonds, the modification of the European Central Bank’s collateral framework, changes in capital adequacy ratios, a market of SDG lending certificates and the introduction of rediscounting policies. We back up the discussion with examples from economic history.
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Brecha, Robert J. "Threshold Electricity Consumption Enables Multiple Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 11, no. 18 (September 16, 2019): 5047. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11185047.
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Access to sufficient amounts of energy is a prerequisite for the development of human well-being. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognize the interconnectedness of climate change, energy access and development. However, not all SDG targets are quantified, leaving room for ambiguity in fulfilling, for example, the goal of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SDG7). We show how specific sustainable development targets for health indicators are strongly correlated with electricity consumption levels in the poorest of countries. Clear thresholds in per capita electricity consumption of a few hundred kWh per year are identified by analyzing SDG indicator data as a function of per capita country electricity consumption. Those thresholds are strongly correlated with meeting of SDG 3 targets-below the identified thresholds, countries do not meet the SDG targets, while above the threshold there is a clear relationship between increasing consumption of electricity and improvement of SDG indicators. Electricity consumption of 400 kWh per capita is significantly higher than projections made by international agencies for future energy access, but only 5%–10% that of OECD countries. At the very least, the presence of thresholds and historical data patterns requires an understanding of how SDG targets would be met in the absence of this threshold level of electricity access.
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Fonseca, Luis Miguel, José Pedro Domingues, and Alina Mihaela Dima. "Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 20, 2020): 3359. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083359.
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Sustainable development addresses humanity’s aspiration for a better life while observing the limitations imposed by nature. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim to foster the organizational operationalization and integration of sustainability and, therefore, to address the current and forthcoming stakeholder needs and ensure a better and sustainable future for all, balancing the economic, social, and environmental development. However, it is not entirely clear which are the mutual relationships among the 17 SDGs and this study aims to tackle this research gap. The results of the correlation confirm that Poverty elimination (SDG1) and Good health and well-being (SDG3) have synergetic relationships with most of the other goals. SDG7 (Affordable and clean energy) has significant relationships with other SDGs (e.g., SDG1 (No poverty), SDG2 (Zero hunger), SDG3 (Good health and well-being), SDG8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG13 (Climate action)). However, there is a moderate negative correlation with SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production), which emphasizes the need to improve energy efficiency, increase the share of clean and renewable energies and improve sustainable consumption patterns worldwide. There is also confirmation that SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production) is the goal strongly associated with trade-offs. To sum up, this research suggests that change towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals offers many opportunities for reinforcing rather than inhibiting itself. However, some SDGs show no significant correlation with other SDGs (e.g., SDG13 (Climate action) and SDG17 (Partnerships for the goals), which highlights the need for future research.
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Fraisl, Dilek, Jillian Campbell, Linda See, Uta Wehn, Jessica Wardlaw, Margaret Gold, Inian Moorthy, et al. "Mapping citizen science contributions to the UN sustainable development goals." Sustainability Science 15, no. 6 (July 2, 2020): 1735–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00833-7.
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Abstract The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a vision for achieving a sustainable future. Reliable, timely, comprehensive, and consistent data are critical for measuring progress towards, and ultimately achieving, the SDGs. Data from citizen science represent one new source of data that could be used for SDG reporting and monitoring. However, information is still lacking regarding the current and potential contributions of citizen science to the SDG indicator framework. Through a systematic review of the metadata and work plans of the 244 SDG indicators, as well as the identification of past and ongoing citizen science initiatives that could directly or indirectly provide data for these indicators, this paper presents an overview of where citizen science is already contributing and could contribute data to the SDG indicator framework. The results demonstrate that citizen science is “already contributing” to the monitoring of 5 SDG indicators, and that citizen science “could contribute” to 76 indicators, which, together, equates to around 33%. Our analysis also shows that the greatest inputs from citizen science to the SDG framework relate to SDG 15 Life on Land, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing, and SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation. Realizing the full potential of citizen science requires demonstrating its value in the global data ecosystem, building partnerships around citizen science data to accelerate SDG progress, and leveraging investments to enhance its use and impact.
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Cavalli, Lissandra Souto, Andréa Ferretto Da Rocha, Benito Guimarães De Brito, Kelly Cristina Tagliari De Brito, and Marco Aurélio Rotta. "Major Sustainable Development Goals applied to Aquaculture." Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha 27, no. 1 (July 14, 2021): 110–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.36812/pag.2021271110-126.
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Aquaculture based on environmentally friendly practices is the best alternative for building a better world when it comes to the production of food of animal origin. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations (UN) reinforce and direct this new form of farming. Scientists and farmers are concerned with maintaining stocks and sources of natural resources for the next generations, as well as for the maintenance of life on earth. In this perspective, this work brings together the 17 SDG around aquaculture. It briefly presents how we can apply them to make aquaculture better, more sustainable and productive.
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Schwartzman, Jonas A. S., and Paola Zucchi. "Healthcare Managers’ Perception About the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Journal of Management and Sustainability 11, no. 2 (August 15, 2021): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v11n2p141.
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In 2015, about 190 United Nations Member States proposed an ambitious agenda, to be worked on by different actors in society, which was entitled 2030 Agenda. The document was divided into 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are broken down into 169 targets aiming to eradicate poverty and promote a decent life for all. This study aimed to evaluate the perception of healthcare managers about SDGs, especially SDG 3, which addresses Good Health and Well-Being. This cross-sectional observational study identified and analyzed the participants’ profilesthrough online forms with questions about the general perception of the SDGs, and questions related to SDG 3. The quantitative analysis of the results was performed, in percentage terms, and the qualitative analysis was performed using the five-point Likert scale. Twenty-one technical directors of healthcare services participated in the survey. According to the results, 14 (66.6) of the participants presented medium to highknowledge regarding SDG. In addition, 18 (85.7%) of these professionals understand that the SDGs are of high/very high importance to guide public policies. In general, there is a low expectation for the achievement of the 17 SDGs in Brazil, but it was highlighted that it should be a priority, which SDG could contribute to the achievement of SDG 3: Good Health and well-being as well as the vision of policy recommendations to achieve the SDG 3 targets. This analysis allows contact with SDG and enables a deeper discussion on the topic in healthcare services.
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Alharbi, Yassir, Daniel Arribas-Bel, and Frans Coenen. "Sustainable Development Goal Relational Modelling and Prediction." Journal of Data Intelligence 2, no. 3 (September 2021): 348–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.26421/jdi2.3-3.
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A methodology for UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) attainment prediction is presented, the Sustainable Development Goals Correlation Attainment Predictions Extended framework SDG-CAP-EXT. Unlike previous SDG attainment methodologies, SDG-CAP-EXT takes into account the potential for a causal relationship between SDG indicators both with respect to the geographic entity under consideration (intra-entity) and neighbouring geographic entities to the current entity (inter-entity). The challenge is in the discovery of such causal relationships. A ensemble approach is presented that combines the results of a number of alternative causality relationship identification mechanisms. The identified relationships are used to build multi-variate time series prediction models that feed into a bottom-up SDG prediction taxonomy, which is used to make SDG attainment predictions and rank countries using a proposed Attainment Likelihood Index that reflects the likelihood of goal attainment. The framework is fully described and evaluated. The evaluation demonstrates that the SDG-CAP-EXT framework can produce better predictions than alternative models that do not consider the potential for intra- and inter-causal relationships.
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Osmani, Fisnik, Atanas Kochov, Betim Shabani, and Mirjeta Ilazi. "The Importance of SD Goals Indicators 7, 8, 9 and 12 in the Industry Development by Using Multi Criteria and Decision Making Method." Tehnički glasnik 14, no. 4 (December 9, 2020): 524–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.31803/tg-20200917084550.
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Sustainable Development and Decision Making are just two of the many processes that affect the industry sector. SDG7, SDG8, SDG9 and SDG 12 as four goals of sustainable development show the indicators we have to deal with, given that the energy, industry, economy and production are closely connected. This research focuses on promoting sustainable development in the industry, by testing very important indicators using the MCDM method. Our analysis was carried out with the help of a multi-criteria decision-making method - the Hierarchical Analytical Process. Through this method, we have identified specific areas that need improvement, the importance of the indicators separately, ranking so by their importance and impact in the industry, economy and production.
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Kamau, Esther, and Gillian MacNaughton. "The Impact of SDG 3 on Health Priorities in Kenya." Journal of Developing Societies 35, no. 4 (November 29, 2019): 458–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0169796x19874609.
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In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Like the previous Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs are global goals, which potentially risk shifting attention and resources away from national development priorities. This article is based on a qualitative study that examined whether the UN’s global health goal—SDG 3—is overriding local health priorities in Kenya. The study found that (a) SDG 3 aligns in many ways with Kenya’s development and health policies, and (b) Kenya is implementing SDG 3 targets selectively. This article, therefore, contends that SDG 3 is not overriding Kenya’s local health priorities.
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Chaynikova, Lilia, Natalia Sorokina, and Daria Melnikova. "Compliance with Russia’s national development goals and the UN sustainable development goals." E3S Web of Conferences 258 (2021): 04002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125804002.
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The article analyzes the correspondence between the national development goals of the Russian Federation and the UN sustainable development goals in the field of ensuring the quality and accessibility of education. It has been substantiated that the implementation of sustainable development goals in Russia is of great importance for activities to achieve the country’s national goals and development priorities. A comparative analysis of the education system in Russia as a source and factor of socio-economic development and improving the population’s quality of life is carried out. An analysis of the comparison between SDG 4 and the national project “Education” led to the following conclusion: the consistency of national policy measures with plans to achieve SDG 4 depends, first of all, on political priorities and national interests of the country and requires intersectoral coordination in planning and monitoring the implementation of targeted activities. Analysis of the compliance of the development goals of Russia within the framework of the implementation of the national projects “Labor productivity and employment support” and “Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support of individual entrepreneurial initiative” and SDG 8 showed the importance of institutional and financial instruments, the active use of which in the Russian economy is facilitated by the significant changes in legislation. The problem of mismatch of indicators of the studied documents is determined. For these are no statistical data in the framework of the implementation of sustainable development goals. It is concluded that the national development goals of the Russian Federation in the field of ensuring the quality and accessibility of education are generally consistent with the UN sustainable development goals.
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Dhar, Suneeta. "Gender and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 25, no. 1 (January 15, 2018): 47–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521517738451.
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This paper briefly highlights key challenges faced in advancing women’s rights in the last two decades. It draws attention to ‘gains and gaps’ in the implementation of the UN Beijing Platform for Action (1995) and the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000). It marks the evolution of a new compact on women’s human rights and gender equality through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that has been universally endorsed by governments, donors, women’s movements, civil society and other stakeholders. Women’s groups have consistently been raising critical questions of how equality, inclusion and participation would be embedded in a world structured around grave inequalities and exclusions. While the framework of the paper is global, it throws light on two critical areas in India—the economic empowerment of women and ending violence against women—with pointers regarding how these commitments could be better realised in the implementation of the SDGs, especially SDG Goal 5. The paper concludes by sharing information on how some countries are developing mechanisms to advance SDG 5 and draws attention to the lack of data and monitoring measures for gender equality. It emphasises that for transformative changes, governments need to engage with women’s organisations for policy development and implementation.
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Atkinson, Joel, and Luisa Cools. "Sustainability of Capture Fisheries and SDG 14: Life Below Water." International Studies Review 18, no. 1 (October 19, 2017): 23–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2667078x-01801002.
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Unlike the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the new United Nations (UN) post-2015 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a goal related to conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources—Sustainable Development Goal 14: “Life Below Water” (SDG 14). Inter alia, the goal aims to increase the sustainability of capture fisheries. For the most part, the sub-goals and targets emerging from this process are not new. Still, for the first time, fisheries have moved toward the center of the sustainable development discourse and the high profile of the SDGs may contribute to increased accountability. However, unless rhetoric translates into the political will to set measurable targets and enforce them, the goal alone cannot generate sustainability in capture fisheries.
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Marcovecchio, Ignacio, Mamello Thinyane, Elsa Estevez, and Tomasz Janowski. "Digital Government as Implementation Means for Sustainable Development Goals." International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age 6, no. 3 (July 2019): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijpada.2019070101.
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One of the challenges for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the measurement of indicators that represent progress towards such goals. Measuring such progress enables data-driven decision-making and management of SDG-relevant projects and strategies. The premise of this research is that measuring such indicators depends on measuring so-called means of implementation, i.e. activities that directly contribute to the achievement of SDGs. Building on this premise, this article studies how the measurement of digital government (DG) can contribute to the measurement of SDGs. In particular, how the indicators originating in three DG measurement instruments can inform the SDG indicators. The main finding is an alignment matrix, showing how the DG indicators contribute with varying level of specificity to the measurement of 10 SDG indicators.
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Šeremešić, Srđan, Željko Dolijanović, Mirela Tomaš Simin, Bojan Vojnov, and Glavaš Trbić Glavaš Trbić. "The Future We Want: Sustainable Development Goals Accomplishment with Organic Agriculture." Problemy Ekorozwoju 16, no. 2 (July 1, 2021): 171–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.2.18.
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The aim of the paper is to enlighten the role that organic agriculture can have in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Currently, sustainable agriculture systems are not adequately recognized in SDG and supported by the decision-makers. Given that agriculture plays one of the key roles in sustainable development accomplishment, the introduction of an organic agriculture can be a basis to implementing SDG. Organic agriculture has multiple benefits as most valuable option in redesigning food systems to achieve ecological, economic, and social sustainability. Moreover it could encompass and establish food system from field to fork necessary to complete the SDG without oversize resource depletion and negative impact on the environment. The study showed that by placing organic agriculture in the agenda of SDG it is possible to create conditions for sustainable development while identify and manage trade-offs in agriculture and maximising co-benefits.
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Galabada, Jalini K. "Institutional Impact on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Ending Poverty." Asian Social Science 17, no. 10 (September 19, 2021): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v17n10p25.
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The role of institutions is increasingly emphasised as a cornerstone of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, previous studies have not sufficiently considered the relationship between institutions and SDGs using cross-country empirical analysis. Therefore, this study examined the effects of institutions on SDG1 (end poverty) performance using a panel data set covering 111 countries for the period 2010–2019. Instrumental variable (IV) estimation (2SLS) and the three-stage least squares (3SLS) method were used to explore the direct and indirect impacts, respectively, of institutions on SDG1 performance. The institutional impact was captured using a composite index developed from individual worldwide governance indicators and SDG1 performance was evaluated with an index constructed using the SDG index database. The results showed that institutions have a highly significant direct positive relationship with SDG1 performance. Regulatory quality has the strongest influence on SDG1 performance while political stability has the lowest. Furthermore, institutions affect SDG1 indirectly via mediating factors – state policy, economic growth, and SDG2 (end hunger) performance. This study provides robust empirical evidence for enhanced regulatory quality and control of corruption creating a conducive environment for facilitating the achievement of the SDG of ending poverty, suggesting that policies aimed at fulfilling this goal should include the prerequisite of upgrading the country’s institutions.
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Balić, Katarina, Helena Boljat, Gorana Mrčelić, and Merica Slišković. "Meeting Sustainable Development Goals – Experience From The Largest Shipping Companies." Pedagogika-Pedagogy 93, no. 7s (August 31, 2021): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.53656/ped21-7s.05meet.
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The UN agenda for Sustainable Development underlines the importance of balanced and integrated environmental, economic and social development through 17 goals. The role of the shipping industry in achieving the sustainable goals is recognized and highlighted by UN. As shipping companies are one of the most important stakeholders in the global economy and maritime transport, sustainable goals must be integrated into their continued operations and development. This paper aims to analyze the commitment of the largest shipping companies to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). From their annual reports for 2019 and 2020, an analysis of the commitment to SDG was conducted. The analysis shows that the majority of the companies comply with the SDG and embed them in their daily business processes.
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Marzouki, Amal, Arbi Chouikh, Sehl Mellouli, and Rim Haddad. "From Sustainable Development Goals to Sustainable Cities: A Social Media Analysis for Policy-Making Decision." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (July 21, 2021): 8136. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158136.
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The United Nations (UN) adopted the seventeen “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) in early September 2015. One of these goals is SDG 11, which refers to the sustainable cities and communities. In this context, local governments face the challenge of aligning with this objective. As a result, they are increasing outreach to their organizational boundaries to involve citizens in policy making and strategy development, continually listening to citizens’ voices. One of the methods citizens use to express themselves is social media. This paper will emphasize social media platforms and specially Twitter to explore the public discourse about cities in the context of SDG 11. We applied descriptive quantitative and qualitative analysis to analyze the tweets that include terms and hashtags referring to the SDG 11. The data analysis process is composed of three major procedures: 1-Engagement analysis, 2-Trends based analysis and 3-Data Insights. Our results show that: 1-the COVID’19 pandemic negatively impacted users engagement towards SDG 11, 2-new technologies such AI and IoT are gaining more importance to help cities reach SDG 11, and 3-the SDGs are related and one SDG can impact other SDGs.
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Beyne, Jan. "Designing and Implementing Sustainability: An Integrative Framework for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 3 (October 1, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n3p1.
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Covering various sustainable development challenges, such as education, health, climate change and inequality, the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs can help to strengthen current business sustainability strategies with global aspirations. A review of sustainability literature and existing SDG frameworks provides the background to develop an integrative framework of SDG implementation in business strategies and operations as a pathway for sustainable transformation. This article offers a preliminary review of the efforts being made by businesses to address the SDGs. The resulting integrative framework highlights four SDG orientation levels that span seven steps of the SDG integration process, leading to sustainable transformation. Keywords: SDGs; sustainable transformation; business strategy; implementation
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Ozawa-Meida, Leticia, Fernando Ortiz-Moya, Birgit Painter, Matthew Hengesbaugh, Ryoko Nakano, Tetsuro Yoshida, Eric Zusman, and Subhes Bhattacharyya. "Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis." Climate 9, no. 6 (June 19, 2021): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli9060100.
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Cities are increasingly adopting potentially sustainable climate plans. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into these plans could help stabilize the climate while generating jobs, narrowing equity gaps, fostering innovation, and delivering other sustainability benefits. Yet, how much cities are integrating the SDGs into climate plans remains poorly understood. This article shed light on this question with a text analysis of SDG “keywords” in climate plans for two British and two Japanese cities. The results revealed that none of the surveyed cities have connected climate with socioeconomic priorities covered in SDG1 (poverty), SDG8 (employment), SDG5 (gender), and SDG10 (inequalities). Meanwhile, the United Kingdom cities made more connections between climate and responsible consumption and production (SDG12) than the Japanese cities. Further, Kyoto, Japan shares a climate-SDGs linkages profile that resembles the United Kingdom cities more than Kawasaki. Though not without limitations, text analysis can facilitate the city-to-city peer learning needed to make urban climate plans sustainable within and across countries.
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de Miguel Ramos, Carlos, and Rafael Laurenti. "Synergies and Trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Spain." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 15, 2020): 10506. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410506.
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The United Nations plans have marked global sustainable development for more than two decades. Most of the developed and developing countries have adopted these plans to achieve the Agenda 2030, currently formed by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The analysis of the interactions between the SDGs is a growing area in research and of interest for governments. However, studies on how positive correlations can improve deteriorated goals are scarce for countries to date. This study aims at filling this gap by finding and quantifying the synergies and trade-offs among the SDGs of Spain. During the years 2000–2019, almost 80% of the SDG targets had significant interactions, either positive (synergy) or negative (trade-off). SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 5 (gender Equality) and SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) contained the largest number of positive interactions, more than 60% in all of them. SDG 3 (good health and wellbeing) was strongly linked with indicators from SDG 4 (quality education) and also SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation). Furthermore, indicators from SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) shared a high correlation with the ones from SGD 12 (responsible consumption and production) and SDG 15 (life on land). SDG 1 (no poverty), 2 (zero hunger), 6 (clean water and sanitation), 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities) had the slowest evolution during the years 2000–2019, showing contractions in some instances. We developed a regression model to assess the influence that selected targets have had on a less evolved target (target 8.6—proportion of youth not in education, employment or training). We managed to clarify high influence from target 1.3 (unemployment compensations), target 8.4 (domestic material consumption) and target 10.5 (non-performing loans) on the dependent variable. Identifying numerical dependencies between the SDGs may help nations to develop a roadmap where targets work as cogwheel towards achieving the Agenda 2030.
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Corradini, Franziska. "Sustainable Development Goals in libraries of the German-speaking countries." Journal of EAHIL 16, no. 4 (December 20, 2020): 11–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.32384/jeahil16439.
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“How did the release of the Agenda 2030 with its17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) affect libraries in German-speaking regions?” was the leading research question in my bachelor thesis. To analyse the situation, I did a case study, based on a literature review.Findings are that the SDG publication influenced particularly the library associations in Germany and Switzerland. Most actual libraries, though, are probably not familiar yet with the SDGs. Nevertheless, there exists in Austria an outstanding model in (library-)cooperation and SDG platform Bildung 2030. As there are hardly any articles about medical libraries contributing to the SDG discussion, there is unused potential for medical and health libraries to contribute. High potential lies within cooperation between public libraries and medical and health libraries, to spread health literacy to the public.
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Anatoly N., Zakhlebny, and Ermakov Dmitry S. "Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Education (to the 50th Anniversary of the Scientific Council on Environmental Education of the Russian Academy of Education)." Scholarly Notes of Transbaikal State University 15, no. 4 (October 2020): 26–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21209/2658-7114-2020-15-4-26-35.
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The National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030, defined by the decree of the President (2020), corresponding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The Russian Federation conducts systematic work to implement SDG, including Goal 4, “Quality education”. The article presents a brief outline of the history of the created in 1970 Scientific Council on environmental education of the Russian Academy of Education (previously it was called Problem Council on informal environmental education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR), the main directions of its activities and contribution to the SDG through the development of scientific and methodological support of environmental education (in contemporary wording, of the environmental education for sustainable development). With the participation of members of the Scientific Council, federal and regional textbooks on sustainable development for secondary and higher schools were published, and several monographs and dissertations were prepared. Issues of environmental protection and sustainable development are included in federal state educational standards. The Concept of general environmental education for sustainable development is prepared. The Interregional network partnership “Learning to live sustainably in a global world” is functioning. Currently, designing of the national set of SDG 4 indicators, and, particularly, an indicator 4.7.1 related to training in sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, is on the way.
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Yeh, Shin-Cheng, Haw-Jeng Chiou, Ai-Wei Wu, Ho-Ching Lee, and Homer C. Wu. "Diverged Preferences towards Sustainable Development Goals? A Comparison between Academia and the Communication Industry." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 22 (November 19, 2019): 4577. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224577.
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To understand how the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are involved and cited in different fields, the current study aimed to explore the key SDGs and SDG-pairs from the viewpoints of academia and the media. The academic publications with SDG(s)-related keywords in the Scopus database and the entry videos of the “2018 SDG Lions” were collected and analyzed through content and network analysis. It was found that SDG 3 and SDG 10 shared the highest preferences in both industries, but apparent gaps happened to SDG 5. The tied frequencies of the possible SDG pairs were also examined, and SDG 3-10 was identified taking the lead in both industries. Network analysis using degree centrality as the vital parameter demonstrated that SDG 8 and SDG 5 has strong connections with several SDGs for the academia and the media, respectively. The SDG-2-6-7 combination or “water-energy-food” nexus was also found the most frequent combination of three SDGs in the academia. Overall, SDG 3 can be treated as a unifying theme when seeking to acquire evidence-based knowledge for integrated implementation of the SDGs. Important implications for policy-making of the SDGs were also discussed.
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Smirnov, Valeriy, Vladislav Semenov, Anna Zakharova, Sergei Zimin, and Natalia Bondarenko. "Analysis of the Russian Federation constituent regions’ sustainable development goals achievement." E3S Web of Conferences 291 (2021): 05003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129105003.
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The article analyzes the Russian Federation constituent regions’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) achievement. Identified are the determinant Russian regions, the driving force and the reason for their coherence in achieving sustainable development goals. The study is based on a systematic approach using the method of statistical, neural network and cluster analysis. Results. The study has revealed a contradiction expressed in priority of “SDG 7. Fixed capital investments by areas of investment in terms of “Production of electricity from renewable energy sources, including generated by solar, wind, geothermal power plants, as well as activities to ensure their performance”” line of business and underperformance in terms of “SDG 16. Russia’s position in the rating of the World Bank’s Doing Business project in terms of the “Getting credit” indicator. The work shows priority in relation to “SDG 3. Life expectancy at birth”, which is implemented through national projects. Analysis of the large Russian clusters regional importance identified the Moscow region by “SDG 1. Proportion of the population living below the national poverty line” and “SDG 3. Life expectancy at birth”. The analysis of interregional ties revealed determinant regions, the existence of which is supported by the dynamics of the developing Russian market, which is far behind countries with developing economies.
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Tan, Sarah. "Achieving Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Lessons for Malaysia." TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 7, no. 2 (October 11, 2019): 233–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/trn.2019.9.
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AbstractOn September 2015, countries around the world pledged to end poverty, protect the planet, and hit specific developmental targets within fifteen years at the signing of th|e United Nations 2030 Agenda. Within the 2030 Agenda are seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Goal 16 of the SDG contains twelve targets; of these, Target 16.3 is aimed at ensuring equal access to justice for all and Target 16.10 at ensuring public access to information. Malaysia as a signatory has pledged its commitment to fulfilling these SDGs. This paper's primary focus is on the fulfilment of Targets 16.3 and 16.10 within Malaysia's legal environmental framework. At present, there are provisions that ensure equal access to justice and those that ensure public access to information; however, it is suggested that these are insufficient, uncommon, and limited. This paper proposes an amendment to the Federal Constitution to include the express right to a clean environment, and demonstrates, through comparative study, the success similar provisions have had on the environmental protection laws of other countries such as India, the Philippines, South Africa, Nepal, the Netherlands, and Nigeria. It then considers what possible lessons Malaysia could glean from these national experiences in fulfilling its goals for Targets 16.3 and 16.10 before concluding with the proposition that Malaysia should consider an express constitutional right to a clean environment if she intends to meet her SDG goals.
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Brecha, Robert. "Electricity Access Threshold for Meeting Non-Energy SDG Targets." European Journal of Sustainable Development 8, no. 4 (October 1, 2019): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2019.v8n4p90.
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Access to sufficient amounts of energy is a prerequisite for development of human well-being. Analysis presented in this paper shows that multiple sustainable development targets are linked to per capita access to electricity in particular and demonstrate a threshold behavior below which sustainable development targets have not been met historically. The present work relates to the broad literature on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recognizing the interconnectedness of energy access (SDG7) and other development goals. Although targets are provided for each of the 17 goals, not all targets are quantified, leaving room for ambiguity in fulfilling, for example, the goal of ―ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.‖ The focus of this work is an extension of our previous finding that a per capita societal electricity consumption threshold of about 400kWh is strongly related to meeting outcomes for health indicators related specifically to SDG targets. In this contribution we further examine this quantitative relationship between electricity access as correlated with education, sanitation, food security and health outcomes, posing the question in the form, ―Below what minimum societal per capita access to electricity is a country very unlikely to meet SDG targets?
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Jaramillo, Fernando, Amanda Desormeaux, Johanna Hedlund, James Jawitz, Nicola Clerici, Luigi Piemontese, Jenny Rodríguez-Rodriguez, et al. "Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands." Water 11, no. 3 (March 25, 2019): 619. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11030619.
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Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country’s natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for sustainable development in iconic wetlands and wetlandscapes around the world. The analysis was based on the information and perceptions on 45 wetlandscapes worldwide by 49 wetland researchers of the Global Wetland Ecohydrological Network (GWEN). We identified three 2030 Agenda targets of high priority across the wetlandscapes needed to achieve sustainable development: Target 6.3—“Improve water quality”; 2.4—“Sustainable food production”; and 12.2—“Sustainable management of resources”. Moreover, we found specific feedback mechanisms and synergies between SDG targets in the context of wetlands. The most consistent reinforcing interactions were the influence of Target 12.2 on 8.4—“Efficient resource consumption”; and that of Target 6.3 on 12.2. The wetlandscapes could be differentiated in four bundles of distinctive priority SDG-targets: “Basic human needs”, “Sustainable tourism”, “Environmental impact in urban wetlands”, and “Improving and conserving environment”. In general, we find that the SDG groups, targets, and interactions stress that maintaining good water quality and a “wise use” of wetlandscapes are vital to attaining sustainable development within these sensitive ecosystems.
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Oliva-Maza, Laura, Enrique Torres-Moreno, María Villarroya-Gaudó, and Natalia Ayuso-Escuer. "Using IoT for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Education." Proceedings 31, no. 1 (November 14, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019031001.
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Whereas the demand of pure Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs is increasing, young people interested on STEM studies are decreasing. Among the reasons, different studies show that male and female students do not have a clear perception of engineering. Furthermore, there is a very worrying gender gap in fields as Computer Science. The lack of role models, stereotypes and the perception of a machine and programming oriented discipline are pointed out as possible reasons. In order to reverse the situation, this paper presents an ongoing project to be conducted at the early years of high school to connect computer engineering with environment giving the students the idea that computer engineering is not only about programming and giving them real-life applications. Then, the project serves of Internet of Things (IoT) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to propose students a real world problem to face and promote engineering vocations. One of the key aspects of the project is to be directed to young students. This increases the impact in both number of students attending the activity and the possibility that teachers accomplish actions against the gender gap before it is well established.
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Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv. "Achieving the sustainable development agenda: The governance – conflict nexus." International Area Studies Review 20, no. 1 (January 16, 2017): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2233865916683609.
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In September 2015, the international community agreed on 17 new sustainable development goals (SDG) as part of the new sustainable development agenda. This current perspective article discusses development cooperation under the new SDG agenda with a special focus on Norway’s efforts. It provides background on the governance system for development cooperation and discusses particular issues and topics present policy focuses on, and strategies and policies for achieving the SDG agenda for Norway, both at home and abroad. The role of education as a core part of development cooperation is highlighted and discussed throughout. A recurring theme is the role of conflict, stability and fragility for Norwegian development cooperation in particular. As discussed, Norway has a long-standing tradition of involvement in peacebuilding across the globe. Both the explicit link made by the new SDG agenda between peace and justice, through SDG 16, and its other goals bring the UN’s priorities in line with what has been a guiding principle for Norwegian development cooperation for several decades already.
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Ament, Judith M., Robin Freeman, Chris Carbone, Anna Vassall, and Charlotte Watts. "An Empirical Analysis of Synergies and Tradeoffs between Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 13, 2020): 8424. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208424.
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a universal agenda that nations have committed to achieving by 2030. The challenge is substantial, with no country excelling across all SDGs. Using global UN data, we assess patterns of positive and negative correlations between indicators of SDG status and progress. For nearly 70% of SDG indicators, status is positively associated with GDP/capita. Progress on SDG indicators, however, occurs in both poorer and wealthier countries. When GDP/capita is controlled for, positive associations remain between health, environment and energy usage indicators. Economic growth is negatively associated with changes in some health and environment indicators. For SDGs targets to be achieved, major opportunities and conflicts will need to be identified, prioritized and acted upon.
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Urish Wynton Pillai Thomas, Dr. Syriac Nellikunnel Devasia, Dr Parameswaran Subrmanian, Dr Maria Josephine Williams, and Dr Hanim Norza Baba. "Integrating UNSDG in International School’s Curriculum: Nurturing a Sustainable Society in Malaysia." GIS Business 15, no. 2 (February 9, 2020): 194–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/gis.v15i2.18906.
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into International School Curriculum, and to adapt Education for Sustainable Development using Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory and Stern’s value belief norm (VBN) theory to nurture a sustainable society. The study narrowed five development goals; Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), Climate Change (SDG 13) and Life on Land (SDG 15) to evaluate the impact towards international school’s curriculum in order to nurture a sustainable society.
Data was collected from 105 teachers from 5149 full time teachers in International Schools in Malaysia. The questionnaire focusses on indicators from Sustainable Development Goals and funnelled down to understand whether these indicators will impact the objective of these research, which is to nurture a sustainable society through integrating SDGs in International School Curriculum.
The data was analyzed through SPSS application where correlation test were conducted and produce nonparametric correlation results in p<0.001 which indicate a very high significant of relationship between SDGs and sustainable society.
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KROTOVA, T. G. "FEATURES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE." EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA 2, no. 4 (2021): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.04.02.017.
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This article discusses the main trends in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and their implementation in The Post-Soviet space. Implementation of SDG in pro-Soviet space is discussed in more detail, including main problems. The main directions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for countries of this region are proposed.
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Körfgen, Annemarie, Klaus Förster, Ingomar Glatz, Stephan Maier, Benedikt Becsi, Anna Meyer, Helga Kromp-Kolb, and Johann Stötter. "It’s a Hit! Mapping Austrian Research Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (September 14, 2018): 3295. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093295.
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a global agenda addressing social, economic, and environmental challenges in a holistic approach. Universities can contribute to the implementation of the SDGs by providing know-how and best-practice examples to support implementation and by integrating issues of sustainability into their operations, research, education, and science-society interactions. In most of the signatory countries of the Agenda 2030, an overview of the extent to which universities have already addressed the SDGs in research is not available. Using the example of universities in Austria, this study presents a tool to map research that addresses sustainability topics as defined by the SDGs. The results of an analysis of scientific projects and publications show current focus areas of SDG related research. Research on SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and SDG 4 (Quality Education) is well represented by universities in Austria, while other SDGs, such as SDG 1 (No Poverty) or SDG 14 (Life Below Water), are under-represented research fields. We anticipate the results will support universities in identifying the thematic orientation of their research in the framework of the SDGs. This information can facilitate inter-university cooperation to address the challenge of implementing the SDGs.
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Bolsinger, Harald. "Mit den Sustainable Development Goals in mittelständischen Unternehmen Sinn gestalten." Der Betriebswirt 58, no. 4 (November 30, 2017): 10–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/dbw.58.4.10.
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Die Ausrichtung von Unternehmen an den konkreten Teilzielen der Sustainable Development Goals der Vereinten Nationen gilt als state of the art der verantwortungsvollen Unternehmensführung. Die Beschäftigung mit den Nachhaltigkeitszielen der Vereinten Nationen birgt für Unternehmen eine große Chance zur innovativen nachhaltigkeitsfokussierten Differenzierung. In kleineren und mittleren Unternehmen erscheint die Beschäftigung mit den SDGs als Kraftakt, der mit einer hohen Ressourcenbindung einhergeht. So gilt es vor allem für diese Unternehmen, einen gleichermaßen pragmatischen wie professionellen eigenen Weg zur glaubwürdigen Annäherung an die Agenda 2030 zu finden und damit die Unternehmenskultur innovativ und sinnzentriert auf messbare Verantwortungselemente auszurichten. Der vorliegende Artikel zeigt beispielhaft auf, wie die erfolgsorientierte Fokussierung auf die SDGs in einfachen Schritten glaubwürdig zu meistern ist. The orientation of companies to the concrete objectives of the United Nations´ Sustainable Development Goals is considered to be state of the art of responsible and sustainable management. The discussion of the United Nations sustainability goals is a great opportunity for companies to differentiate their business model in an innovative, sustainable and responsible way. In small and medium-sized enterprises, employment with the SDG seems to be a major strain with high levels of resource retention. In particular, it is therefore important for these companies to find an equally pragmatic and professional way to a credible approach to the Agenda 2030, thus making the corporate culture innovative and sense-centered on measurable elements of responsibility with the SDG in mind. This article shows an example of how meaningful, profitable and successoriented focus on the SDG can be mastered credibly in simple steps. Keywords: unternehmensethos, sdg, nachhaltigkeit, implementierung, agenda 2030
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Pedercini, Matteo, Steve Arquitt, David Collste, and Hans Herren. "Harvesting synergy from sustainable development goal interactions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 46 (October 30, 2019): 23021–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817276116.
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As countries pursue sustainable development across sectors as diverse as health, agriculture, and infrastructure, sectoral policies interact, generating synergies that alter their effectiveness. Identifying those synergies ex ante facilitates the harmonization of policies and provides an important lever to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. However, identifying and quantifying these synergetic interactions are infeasible with traditional approaches to policy analysis. In this paper, we present a method for identifying synergies and assessing them quantitatively. We also introduce a typology of 5 classes of synergies that enables an understanding of their causal structures. We operationalize the typology in pilot studies of SDG strategies undertaken in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Malawi. In the pilots, the integrated SDG (iSDG) model was used to simulate the effects of policies over the SDG time horizon and to assess the contributions of synergies. Synergy contributions to overall SDG performance were 7% for Côte d’Ivoire, 0.7% for Malawi, and 2% for Senegal. We estimate the value of these contributions to be 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) for Côte d’Ivoire, 0.4% for Malawi, and 0.7% for Senegal. We conclude that enhanced understanding of synergies in sustainable development planning can contribute to progress on the SDGs—and free substantial amounts of resources.
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Kraak, Menno, Britta Ricker, and Yuri Engelhardt. "Challenges of Mapping Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Data." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 7, no. 12 (December 17, 2018): 482. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7120482.
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The global population is growing at an incomprehensible rate and with it come complex environmental consequences that often result in social injustices. The United Nations has established a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an attempt to ameliorate inequality and promise safety for the masses. To reach these goals, a set of indicators have been identified and their associated data for each country are publicly available to measure how close each country is to each goal. Multifaceted social and environmental processes that are difficult to understand are causing threats to these goals. Maps help reduce complexity. Now, arguably anyone with access to the Internet and time can make a map. However, not all maps are effective accurate communication vessels. Well-designed maps tell a story that truthfully represents the data available. Here we present a synthesis of the cartographic workflow pointing out specific considerations necessary when mapping SDG indicators. Along the way we illustrate the cartographic workflow as it relates to visualizing SDG indicators. Common mapping pitfalls are described and a range of suggestions to avoid them are also offered. Map makers have a unique opportunity to use these data to illuminate and communicate injustices that are documented therein to inspire creative localized solutions to eradicate inequality.
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Bhaskar, Kalyan, and Bipul Kumar. "Electronic waste management and sustainable development goals." Journal of Indian Business Research 11, no. 2 (June 17, 2019): 120–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jibr-01-2018-0051.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is, first, to understand if the firms are displaying integrated approach toward electronic waste management and sustainability and, second, is there a business case for linking e-waste management with sustainable development goals (SDGs) pronounced by the United Nations. Design/methodology/approach This study conducts an extensive literature review to gather perspective from multiple disciplines and also carries out content analysis of annual reports/sustainability reports of the firms. Findings Bulk consumers have sustainability policies and/or strategies but many of these firms have not linked their e-waste management with their sustainability strategies practices. Also, based on the elaboration of different perspectives, this study provides an integrative framework that suggests focus of a particular perspective on a given SDG and commensurate business approach by the firms to find a synergy between the two. Research limitations/implications This study provides a wider perspective on the subject of electronic waste management and its linkage with SDGs to create business case, thus opening up many theoretical avenues. Practical implications The policy like extended producers’ responsibility has a clear practical implication in terms of creating reputational capital for the firms by linking electronic waste management and SDGs. Social implications The SDG, detailing clean water and sanitation by asking firms not to pollute water bodies by dumping the waste, has clear social implications. Originality/value This study is first of its kind to explore the linkage between electronic waste and SDGs to understand the business case. It also throws good insights on whether the firms use integrated approach toward electronic waste management and sustainability.
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Erkenov, R. "UN sustainable development goals and their adaptation in the world." Scientific notes of the Russian academy of entrepreneurship 19, no. 1 (March 25, 2020): 104–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.24182/2073-6258-2020-19-1-104-110.
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The article refers to such a document as the "Millennium Declaration", formulated by the UN and the Millennium development goals (MDGs) included in this document. The effectiveness of this document for 2000 to 2015 and developing countries UN Conference new programs - sdgs, included in the document "transformation of our world: an agenda for sustainable development in the years up to 2030". Creating own programs aimed at achieving the sdgs of all countries without exception. The significance of this document for the world and the planet as a whole, and the need to implement the SDG program for each country in the interests of the current and future generations. Adaptation of the SDG program in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, great Britain, and Norway. As well as the rating of countries for the implementation of the SDG program published in early 2018 by the world organization SDSN together with Bertelsmann Stiftung, in which the Russian Federation ranks 62nd, and the Republic of Belarus is the leader in the EEU, taking 21 places. Problematic aspects in Russia, as a result of which the sdgs are not achievable and the country does not have its own programs at the state level aimed at their implementation.
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Duah, Ellen Forkuo, Albert Ahenkan, and Daniel Larbi. "Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Local Development Planning: Lessons from Adentan Municipal Assembly in Ghana." Journal of Sustainable Development 13, no. 5 (September 29, 2020): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v13n5p79.
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in September 2015 represent a challenging worldwide action plan that aims to end poverty, achieve gender equality, in diverse dimensions, promote decent work among others. Global realization of the SDGs by 2030 is highly dependent on the localization and effective implementation of the goals, yet little is known about diverse perspective of SDG localization and challenges involved. It is in response to this that the study examines the magnitude to which SDGs have been integrated into local development planning using Adentan municipal as a case study. A qualitative method with an in-depth interview of 20 key informants was adopted. The study developed a conceptual framework which was used to examine Adentan municipal Assembly on SDG mainstreaming. The study also did a critical analysis of the medium-term development plan of the municipal assembly to identify how the Assembly has effectively mainstreamed the SDGs at the local level. The findings from the study revealed that the authorities are aware of the SDGs. Majority of the targets in SDGs (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,14,16 and 17) have been integrated into the local development plan of the Assembly. However, SDG 7 and 15 were of no interest to the municipal. The findings further indicated that financing, low awareness of the relevance of the SDGs among the citizens in the municipality and bureaucracy are the major challenges of SDG mainstreaming at the local level. The study proposed a framework which extends the theory of change on effective SDG mainstreaming and can be added to other existing framework on SDG mainstreaming at the local level to address the challenges and needs of SDG mainstreaming for development initiative and may inform future research in mainstreaming and planning.
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Et. al., Shahnaz Shahizan,. "Malaysia’s strength in women leadership: success factor in localising the United Nations sustainable development goals." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 2 (April 11, 2021): 604–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.914.
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Countries worldwide pledged to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) introduced by the United Nation (UN) by the year 2030. Malaysia, amongst other developing countries, may need to focus on the localisation of the UN SDG led by women representatives, to ensure its success. This research aims to illustrate some of the many strengths that this country has, in achieving the successful localisation of the SDG, which is the existing knowledge of the SDG, and evidence of exhibited commitments to SDG related activities by selected women in focus group studies. Findings from a questionnaire distributed to 628 women representatives in Malaysia suggests substantiated SDG localisation efforts and prioritised goals according to the locality. With further examination on other strengths and weaknesses in the future, this research justifies reasons in entrusting women local leaders to ensure the successful implementation of the UN SDG in Malaysia and to be made a model for similar developing nations of the world.
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Solovyeva, Sofya V. "Innovations through Sustainable Development Goals for Russia." Scientific Research of Faculty of Economics. Electronic Journal 10, no. 4 (December 28, 2018): 50–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.38050/2078-3809-2018-10-4-50-64.
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The article discusses sustainable development goals, SDG. adopted by the UN for all countries for the period up to 2030. In framework of the adaptation of the SDGs in the national context the necessity and feasibility to incorporate the innovation component in the existing and newly created long-term documents for the development of Russia are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the important mechanism for implementing the SDGs is monitoring indicators of sustainable development. The author's assessments of the state statistics confirm that statistical support for the SDGs remains insufficient. This allowed the author to identify ways to form a monitoring mechanism for achieving sustainable development goals in Russia and innovative shifts of the Russian economy.
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Walentowski, Helge, Bettina Kietz, Jürgen Horsch, Thomas Linkugel, and Wolfgang Viöl. "Development of an Interdisciplinary Master of Forestry Program Focused on Forest Management in a Changing Climate." Forests 11, no. 6 (June 2, 2020): 632. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11060632.
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Concerted efforts are required to achieve the essential UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. This concept paper is focused on the development of a new Master of Forestry (MF) degree program at our University of Applied Sciences (UAS). With this move, we want to outline how capacity building and valuable synergy effects can be obtained from close cooperation in teaching and research, in order to educate our scientifically trained and practice-oriented forestry students in applying new management responses to natural disturbance impacts and sustainable use of terrestrial natural resources for forest resource-dependent communities. Specifically, we show how the emergent issues of global warming and the associated increased vulnerability of temperate deciduous forests can be tackled. Actions to overcome knowledge transfer barriers will provide sound solutions for SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 15 (life on land), and SDG 17 (partnerships to achieve the goal). Focusing on the Global Sustainable Development Goals can trigger intra and inter-faculty processes of cooperation, exchange programs, and optimized interfaces of previously separated disciplines that complement each other perfectly to form a knowledge hub.
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K P, Vipin Chandran, and Sandhya P. "TRANSITION FROM MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: A CLOSE SCRUTINY FROM INDIA." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 8, no. 5 (May 29, 2020): 78–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i5.2020.72.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have gained a lot of interest due to the partial success of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in eradication of poverty and human development. India has taken a lot of initiatives to meet the targets for the same and have achieved progress in this regard. The MDGs were particularly helpful in communicating a clear purpose of development aid to mobilize public support. The SDGs seek to address not only the root causes of poverty but also the universal need for sustained development to provide a life of dignity to all. The main objectives of the present study are; to examine the performance of Millennium Development goals (MDGs) and make a comparison with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India; to compare the component wise progress and policy initiatives of MDGs and SDGs in India; and to analyze the current progress of SDGs in India and also make a comparison among Indian states using the report of SDG India Index 2019. The data has collected from various official publications of UN, Government of India, NITI Aayog, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The present study finds that SDG proposals will ensure momentum generated by MDGs is carried through to 2030 to end deprivations. India’s achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals will require a focus on the acceleration of inclusive economic growth; guaranteed access to comprehensive social services; vast investment in basic infrastructure and women’s empowerment. The present study is an attempt to analyze these issues in India.
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Fei, Wenmei, Alex Opoku, Kofi Agyekum, James Anthony Oppon, Vian Ahmed, Charles Chen, and Ka Leung Lok. "The Critical Role of the Construction Industry in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Delivering Projects for the Common Good." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 14, 2021): 9112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13169112.
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In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 231 unique indicators as a significant initiative towards socio-economic development. The SDGs provide the construction industry with a new lens through which global needs and desires can be translated into business solutions. This paper explores the role of the construction industry in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The paper uses an explanatory sequential design with an initial quantitative instrument phase, followed by a qualitative data collection phase. Following a comparative review of the literature on the 17 SDGs, a questionnaire was designed and administered among 130 respondents, and 105 responses were received. These data were then validated through semi-structured interviews with 16 sustainable construction experts. Data obtained from the semi-structured validation interviews were analysed through side-by-side comparisons of the qualitative data with the quantitative data. The findings show that the construction industry has a critical role in achieving almost all the 17 SDGs. The roles were, however, prevalent in 10 key SDGs, namely: sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11); climate action (SDG 13); clean water and sanitation (SDG 6); responsible consumption and production (SDG 12); industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9); life on land (biodiversity) (SDG 15); gender equality (SDG 5); good health and well-being (SDG 3); affordable and clean energy (SDG 7); decent work and economic growth (SDG 8). The study confirmed the role played by the construction industry in achieving these SDGs. The findings from this study provide further insights into the ever-increasing state-of-the-art regarding the construction industry’s role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
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Hegre, Håvard, Kristina Petrova, and Nina von Uexkull. "Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 21, 2020): 8729. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208729.
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 integrate diverse issues such as addressing hunger, gender equality and clean energy and set a common agenda for all United Nations member states until 2030. The 17 SDGs interact and by working towards achieving one goal countries may further—or jeopardise—progress on others. However, the direction and strength of these interactions are still poorly understood and it remains an analytical challenge to capture the relationships between the multi-dimensional goals, comprising 169 targets and over 200 indicators. Here, we use principal component analysis (PCA), an in this context novel approach, to summarise each goal and interactions in the global SDG agenda. Applying PCA allows us to map trends, synergies and trade-offs at the level of goals for all SDGs while using all available information on indicators. While our approach does not allow us to investigate causal relationships, it provides important evidence of the degree of compatibility of goal attainment over time. Based on global data 2000–2016, our results indicate that synergies between and within the SDGs prevail, both in terms of levels and over time change. An exception is SDG 10 ‘Reducing inequalities’ which has not progressed in tandem with other goals.
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Plastun, Alex, Inna Makarenko, Tetiana Grabovska, Ricardo Situmeang, and Serhii Bashlai. "Sustainable Development Goals in agriculture and responsible investment: A comparative study of the Czech Republic and Ukraine." Problems and Perspectives in Management 19, no. 2 (April 29, 2021): 65–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.19(2).2021.06.
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This paper explores some Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs – 2 and 12) in agriculture for the Czech Republic and Ukraine. The idea is to find out best practices in implementing SDGs 2 and 12 within the responsible investment framework. For these purposes, benchmarking (comparative analysis) is used. Using data over the period of 2017–2020, a general comparative review of global and national targets of SDGs 2 and 12 in Ukraine and the Czech Republic is provided. The results justify the merely incorporation and compliance of these targets at the national and global levels. The identified problems in achieving SDG 2 and SDG 12 are common for Ukraine and the Czech Republic and relate to unequal access to investment and financial resources. Recommendations and solutions to the most important problems based on the responsible investment instruments are proposed in this paper. The research findings can be useful for regulators (both in agriculture and in the financial market), companies and a wide group of other stakeholders in promoting responsible investment to make more comprehensive progress towards SDG 2 and 12 in Czech Republic and Ukraine by 2030. AcknowledgmentAuthors are grateful to the Czech government for the support provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, which allowed this scientific cooperation to start within the project “AgriSciences Platform for Scientific Enhancement of HEIs in Ukraine”.
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Chaleta, Elisa, Margarida Saraiva, Fátima Leal, Isabel Fialho, and António Borralho. "Higher Education and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)—Potential Contribution of the Undergraduate Courses of the School of Social Sciences of the University of Évora." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 8, 2021): 1828. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041828.
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In this work we analyzed the mapping of Sustainable Development Goals in the curricular units of the undergraduate courses of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Évora. Of a total of 449 curricular units, only 374 had students enrolled in 2020/2021. The data presented refer to the 187 course units that had Sustainable Development Goals in addition to SDG4 (Quality Education) assigned to all the course units. Considering the set of curricular units, the results showed that the most mentioned objectives were those related to Gender Equality (SDG 5), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10), Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8) and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16). Regarding the differences between the departments, which are also distinct scientific areas, we have observed that the Departments of Economics and Management had more objectives related to labor and economic growth, while the other departments mentioned more objectives related to inequalities, gender or other.
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Rosa, William E., Barbara M. Dossey, Mary Koithan, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Phalakshi Manjrekar, Afaf I. Meleis, Donatilla Mukamana, Marilyn A. Ray, and Jean Watson. "Nursing Theory in the Quest for the Sustainable Development Goals." Nursing Science Quarterly 33, no. 2 (March 17, 2020): 178–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894318420903495.
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The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are intended to promote a safe, healthy, and equitable world by the year 2030. Nurses are at the forefront of realizing the 2030 agenda through concerned citizenship and professional leadership. Nursing theory informs knowledge development and theory-guided practice essential for nurses working in all domains and in all nations. Although all extant nursing theories are relevant, a select few are discussed in detail to make explicit the links between theory and SDG realization. Middle-range theories are also valuable in helping to contextualize nursing practice through the lens of the SDGs. The SDGs address five themes - People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnership - and theory remains vital to ensure nurses working in all settings are equipped to meet the needs of humanity and the world, now and in the future.
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Firoiu, Daniela, George H. Ionescu, Anca Băndoi, Nicoleta Mihaela Florea, and Elena Jianu. "Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Romania." Sustainability 11, no. 7 (April 11, 2019): 2156. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11072156.
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Romania needs a change of the current development paradigm to face the challenges of the 21st century. As a member of the European Union, leaders in Romania are is interested in implementing the principles of sustainable development at a national level to reduce development gaps, to increase citizens’ well-being, and to preserve a clean environment. The purpose of this research is to determine the implementation status of the 2030 Agenda sustainable development goals (SDG) in Romania and to explore to what extent Romania will be able to reach, for the 2030 horizon, EU average values for the selected indicators. The research is based on 107 indicators that monitored the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Eurostat database (sustainable development indicators) was the source of data in terms of their availability and integrity. The research results showed that the implementation status of SDG is sub-optimal. In the case of 40 indicators out of the 107 analyzed, forecasts indicate the possibility of reaching the EU average values by 2030. However, the country can remain on the path to sustainable development only by involving all stakeholders and increasing concrete and well-targeted measures to improve SDG indicators.