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- Biermann, Frank, et al.
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Assessing the Impact of Global Goals : Setting the Stage
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals : Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? - Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781316514290 - 9781009082945 ; , s. 1-21
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly agreed on the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development to guide public policies and inspire societal actors topromote sustainable development worldwide. The core of this programme are 17‘Sustainable Development Goals’ with 169 more specific targets. Two years ofintense intergovernmental negotiations at the United Nations headquarters in NewYork preceded the adoption of this agenda, which formally entered into force on1 January 2016. The programmatic timespan is short: the goals and targets under the new agenda for sustainable development should be achieved by 2030. Some targets were to be reached even by 2020.
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- Biermann, Frank, et al.
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The Sustainable Development Goals as a Transformative Force? : Key Insights
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals : Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? - Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781316514290 - 9781009082945 ; , s. 204-226
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The scope of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SustainableDevelopment Goals is unprecedented. So is the broad ambition expressed in thisagreement. While the United Nations has rarely shied away from declaring farreaching policy aspirations in the past, the 2030 Agenda sets the bar high –possibly higher than it has ever been before, with ambitious goals to end hungerand poverty while simultaneously reducing unsustainable consumption andprotecting the natural foundations of life on earth. The Sustainable DevelopmentGoals also add new areas of policy ambition that have not been promoted in thisform before, such as reducing global and national inequalities or promoting goodgovernance, both now enshrined as stand-alone global policy goals.
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- Blasiak, Robert, et al.
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The role of NGOs in negotiating the use of biodiversity in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction
- 2017
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Ingår i: Marine Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0308-597X .- 1872-9460. ; 81, s. 1-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2004, the UN General Assembly resolved to establish a working group to consider issues pertaining to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). The group met nine times between 2006 and 2015 before concluding its mandate by recommending the development of an international legally binding instrument on BBNJ under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Based on in-depth interviews with working group participants, this research examines how NGOs contributed to the working group process. Respondents from government delegations highlighted the usefulness of workshops and side events convened by NGOs, and the role of NGOs in bringing experts on technical issues particularly marine genetic resources and the sharing of benefits into the BBNJ negotiations. Respondents from both NGOs and government delegations emphasized the importance of fostering personal relationships in order to ensure a steady and constructive information flow. Social media efforts by NGOs were considered by some government representatives to have occasionally hampered open discussion, although they noted that conditions have improved. The lengthy working group process was marked by substantial fluctuation in participation, particularly within government delegations from developing states. Of 1523 individuals who participated in at least one of the working group meetings, only 45 attended more than half of the meetings, and 80% of these were representing NGOs or highly industrialized countries. Respondents felt that this comparatively small number of individuals provided a source of continuity that was crucial for moving the discussions forward.
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- Pradhan, Prajal, et al.
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Methods for Analysing Steering Effects of Global Goals
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals : Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? - Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781316514290 - 9781009082945 ; , s. 172-203
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter provides an overview of the multi-faceted landscape of methods used to study the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals. After a discussion of the political use of science and the complex relations between science and politics, the chapter showcases a selection of different methods that are employed to trace the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals. Selecting the most suitable method for a particular research question requires understanding their main characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. The chapter highlights that all methods and tools need to be combined to comprehensively assess the political impact of the goals, the progress towards their achievement, and their overall transformative potential. As data gaps and unequal geographical coverage still hamper a broader understanding of the political impact of the global goals, we need to build bridges across language communities, disciplines and methodological camps, which still work very much in isolation.
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- Biermann, Frank, et al.
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Four governance reforms to strengthen the SDGs : A demanding policy vision can accelerate global sustainable development efforts
- 2023
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Ingår i: Science (New York, N.Y.). - 1095-9203. ; 381:6663, s. 1159-1160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Although the SDGs, which are to be achieved by 2030, are not the first attempt to guide policy actors through global goals, they go far beyond earlier agreements in their detail, comprehensiveness, and ambition. Yet the 2022 SDG Impact Assessment, conducted by a global consortium of researchers, has shown that the first phase of SDG implementation did not lead to a transformative reorientation of political systems and societies (1, 2). As the UN SDG Summit gets underway this month to review the halfway point in SDG implementation, and a further UN “Summit of the Future” is planned for 2024 to debate global governance reforms, we present here a demanding yet realistic policy vision to adjust the course of SDG implementation.
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- Hickmann, Thomas, et al.
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Scoping article : research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals
- 2024
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Ingår i: Global Sustainability. - 2059-4798. ; 7
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Non-Technical SummaryThis article takes stock of the 2030 Agenda and focuses on five governance areas. In a nutshell, we see a quite patchy and often primarily symbolic uptake of the global goals. Although some studies highlight individual success stories of actors and institutions to implement the goals, it remains unclear how such cases can be upscaled and develop a broader political impact to accelerate the global endeavor to achieve sustainable development. We hence raise concerns about the overall effectiveness of governance by goal-setting and raise the question of how we can make this mode of governance more effective.Technical SummaryA recent meta-analysis on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shown that these global goals are moving political processes forward only incrementally, with much variation across countries, sectors, and governance levels. Consequently, the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains uncertain. Against this backdrop, this article explores where and how incremental political changes are taking place due to the SDGs, and under what conditions these developments can bolster sustainability transformations up to 2030 and beyond. Our scoping review builds upon an online expert survey directed at the scholarly community of the 'Earth System Governance Project' and structured dialogues within the 'Taskforce on the SDGs' under this project. We identified five governance areas where some effects of the SDGs have been observable: (1) global governance, (2) national policy integration, (3) subnational initiatives, (4) private governance, and (5) education and learning for sustainable development. This article delves deeper into these governance areas and draws lessons to guide empirical research on the promises and pitfalls of accelerating SDG implementation.Social Media SummaryAs SDG implementation lags behind, this article explores 5 governance areas asking how to strengthen the global goals.
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- Hickmann, Thomas, et al.
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Success factors of global goal-setting for sustainable development : Learning from the Millennium Development Goals
- 2023
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Ingår i: Sustainable Development. - : Wiley. - 0968-0802 .- 1099-1719. ; 31:3, s. 1214-1225
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were an important precursor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, identifying the conditions that made the MDGs successful enhances our understanding of global goal-setting and informs the global endeavour to achieve the SDGs. Drawing on a comprehensive review of 316 articles published between 2009 and 2018, we identify six factors that have enabled or hindered MDG implementation. Our analysis stresses the importance of path dependencies and shows that the MDGs catalysed changes only for those countries with sufficient resource availability, administrative capacity and economic development, as well as adequate support from external donors. National ownership and NGO pressure bolstered efforts to implement the MDGs. These findings suggest that globally agreed goals do not easily trickle down from the global to the national level. Thus, this article adopts a forward-looking perspective and draws key lessons for the current implementation of the SDGs in developing countries.
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- Ordóñez Llanos, Andrea, et al.
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Implementation at Multiple Levels
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals : Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? - Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781316514290 - 9781009082945 ; , s. 59-91
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- Senit, Carole-Anne, et al.
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Inclusiveness
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. - : Cambridge University Press. - 9781009082945
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The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals : Transforming Governance through Global Goals?
- 2022
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Written by an international team of over sixty experts and drawing on over three thousand scientific studies, this is the first comprehensive global assessment of the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals, which were launched by the United Nations in 2015. It explores in detail the political steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals on the UN system and the policies of countries in the Global North and Global South; on institutional integration and policy coherence; and on the ecological integrity and inclusiveness of sustainability policies worldwide. This book is a key resource for scholars, policymakers and activists concerned with the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and those working in political science, international relations and environmental studies.
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