Four governance reforms to strengthen the SDGs

Biermann, Frank; Sun, Yixian; Banik, Dan; Beisheim, Marianne; Bloomfield, Michael J.; Charles, Aurelie; Chasek, Pamela; Hickmann, Thomas; Pradhan, Prajal; Sénit, Carole-Anne

doi:10.1126/science.adj5434

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“…At the same time, ESD also has to acknowledge that 'fulfilling local needs often has international effects and consequences' [15]. Still today, scholars emphasise the crucial role civil society can play in advancing the SDG agenda at the local level through reporting and reviewing SDG progress and initiatives and generating indicators, for example [16] An initiative using this approach to ESD is the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), which fosters ESD through various local initiatives that involve stakeholders from civil society groups and small businesses, and often participation from local universities.…”

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The Role of the Civic University in Facilitating Inclusive and Transformative Pedagogical Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review

Eichberg,

Charles

2024

Sustainability

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Facing rising financial pressure due to economic stagnation and lacklustre engagement from policy-makers, higher education institutions (HEIs) and local communities are placing increasing emphasis on cooperative efforts between universities and communities to co-create positive societal change in the face of the triple planetary crisis. Based on the PRISMA method, this systematic literature review seeks to contribute to the academic knowledge on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) governance at the local level by unpacking the contribution of HEI-community cooperative approaches to transformative learning and action for sustainability. In order to successfully incorporate communities’ priorities in the local-level integration of the SDGs, it is crucial that these new collaborative initiatives foster transformative learning approaches to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in an equitable, intersubjective, and inductive manner. The findings present the various strategies used to build long-term, impactful, and resilient learning skills for sustainable development for all ESD stakeholders at the local level, including communities, HEIs, and city authorities. This review proposes these interventions as tools for better local governance towards the integration of the SDGs into HEIs and communities, specifically through SDG4 Quality Education.

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confidence: 99%

The Role of the Civic University in Facilitating Inclusive and Transformative Pedagogical Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review

Eichberg,

Charles

2024

Sustainability

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“…Global health issues are on the top of international political summits and integrated into the majority of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by 193 member states in 2015 [ 5 ]. Still the world lacks trusted, transparent and effective global bodies for global health diplomacy [ 6 , 7 , 8 ].…”

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“…Still the world lacks trusted, transparent and effective global bodies for global health diplomacy [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. It is urgent to strengthen the UN health diplomacy since no progress was registered up to Summer 2023 in achieving the agreed 17 SDG targets for the 17 SDGs [ 5 , 9 , 10 ].…”

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Strengthening Global Health Research

Gustafsson

2023

Global Health Action

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Global Health is a young discipline with equity of health and services as its core value. The discipline has a tradition of close links between practice and research in line with the ‘Health for All’ declaration launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1978. The multitude of existential health crises facing mankind require a research agenda in line with Global Health Research core values and methods, such as transdisciplinary collaboration, long time series of population-based observations and multifaceted interventions. Knowledge gaps cover climate effects on health and mechanisms for global spread and control of antibiotic resistance across species. Such health threats are preferably studied at Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites, a scientific infrastructure for Global Health Research in Africa and Asia, that gains to expand and monitor climate parameters and include sites in the northern hemisphere. Global Health Scientists together with science societies can ensure long-term funding of a global network of population-based health-climate sites. Global Health Scientists and scientific journals should jointly provide data and evidence on global health to governance bodies on regional, national and global levels, in particular to WHO and United Nations in charge of the programme with Sustainable Development Goals.

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The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level

Benito,

Guillamón,

Ríos

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Sustainable Development

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This study assesses the role of culture in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Spanish public sector, focusing on the influence of local government cultural spending and education levels on SDG compliance in municipalities. Cultural spending, considered as a percentage of total non‐financial local government spending, municipal education levels and SDG implementation indicators from the Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSN)‐Spain are used in this research, which employs an ordinary least squares regression and two‐stage least squares analysis for robustness. The results suggest that higher levels of education correlate with SDG compliance, while increased spending on culture does not. Since the existing research about the impact of culture on the SDGs is limited, this study addresses this gap. It suggests that policymakers should promote culture and integrate sustainability into education to increase SDG awareness and implementation.

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Four governance reforms to strengthen the SDGs

Abstract: A demanding policy vision can accelerate global sustainable development efforts

Cited by 10 publications

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The Role of the Civic University in Facilitating Inclusive and Transformative Pedagogical Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review

The Role of the Civic University in Facilitating Inclusive and Transformative Pedagogical Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review

Strengthening Global Health Research

The relationship between culture and sustainable development goal compliance at the municipal level

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