Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

Olsson, Lennart; Hourcade, Jean-Charles; Köhler, Jonathan

doi:10.1177/1070496514521418

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“…Geography has much to offer, despite little direct engagement from geography with the SDGs. However, we argue that geographical study must apply itself to the means of achieving the SDGs, as well as theoretical and critical discussions of the significance of the goals themselves; as Olsson, Hourcade, and Köhler (, p. 9) note, “the means to achieve the goals, the transition pathways, are more contentious than the goals themselves and thus deserve much more attention in research”.…”

Section: Aims and Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into practice: A review of implementation, monitoring, and finance

Georgeson

Maslin

2018

Geography and Environment

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In January 2016, after two years of international negotiations, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect. The SDGs are the successors to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and represent an ambitious but potentially flawed agenda for sustainable development through to 2030. This review assesses the legacy of the MDGs, the development of the SDGs, and the international framework to put the SDGs into practice. We propose dividing the framework for SDG delivery into three key areas: implementing the goals and the SDG agenda (Implementation); monitoring, evaluation, and review (Monitoring); and increasing and improving global finance flows for sustainable development (Finance). This review identifies the challenges faced by the international community for making the SDGs an effective platform for equitable and sustainable development across these three areas. Proposed approaches and solutions are discussed and further research is suggested. This review concludes that further critical attention to the “Implementation”, “Monitoring”, and “Finance” framework is vital to ensure accountability and transparency from an ever‐growing number of state and non‐state development actors. This review also seeks to further the potential for greater links between development theory, development geography, and development actors and institutions to improve development under the SDGs and increase engagement from geography on the SDGs. This framework points towards a basis for critical engagement on the sustainability, equality, and quality of development, while challenging the primacy of economic growth‐based paradigms in SDG implementation.

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Section: Aims and Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into practice: A review of implementation, monitoring, and finance

Georgeson

Maslin

2018

Geography and Environment

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“…Defined as 'adaptation that changes the fundamental attributes of a system in response to climate and its effects' (Agard et al 2014(Agard et al : 1758, transformational adaptation entails a greater magnitude response to climate change (Tompkins et al 2010, Kates et al 2012, Park et al 2012. Transformational adaptation can also be reactive and can be triggered by a system reaching the limits of its ability to maintain its functionality (Olsson et al 2014). Following Kates et al (2012), transformational adaptation can be distinguished from the adaptation types previously discussed based on its novelty, scale or intensity, and transformative effect on the place.…”

Section: Transformational Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nested pathways to adaptation

Chhetri

Stuhlmacher

Ishtiaque

2019

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Societies around the world have shown a strong capacity for responding to climatic and other stresses throughout history. Based on the large body of literature on adaptation to both climatic and other stresses, this paper examines the scalar interconnections and nested hierarchical nature of adaptation decision. Drawing on case studies from around the world, we propose three stages of nested adaptation: (a) coping with change, (b) incremental adjustment to manage risk, and (c) system transformation. The effectiveness of coping is often marginal but forms benchmarks against which future adaptation to climate change can be assessed. Incremental adaptations, largely associated with technological fixes, involve more exogenous actors and operate at a greater scale than coping. Transformational adaptation is expected to occur when the rate and magnitude of change threatens to overwhelm the system. Nested with multiple-scale spatial hierarchy, the three pathways to climate adaptation are interconnected; understanding the cross-scale interactions, feedback loops and the spatial and temporal dynamics within the hierarchy is important because it affects planning and policy integration, including allocation of financial resources.

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“…These subjects are part of the most relevant challenges for humankind and related works may provide guidelines to help the pursuit of Sustainable Development (Olsson et al 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%