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(2024) Scoping article : research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Sustainability, 7 . pp. 1-12. e7. doi:10.1017/sus.2024.4 ISSN 2059-4798.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.4
Abstract
Non-Technical Summary:
This 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 Summary:
A 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 Summary:
As SDG implementation lags behind, this article explores 5 governance areas asking how to strengthen the global goals.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sustainable development, Corporate governance, Sustainable Development Goals | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Global Sustainability | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 2059-4798 | ||||||
Official Date: | 24 January 2024 | ||||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-12 | ||||||
Article Number: | e7 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/sus.2024.4 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 February 2024 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 February 2024 | ||||||
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