Scoping article
- Autor(en)
- Thomas Hickmann, Frank Biermann, Carole-Anne Sénit, Yixian Sun, Magdalena Bexell, Mitzi Bolton, Basil Bornemann, Jecel Censoro, Aurelie Charles, Dominique Coy, Frederik Dahlmann, Mark Elder, Felicitas Fritzsche, Thiago Gehre Galvão, Jarrod Grainger-Brown, Cristina Inoue, Kristina Jönsson, Montserrat Koloffon Rosas, Kerstin Krellenberg, Enayat Moallemi, Ivonne Lobos Alva, Shirin Malekpour, Dianty Ningrum, Aneliya Paneva, Lena Partzsch, Rodrigo Correa Ramiro, Rob Raven, Eszter Szedlacsek, John Thompson, Melanie van Driel, Jéssica Viani Damasceno, Robert Webb, Sabine Weiland
- Abstrakt
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.- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Lund University, Utrecht University, University of Bath, Universität Basel, Newcastle University, University of Warwick, Stockholm University, Université Catholique de Lille, Australian National University, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Sussex, Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Stockholm Environment Institute, Deakin University, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Universidade de Brasília, Radboud University, Monash University
- Journal
- Global Sustainability
- Band
- 7
- Seiten
- 1-12
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 12
- ISSN
- 2059-4798
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.4
- Publikationsdatum
- 2024
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 507020 Stadtforschung
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/522e733b-d594-4f43-a115-a8559411154a