Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals : An a-Z Guide / edited by Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Yi hyun Kang, Carole-Anne Sénit and Yixian Sun.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the editorsList of contributorsAcknowledgements1 Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An Introduction2 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development3 Accountability4 Anthropocene5 Artificial intelligence6 Brundtland Report7 Budgeting for Sustainable Development8 Business sector9 Civil society10 Climate change and sustainable development11 Climate finance12 Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)13 Coordination14 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)15 Custodians16 Data gaps17 Development banks18 Discourse and discursive effects19 Education for Sustainable Development20 Effectiveness21 Finance mechanisms22 Fragmentation23 Gender mainstreaming24 Global Sustainable Development Reports (GSDR)25 Governance by global goal-setting26 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)27 Human Rights28 Implementation29 Inclusiveness30 Independent Group of Scientists (IGS)31 Indicators32 Indigenous views33 Inequality (global and national)34 Institutions and institutional effects35 Integration36 Integrity (ecological and planetary)37 Interaction and interlinkages38 International Environmental Agreements39 International Monetary Fund (IMF)40 International organizations41 Justice perspectives42 'Leave no one behind'43 Legitimacy44 Living wages45 Localization46 Major groups and other stakeholders47 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)48 Modelling49 Multi-level governance50 National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS)51 Negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals52 Network analysis53 Nexus governance54 Norms and normative effects55 North-South relations56 Official development assistance (ODA)57 Orchestration58 Paris Agreement59 Participation60 Partnerships61 People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnerships (5 Ps)62 Philanthropic foundations63 Planetary boundaries64 Policy coherence and integration (at domestic level)65 Policy coherence for sustainable development (at global level)66 Political impact and steering effects67 Political will and leadership68 Private finance69 Private governance70 Rainbow washing71 Rankings and performance measurement72 Regional organizations73 Responsibility74 Science, technology and innovation75 Scientific community76 SDG summits77 Silo approach78 Stockholm+5079 Subnational initiatives80 Summit of the Future (2024)81 Sustainable finance82 Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)83 Synergies and goal complementarity84 Targets85 Trade-offs and goal conflicts86 Trans-disciplinarity87 Transformation88 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)89 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (2012)90 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)91 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)92 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)93 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)94 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)95 United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG)96 United Nations Statistical Commission97 Universality98 UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)99 Voluntary Local Reviews100 Voluntary National Reviews101 Vulnerability102 World Bank103 World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED)104 World Health Organization (WHO)105 World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)106 World Trade Organization (WTO)107 YouthAnnex: The 17 Sustainable Development Goals

This book provides a highly accessible and easy-to-navigate overview of the essential concepts and terms related to the current global endeavour to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. With the first decade of the 15-years timespan of the 2030 Agenda now past, the SDGs show limited progress and several goals are even regressing. It is imperative that SDG implementation is accelerated until 2030 and beyond to foster transformations and set the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. The book starts with a thematic introduction to contextualize the topic and set the stage for the individual entries. It then follows an A-Z format, with over 100 entries which describe an important concept or term, using practical examples to illustrate how it connects to the overall debate about sustainable development. It offers swift introductions to key concepts and terms that are discussed and explained by scholarly and policy experts from around the world in a concise and user-friendly way. The guide is comprehensive in scope, practically oriented, and focused on political and societal processes to drive change on a larger scale. With cross-references to related terms in the entries, this book will be a highly valuable resource for students and practitioners engaged with the SDGs and sustainable development more broadly

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