From Summits to Solutions

From Summits to Solutions
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9780815736646
ISBN-13 : 0815736649
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis From Summits to Solutions by : Raj M. Desai

A positive agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen "Sustainable Development Goals," to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals—in such areas as education and health care —is laudable in and of itself, and governments and organizations are working hard on them. But so far there is no overall, positive agenda of what new things need to be done to ensure the goals are achieved across all nations. In a search of fresh approaches to the longstanding problems targeted by the Sustainable Development Goals, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings mounted a collaborative research effort to advance implementation of Agenda 2030. This edited volume is the product of that effort. The book approaches the UN's goals through three broad lenses. The first considers new approaches to capturing value. Examples include Nigeria's first green bonds, practical methods to expand women's economic opportunities, benchmarking to reflect business contributions to achieving the goals, new incentives for investment in infrastructure, and educational systems that promote cross-sector problem solving. The second lens entails new approaches to targeting places, including oceans, rural areas, fast-growing developing cities, and the interlocking challenge of data systems, including geospatial information generated by satellites. The third lens focuses on updating governance, broadly defined. Issues include how civil society can align with the SDG challenge; how an advanced economy like Canada can approach the goals at home and abroad; what needs to be done to foster new approaches for managing the global commons; and how can multilateral institutions for health and development finance evolve.

Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe

Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9781789909975
ISBN-13 : 178990997X
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe by : Charlie Karlsson

This unique book expertly analyses European political entrepreneurship in relation to the European Union’s approach towards the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development strategy. It explores the role of European political entrepreneurs in shaping, influencing and realising the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters examine EU actors in the context of numerous development goals to assess how political entrepreneurship challenges traditional EU institutions and promotes visionary activity.

Understanding the Spillovers and Transboundary Impacts of Public Policies Implementing the 2030 Agenda for More Resilient Societies

Understanding the Spillovers and Transboundary Impacts of Public Policies Implementing the 2030 Agenda for More Resilient Societies
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9789264765504
ISBN-13 : 9264765506
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding the Spillovers and Transboundary Impacts of Public Policies Implementing the 2030 Agenda for More Resilient Societies by : OECD

The multidimensional and intergenerational nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for integrated policies. Progress made in a particular social, economic or environmental area or individual goal may generate synergies and trade-offs across dimensions (spillover effects), and steps taken in one country could have positive or negative impacts beyond national borders (transboundary effects).

The Role of Monitoring and Evaluation in the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda

The Role of Monitoring and Evaluation in the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9783030702137
ISBN-13 : 3030702138
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Role of Monitoring and Evaluation in the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda by : Nadini Persaud

This book examines the UN 2030 SDGs Agenda and its comprehensive, multi-stakeholder approach to achieving a more human rights-based and environmentally sustainable development process. More crucially, it provides a much needed and innovative analysis of the role of Monitoring and Evaluation in this Agenda and the challenges that evaluators will face due to the Agenda's inherent weaknesses, coupled with the practice and limited culture of evaluation in general. The authors look to actively help evaluators and other interested parties to develop their capacity to evaluate this ambitious Agenda and develop mitigating strategies for the inherent challenges that will be encountered whilst implementing and evaluating this Agenda.

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9780429642296
ISBN-13 : 0429642296
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by : Simon Dalby

This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a contribution to the development of global government and to examine the political-institutional and financial challenges posed by the SDGs. The contributors are experts in global governance issues in a broad variety of fields ranging from health, food systems, social policy, migration and climate change. An introductory chapter sets out the broad context of the governance challenges involved, and how individual chapters contribute to the analysis. The book begins by focusing on individual SDGs, examining briefly the background to the particular goal and evaluating the opportunities and challenges (particularly governance challenges) in achieving the goal, as well as discussing how this goal relates to other SDGs. The book goes on to address the broader issues of achieving the set of goals overall, examining the novel financing mechanisms required for an enterprise of this nature, the trade-offs involved (particularly between the urgent climate agenda and the social/economic goals), the institutional arrangements designed to enable the achievement of the goals and offering a critical perspective on the enterprise as a whole. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals makes a distinctive contribution by covering a broad range of individual goals with contributions from experts on governance in the global climate, social and economic areas as well as providing assessments of the overall project – its financial feasibility, institutional requisites, and its failures to tackle certain problems at the core. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of international affairs, development studies and sustainable development, as well as those engaged in policymaking nationally, internationally and those working in NGOs.

Education for Sustainable Development Goals

Education for Sustainable Development Goals
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Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages : 67
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ISBN-10 : 9789231002090
ISBN-13 : 9231002090
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Education for Sustainable Development Goals by : Rieckmann, Marco

A New Era in Global Health

A New Era in Global Health
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Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages : 621
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ISBN-10 : 9780826190123
ISBN-13 : 082619012X
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis A New Era in Global Health by : William Rosa, MS, RN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCM, Caritas Coach

Explores the great potential for nursing involvement in promoting global health. This unique text elucidates the relationship between global nursing and global health, underscoring the significance of nurses’ contributions in furthering the Post-2015 Agenda of the United Nations regarding global health infrastructures, and examining myriad opportunities for nurses to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and foster health and healthy environments worldwide. While past nursing literature has emphasized nursing’s potential involvement and influence in the global arena, this is the first book to identify, validate, and promote nurses’ proactive and multidimensional work in furthering current transnational goals for advancing health on a global scale. The book includes an introduction to global health, clarification of terms and roles, perspectives on education, research, and theory related to global nursing, a history of the partnership between the United Nations and the nursing profession, an in-depth exploration of the 17 SDGs and relevant nursing tasks, as well as several chapters on creating a vision for 2030 and beyond. It is based on recent and emerging developments in the transnational nursing community, and establishes, through the writings of esteemed global health and nursing scholars, a holistic dialogue about opportunities for nurses to expand their roles as change agents and leaders in the cross-cultural and global context. The personal reflections of contributors animate such topics as global health ethics, the role of caring in a sustainable world, creating a shared humanity, cultural humility, and many others. Key Features: Examines, for the first time, nursing’s role in each of the 17 SDGs Integrates international initiatives delineating nursing’s role in the future of global health Creates opportunities for nurses to redefine their contributions to global health Includes personal reflections to broaden perspectives and invite transnational approaches to professional development Distills short, practical, and evidence-based chapters describing global opportunities for nurses in practice, education, and research

The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds

The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 651
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ISBN-10 : 9789047408208
ISBN-13 : 9047408209
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds by : Ustina Dolgopol

The papers in this collection bring together a wide and diverse range of viewpoints to consider how the catastrophic consequences of deadly armed conflict can be addressed. Commentators are drawn from the United Nations and its agencies, key non- governmental organisations, world-class academic circles, senior members of government, leading human rights lawyers and judges with experience in international criminal law. These experts address deadly conflict in a comprehensive fashion covering all its stages: the causes and prevention of conflict; conflict resolution and peace-building; international criminal law and international humanitarian law and the role of the United Nations, humanitarian organisations and peacekeepers in post conflict situations. This collection is for those with an existing interest and expertise in international law, international relations, peace studies and criminal justice as well as for those who wish to become conversant with emerging developments in these fields.

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 9211013682
ISBN-13 : 9789211013689
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 by : United Nations Publications

The aim of this report is to present an overview of the 17 Goals using data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges.

Leave No One Behind

Leave No One Behind
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9780815737841
ISBN-13 : 081573784X
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Leave No One Behind by : Homi Kharas

The ambitious 15-year agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in 2015 by all members of the United Nations, contains a pledge that “no one will be left behind.” This book aims to translate that bold global commitment into an action-oriented mindset, focused on supporting specific people in specific places who are facing specific problems. In this volume, experts from Japan, the United States, Canada, and other countries address a range of challenges faced by people across the globe, including women and girls, smallholder farmers, migrants, and those living in extreme poverty. These are many of the people whose lives are at the heart of the aspirations embedded in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. They are the people most in need of such essentials as health care, quality education, decent work, affordable energy, and a clean environment. This book is the result of a collaboration between the Japan International Cooperation Research Institute and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. It offers practical ideas for transforming “leave no one behind” from a slogan into effective actions which, if implemented, will make it possible to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In addition to policymakers in the field of sustainable development, this book will be of interest to academics, activists, and leaders of international organizations and civil society groups who work every day to promote inclusive economic and social progress.