Pathways and Barriers to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Progress, Stagnation and Regression

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvCam Caldwell,Verl Anderson,Dima Jamali

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This comprehensive yet concise book analyses the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda, assessing their progress and providing strategies for achieving them. The authors emphasise the need for urgent action and concerted collaborative efforts to deliver meaningful progress by 2030, as global political turmoil, the Covid-19 pandemic, and climate change have put the SDGs at risk.Pathways and Barriers to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals explores the complex and multifaceted nature of the issues targeted by the SDGs. It highlights that the root causes of these challenges are often difficult to resolve in countries facing social, political and financial turmoil, conditions which can have cascading effects on food, nutrition, health, education, and the environment. With only 15 per cent of SDGs on track for 2030, this book puts forward suggestions on how collective action can overcome the challenges to get the remaining goals back on track.This book is a timely resource for students and academics in the fields of development studies, sustainability, and business and management. It is also an enlightening read for policymakers, NGOs, environmental activists, and those involved in pursuing the SDGs.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-12-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035346912

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ContentsPreface xThe UN Sustainable Development Goals: introduction and overview xiiCam Caldwell, Verl Anderson and Dima Jamali1 Goal 1: poverty and the UN Sustainable Development Goal 1Cam Caldwell2 Goal 2: world hunger, food security, nutrition, and sustainableagriculture 16Cam Caldwell3 Goal 3: healthy lives and well-being for all 26Cam Caldwell4 Goal 4: quality education in a knowledge-based world 39Cam Caldwell5 Goal 5: gender equality in a male-dominated world 49Cam Caldwell6 Goal 6: safe water and sanitation for all 58Cam Caldwell7 Goal 7: ensuring worldwide access to affordable energy 69Cam Caldwell8 Goal 8: promote decent work and economic growth 89Cam Caldwell9 Goal 9: industry, innovation, and infrastructure 100Sugandha Agarwal10 Goal 10: reducing inequality within and among nations 113Cam Caldwell11 Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities 125Cam Caldwell12 Goal 12: responsible consumption and production 136Gayatri Nair and Kiran Tangri13 Goal 13: climate action 156Cam Caldwell14 Goal 14: conserving and sustaining life below water 165Cam Caldwell15 Goal 15: life on Land 178Mahshid Sadeghi and Aseel A. Takshe16 Goal 16: peace, justice, and sustainable institutions 187Cam Caldwell and Dima Jamali17 Goal 17: strengthening implementation and revitalizing theglobal partnership 200Cam Caldwell and Dima Jamali18 The UN Sustainable Development Goals: barriers and afuture perspective 213Cam Caldwell and Dima Jamali

‘Amidst global wars and unmitigated climate devastation, guidance is urgently needed going forward. The UN SDGs provided comprehensive metrics in 2015 and Pathways and Barriers to Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals evaluates their importance a decade later, outlining the consequences if ignored. A requisite read for governments, businesses, and individuals in the collective quest to do right.’