scholarly journals Analysing progress of SDG 6 in India: Past, Present, and Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajishnu Roy ◽  
Kousik Pramanick
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

AbstractHuman endeavors to meet social and economic water needs at national scale might cause negative environmental manifestations and water stress from local to global scale. So, appropriation of Sustainable Development Goals requires a comprehensive monitoring and knowledge base of the water resource availability, utilization and access. Hence, scientific research progression has a significant role to facilitate the implementation of sustainable development goals through assessment and policy implementation from global to local scales. India holds a key position among developing economies with a complex interconnected web of a fast-growing population, coupled with biophysical stress, social deprivation and economic inequality related to water and sanitation. This study addresses some of these challenges related to monitoring and implementation of the targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 in India. Acknowledging the contribution of society and economy in sustainability paradigm, here we have chosen 28 indicators (clustered into eleven dimensions) under two major groups, concerning biophysical and social development aspects of water and sanitation. We have shown declining level of per capita biophysical water resource and slow to rapidly developing social indicators related to Sustainable Development Goal 6 in India. From past trends, we have calculated probable scenario of biophysical consumption of India up to 2050, which shows at least 1.3 times increase. This cumulative assessment framework contributes a tool to prioritize water resource appropriation, management response and policy implementations to national level sustainability of water and sanitation in India. We also advocate the necessity of restraining threats both at source and consumption process levels in order to ensure national water security for both human and biodiversity, keeping in mind the societal and economic development scenario.

scholarly journals Revitalizing the Global Alliances for Sustainable Development: Analyzing the Viability of Sustainable Development Goal 17—A Multi-Actor Governance Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4247
Author(s):  
Elena Bulmer ◽  
Cristina del Prado-Higuera
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Common Vision

The seventeenth Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations, Partnerships for the Goals, aims to strengthen the means of the implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. The successful implantation of the UN’s seventeenth Sustainable Development Goal will aid the execution and achievement of the other sixteen goals. This article explores the importance and viability of Sustainable Development Goal 17, using a case study based in Valencia, Spain. The study presents an illustrative stakeholder situation, where we see that there are conflicting interests among conservationists, fishermen, municipality representatives, and others. Data collection was done using desk-based research and semi-structured interviews. The interview process was performed between October 2018 and October 2019. In total, 21 different stakeholders were interviewed. For the data analyses, a stakeholder register, Power–Interest Matrices, and a stakeholder map were used, and, to complement the latter, narratives were developed. The different analyses showed that most project stakeholders supported the project, while there was really only one stakeholder, the fishermen themselves, who were reticent about participating. However, it was shown over time that, by developing a common vision with them, the fishermen came on board the project and collaborated with the scientists. Stakeholder engagement analyses are especially useful in the application of Sustainable Development Goals at the project level. Although this case study is specifically applicable to a marine conservation context, it may be extrapolated and applied to any other Sustainable Development Goals’ context.

scholarly journals A Review of the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 from an Education, Training, and Research Perspective

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Ortigara ◽  
Melvyn Kay ◽  
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Synthesis Report ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

In 2015, UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6): “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. Commonly known as the ‘water goal’, SDG 6 went well beyond the limited focus on water supply and sanitation in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and recognized the importance of all aspects of the water cycle in development and that water was embedded directly and indirectly in all 17 SDGs. In 2018, the UN published a report: “Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2018” (referred to in this paper as ‘the report’) that reviewed progress with SDG 6 at global and regional levels. Overall, the report concluded there was progress, but it was too slow, and the world was not on track to achieve SDG 6 by 2030 without a significant change of gear. The report was written primarily for those working in sustainable development to guide finance and resource allocation, but there was much embedded in the report that was of value to those engaged in research and in developing the much-needed capacity to plan and manage water resources, particularly in developing countries. This paper attempts to distill these issues and to ask how those involved in education, training, and research could contribute to enabling and accelerating progress towards achieving SDG 6. Three key areas of engagement were identified: the urgent need for more data and improved monitoring to assess SDG 6 progress and to enhance decision-making, the need to address the serious lack of human and institutional capacity that was constraining progress, and the challenge of taking research into policy and practice. Note: This paper is a review of selected aspects of the report (in which production the authors were chiefly involved as coordinators and editors), and as such most of the facts, figures, and discussion in this review are taken from the report. For this reason, we have not continually attributed them to the report to avoid repetition. However, in some cases, we have attributed report material to the primary sources where we considered it important to do so. We have also attributed material we have included, and which is not cited in the report. A review inevitably depends, to some extent, on the views of the reviewers and as such we have tried to make it clear where we are expressing our personal views rather than those expressed in the report. The report contains full references to all the primary sources.

scholarly journals IPTEK BAGI MASYARAKAT: PENERAPAN IoT DENGAN SMARTPHONE PADA SMK PLUS AL-MUSYARROFAH SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCAPAIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL TUJUAN 4 TARGET 3

Sebatik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
Mohamad Salman Alfarisi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) memiliki 17 goals dan 169 target, salah-satu fokus SGDs adalah tujuan nomor 4, yaitu menjamin kualitas pendidikan yang adil dan inklusif serta mempromosikan kesempatan belajar seumur hidup bagi semua. Sasaran dari tujuan ini adalah menjamin akses yang merata untuk perempuan dan laki-laki untuk mendapatkan kualitas teknis, kejuruan dan pendidikan tinggi yang terjangkau, termasuk universitas. SMK Plus Al-Musyarrofah memiliki dua Jurusan yaitu Teknik Komputer dan Jaringan (TKJ) serta Tata Niaga (TN). Setiap siswa Jurusan TKJ mendapatkan matapelajaran sesuai dengan jurusannya yaitu Perakitan PC, K3LH, Teknik Elektronika, Instalas PC/Pengoperasian PC, Perwatan PC dan Perbaikan Peripheral, Instalasi Software, Instalasi Perangkat Jaringan Lokal, Pengoperasian PC Tersambung Jaringan, Instalasi SOJ Berbasis GUI. Mata pelajaran yang diperoleh tersebut menitikberatkan pada hardware dan software sebagai pendukung teknologi, oleh karena itu perlu ditambahkan pengetahuan tambahan seperti Internet of Things (IOT) dengan memanfaatkan smartphone. Dengan tambahan pengetahuan IoT Siswa SMK Plus Al-Musyarrofah dapat memanfaatkan secara optimal smartphone dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar seperti IFTTT, Marcro Droid dan Tasker.

scholarly journals Sport and the Sustainable Development Goals: Where is the policy coherence?

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 793-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Lindsey ◽  
Paul Darby
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals

This article addresses the urgent need for critical analysis of the relationships between sport and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals enshrined in the United Nations’ global development framework, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Importantly, there has yet to be any substantial academic exploration of the implications of the position accorded to sport as ‘an important enabler’ of the aims of 2030 Agenda and its broad set of Sustainable Development Goals. In beginning to address this gap, we draw on the concept of policy coherence for two reasons. First, the designation of a specific Target for policy coherence in the 2030 Agenda is recognition of its centrality in working towards Sustainable Development Goals that are considered as ‘integrated and indivisible’. Second, the concept of policy coherence is centred on a dualism that enables holistic examination of both synergies through which the contribution of sport to the Sustainable Development Goals can be enhanced as well as incoherencies by which sport may detract from such outcomes. Our analysis progresses through three examples that respectively focus on: the common orientation of the Sport for Development and Peace ‘movement’ towards education-orientated objectives aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 4; potential synergies between sport participation policies and the Sustainable Development Goal 3 Target for reducing non-communicable diseases; and practices within professional football in relation to several migration-related Sustainable Development Goal Targets. These examples show the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals across diverse sectors of the sport industry and illustrate complexities within and across countries that make pursuit of comprehensive policy coherence infeasible. Nevertheless, our analyses lead us to encourage both policy makers and researchers to continue to utilise the concept of policy coherence as a valuable lens to identify and consider factors that may enable and constrain various potential contributions of sport to a range of Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Sustainable Monitoring and Surveillance Systems to Improve HIV Programs: Review (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Low-Beer ◽  
Mary Mahy ◽  
Francoise Renaud ◽  
Txema Calleja
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance ◽  
Hiv Programs

UNSTRUCTURED HIV programs have provided a major impetus for investments in surveillance data, with 5-10% of HIV program budgets recommended to support data. However there are questions concerning the sustainability of these investments. The Sustainable Development Goals have consolidated health into one goal and communicable diseases into one target (Target 3.3). Sustainable Development Goals now introduce targets focused specifically on data (Targets 17.18 and 17.19). Data are seen as one of the three systemic issues (in Goal 17) for implementing Sustainable Development Goals, alongside policies and partnerships. This paper reviews the surveillance priorities in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and highlights the shift from periodic measurement towards sustainable disaggregated, real-time, case, and patient data, which are used routinely to improve programs. Finally, the key directions in developing person-centered monitoring systems are assessed with country examples. The directions contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal focus on people-centered development applied to data.

Interconnectedness of Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Sustainable Development Goals related to ageing

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Ben Y. F. Fong ◽  
Vincent T. S. Law ◽  
Tiffany C. H. Leung ◽  
Man Fung Lo ◽  
Tommy K. C. Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Development Goals

scholarly journals Global cooperation of research and educational activities in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
Viktor Zinchenko ◽  
Viktoriia Levkulych ◽  
Olha Palamarchuk ◽  
Mariia Debych
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Science System ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Specific Implementation

The global community has 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are closely connected. Specific areas of actions are designed to realize their ambitious vision of a peaceful, socially inclusive world that uses natural resources at a constant level, with major changes at the economic, social, research, educational and environmental levels, with universal respect for human rights, equality and self-determination of all people, as well as environmental protection and social development. UN, UNESCO, OECD, EU implemented strategies and tactics for the development of education (in particular, higher) and science in the context of the formation of sustainable development of society «Sustainable Development Goal 4 – SDG-Education 2030» and «Quality Education» according to «The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development». Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) – aims to provide comprehensive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities. Given the global scarcity of resources and related distribution issues, SDR should contribute to the peaceful coexistence of freedom and prosperity and an enabling environment for present and future generations. SDG facilitates the communication of sustainable development and its specific implementation. Education for sustainable development should be viewed as a common problem and a regulatory idea throughout the global education and science system.

scholarly journals Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen S. Boyd ◽  
Bertrand Perrat ◽  
Xiaodong Li ◽  
Bethany Jackson ◽  
Todd Landman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Spatiotemporal Patterns ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Modern Slavery ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractThis article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the extent of the prevalence of modern slavery and exploitative labour. This analysis represents the first of its kind in estimating the spatiotemporal patterns in the Bull’s Trench Kilns across the Brick Belt, as well as its connections with various UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a principal focus on Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 regarding the effective measures to end modern slavery by 2030, the article provides additional evidence on the intersections that exist between SDG 8.7 and those relating to urbanisation (SDG 11, 12), environmental degradation and pollution (SDG 3, 14, 15), and climate change (SDG 13). Our findings are then used to make a series of pragmatic suggestions for mitigating the most extreme SDG risks associated with brick production in ways that can improve human lives and human freedom.

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