scholarly journals Utilizing Zakat for Attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Rafiu Ibrahim Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Expiry Date ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Year 2000

At the United Nations Conference in Stockholm in the early 1970s, the idea of sustainable development was mooted. It became a global phenomenon in the year 2000 when the United Nations (UN) declared the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with over one hundred and eighty-nine member states and about twenty-three international organizations. With the expiry date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came in vogue. The SDGs as a global project could only be attained through joint efforts of all sectors of human life, religion being one. In human history, religion plays significant developmental roles, hence a strong factor in attaining developmental goals. Islam in particular could not be left out in any developmental project, as it is not only a religion and but also a way of life. Indeed, the maqasid ash-shari’ah are meant for all-round development and protection of human life – religion (Din), life (Hayat), procreation (Nasl), Property (Māl) and Intellect (cAql). This study is designed to specifically relate the institution of zakat in Islam to attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with particular reference to Nigeria as a country. Historical, descriptive and exegetical methods are adopted for this purpose. The paper therefore concludes that zakat can be a veritable tool for achieving the SDGs if properly harnessed, monitored and utilized for the purpose it is meant.

scholarly journals Tackling the Big Challenges of the Future

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Garcia Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Year 2000

AbstractThe end of 2015 was the deadline that 189 countries gave themselves to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a list of eight goals that were agreed upon and approved by the UN after the Millennium Summit in year 2000. Despite some legitimate criticism, the MDGs were revealed as an important tool towards building a more equitable and sustainable world. Yet our planet still faces many challenges. In September 2015, the UN approved a new set of 17 goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aiming to develop and implement strategies to create “The Future We Want”; strategies that 192 countries agreed upon to work together towards a more sustainable planet [

scholarly journals OBJETIVOS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: O DIREITO HUMANO E O SUPORTE FÁTICO DA REDE DA VIDA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (57) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Elisaide TREVISAM ◽  
Jessé CRUCIOL JUNIOR
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Deductive Method ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

RESUMOObjetivo: O artigo apresenta como objetivo analisar a relação entre o desenvolvimento sustentável e os direitos humanos, considerando-se a  Agenda 2030 da Organização das Nações Unidas e os seus Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS)”, com suas finalidades e a imprescindibilidade de implementação conjunta pela comunidade internacional. Metodologia: Para atingir os fins esperados, a metodologia utilizada será documental e explorátoria, utilizando-se o método dedutivo, com caráter bibliográfico.Resultados: O presente trabalho mostra como resultado a avaliação das premissas estabelecidas na pesquisa e demonstração da imprescindibilidade do modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável para a sustentabilidade da rede da vida, inclusive a vida humana digna e outros direitos fundamentais.Contribuições: A contribuição do presente trabalho visa, por fim, após analisar os Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável aprovados no âmbito da Organização das Nações Unidas no ano de 2015, descritos na Agenda 2030, apontar que a implementação desses objetivos, enquanto modelo socioeconômico, pelos Estados do globo em conjunto, é medida indispensável para a manutenção das condições da rede da vida como busca de efetivação dos direitos humanos em sua totalidade.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Desenvolvimento sustentável; direitos humanos; Agenda 2030. ABSTRACTObjective: To analyze the relationship between sustainable development and human rights, considering the United Nations Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ”, with its purposes and  the necessary joint implementation by the international community.Methodology: To achieve the expected purposes, the methodology used will be documentary and exploratory, using the deductive method, with bibliographic feature.Results: This paper shows as a result the evaluation of the premises established in the research and demonstration of the indispensability of the sustainable development model for the sustainability of the life network, including dignified human life and other fundamental rights.Contributions: Finally, the purpose of this paper is, after analyzing the Sustainable Development Goals approved by the United Nations in 2015, described in Agenda 2030, to point out that the implementation of these goals as a socioeconomic model by the States of the globe together, is an indispensable measure for the maintenance of the conditions of the network of life as a search for the realization of human rights in its entirety.KEYWORDS: Sustainable development; human rights; Agenda 2030.

scholarly journals Awareness Regarding Environmental Education: A Qualitative Study Suggesting Practical Steps in Education Leading to a Green Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 510-518
Author(s):  
Sohaib Sultan ◽  
Shehzad Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Imran
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Teachers Training

Green Pakistan is a very famous slogan nowadays and one of the core objectives of the present government. This research focuses on the qualitative perspective on the need and significance of Environmental Education in Teachers Training programs to provide awareness to forthcoming teachers. Environmental Education is included in Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations. Recently the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been launched by the United Nations and subsequently, Pakistan has signed a treaty to fight against Climate Change and Global Warming. The researcher examined the modules which are to be incorporated in the syllabus of teacher education. The inclusion of modules apropos of Environmental Awareness in Teachers’ Training programs was recorded highly beneficial in numerous experimental studies all over the world and particularly in Pakistan in one of the doctoral-level research. The correlation among Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, and due to continuous learning process improvement in the Environment at local settings was established based on a qualitative study.

Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-50
Author(s):  
Nuno Vasco Lopes ◽  
Kenneth Bagarukayo ◽  
Jun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) Member States subscribed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda (General Assembly 2015). This work makes an analysis on how Knowledge Societies can effectively contribute for the achievements of the Agenda's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, it will be presented the research overview conducted by UNU-EGOV for producing the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Knowledge Societies Handbook (UNESCO/IFAP and UNU-EGOV 2016). In addition, three countries from three different Continents of Asia, Europe and Africa - China, Portugal and Uganda respectively - will be analyzed in the context of the knowledge societies architecture proposed in the handbook. For making that analysis a set of indicators collected from the “The World Bank” (The World Bank 2016) and “International Telecommunication Union” (ITU) (ITU 2015) databases have been selected. The indicators have been interpreted taking into consideration the socio-cultural, political, and economic context of each of the three countries.

Libraries as agents for development: The potential role of Egyptian rural public libraries towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals based on the UN 2030 Agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-136
Author(s):  
Essam Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

The key purpose of this study is to investigate the potential role of Egyptian rural public libraries, being one of the social agents for development, towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals according to the United Nations Agenda for 2030. To meet the objectives and questions of the study, a multi-faceted research methodology was adopted and conducted in the period from September to November 2017. The study used a qualitative approach in terms of personal interview, discussion and observations of group meetings, and examination of documents to investigate the implementation of community development programmemes and services in 34 rural public libraries representing the four main administrative divisions comprising Egypt. The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals have been discussed with ways in which Egyptian rural public libraries can include and meet them. Challenges facing libraries in the provision of information (poor infrastructure, inappropriate collections and related facilities and services, high levels of illiteracy, lack of funding and cooperation between related agencies, inappropriate training of library and information professionals, lack of studies and surveys, as well as analyses of information needs of rural communities) have also been emphasized. This study concluded that Egyptian rural public libraries have struggled to be part of the United Nations Agenda for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. They have tried as much as possible to integrate and adapt to the surrounding community in light of the common economic, political and social factors and conditions. Despite these challenges, these libraries showed a good response that is characterized as somewhat positive, though not sufficient, toward the achievement of these goals.

scholarly journals Sustainable and Environmental Catalysis

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Tommaso Tabanelli ◽  
Daniele Cespi ◽  
Raffaele Cucciniello
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Catalysis ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Over the last few decades, an increasing amount of interest from academia and industry has been devoted to the application of the Twelve Principles of the Green Chemistry in order to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recommended by the United Nations [...]

scholarly journals Participatory planning for local sustainability guided by the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin C Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Participatory Techniques ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Sustainability planning is required to achieve sustainable development across the world at all scales. Such planning should be aligned with and grounded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be comparable across scales, and use participatory techniques to understand local contexts. Planning for urban sustainability using the SDGs is well developed, but this concept has not yet been extended to rural sustainability. We describe an approach to co-create a local sustainability plan using the SDGs for a rural community in south-eastern Australia using participatory techniques for co-creation, data collection and review. We found that the community believes that infrastructure is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth and social equity while preserving their unique environment. By articulating their priorities in this community-led plan, the community are empowered to advocate for the sustainable development of their town with decision-makers and funding bodies. If rural communities create sustainability plans using the SDGs, then such planning will be consistent between and across scales, and aligned with the global goals. This will also aid in achievement of the SDGs at national and global scales, as suggested by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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