scholarly journals Sustainable Development Discourses in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berthold Kuhn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Green Development ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Hybrid Character ◽  
Development Discourses

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. The term sustainable development will further shape international cooperation in the next decade and beyond. It is also frequently used in China’s policy documents and connects well to a set of home-grown Chinese discourses, in particular the term of ecological civilisation and the chapter on green development in the 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) approved in March 2016. This paper discusses Chinese discourses related to the promotion of sustainable development on the basis of interviews with experts – academics as well as practitioners. The hybrid character of the concept of sustainable development has been conducive to its growing relevance in China. The Chinese government, however, has also paid attention to balancing the use of the term at the level of policy formulation by promoting home-grown discourses, in particular the concept of ecological civilisation.

scholarly journals A Global Pact for the Environment: The Logical Outcome of 50 Years of International Environmental Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann Aguila
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
National Level ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Stockholm Conference

The Global Pact for the Environment is a project for an international treaty that seeks to recognize the environmental rights and duties of citizens, states, and businesses. The text of the initial Pact project was drafted in June 2017 by a network of over 100 environmental law experts from more than 40 countries. In May 2018, the United Nations General Assembly paved the way for its negotiation by adopting the resolution “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment”. These talks resulted in a recommendation for states to adopt a “political declaration” in 2022 for the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference. This article retraces the origins of the Global Pact project and makes the case for its adoption. It argues that a Global Pact is the missing piece to implement the 2030 Agenda and would help to “constitutionalize” fundamental environmental principles. The article further responds to concerns raised about the Global Pact project, such as interactions with existing instruments, the applicability of broad principles at the national level, as well as the risk of regression. It ultimately asserts that all stakeholders would reap benefits from its procedural and substantive provisions, should it be adopted.

scholarly journals Is It Time to Shift Our Environmental Thinking? A Perspective on Barriers and Opportunities to Change

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Daigle ◽  
Liette Vasseur
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Over Exploitation

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, the release of the global assessment report of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services unfortunately demonstrated that our planet may be in more trouble than expected. The main drivers have been identified for many years and relate to human activities such as over-exploitation of natural resources leading to land degradation, deforestation, ocean and atmospheric pollution, and climate change. Despite international agreements and conventions, we are gradually reaching the planet’s boundaries. In this commentary, we present an analysis of the current worldview, discuss the humanist roots of this view, and the barriers to be able to move forward with the transformative changes that are needed for sustainability. We suggest that for these transformative changes to happen, there is a need to reconnect humans with nature, and we propose that some solutions could be devised in areas like education and social media. Changing our mindsets and worldviews are the most urgent courses of action we must undertake to avoid the inevitable.

scholarly journals Overview of the challenges to achieve sustainable development goals in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 4453-4460
Author(s):  
Mohammed Jashim Uddin ◽  
Md. Nezum Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
United Nations General Assembly

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2015 are a universal consensus to end poverty, eradicate inequality, protect the globe, tackle the climate change and make sure that all people of the planet enjoy peace and prosperity. Most of the goals are present in Bangladesh. This paper’s aim is to overview the challenges having faced by Bangladesh to acquire the recent phenomenon sustainable development goals.  The National Preliminary Report, FAO analysis, the sustainable Development Goals Report 2016, various articles, and newspaper writings have been scrutinized and secondary data have been used to complete the present study. The study finds that the goals are interconnected with one another. Eradicating all challenges will be daunting task for government alone. Sincere and fruitful policy agenda’ taken and implementation can be supportive and successful way to this idealistic wishes and utopian dreams. The policy makers, politicians, philanthropists, Financial Institutions etc can find it easy to solve SDGs related problems. Further analysis can be done on each and separate target and goal of SDGs in the context of the country.

scholarly journals Sustainable development principles: international aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 01056
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sulimin ◽  
Vladislav Shvedov ◽  
Maya Lvova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
World Economy ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
World Community ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
The World ◽  
United Nations General Assembly

The concept of sustainable development, adopted in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly, contains 17 goals and almost 170 related tasks, the solution of which will improve the three most important spheres of society - economic, social and environmental. 193 countries, whose leaders started the further adaptation of the SDGs to the realities and capabilities of specific states signed the UN resolution. The authors consider the key principles of sustainable development in the world economy, achievements and problems identified implementing the Concept of sustainable development. An analysis of the activities of the world community to support the sustainable development strategy in the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is presented.

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