TY - JOUR
T1 - Scoping article
T2 - research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals
AU - Hickmann, Thomas
AU - Biermann, Frank
AU - Sénit, Carole-Anne
AU - Sun, Yixian
AU - Bexell, Magdalena
AU - Bolton, Mitzi
AU - Bornemann, Basil
AU - Censoro, Jecel
AU - Charles, Aurelie
AU - Coy, Dominique
AU - Dahlmann, Frederik
AU - Elder, Mark
AU - Fritzsche, Felicitas
AU - Galvão, Thiago Gehre
AU - Grainger-Brown, Jarrod
AU - Inoue, Cristina
AU - Jönsson, Kristina
AU - Rosas, Montserrat Koloffon
AU - Krellenberg, Kerstin
AU - Moallemi, Enayat
AU - Alva, Ivonne Lobos
AU - Malekpour, Shirin
AU - Ningrum, Dianty
AU - Paneva, Aneliya
AU - Partzsch, Lena
AU - Ramiro, Rodrigo
AU - Raven, Rob
AU - Szedlacsek, Eszter
AU - Thompson, John
AU - van Driel, Melanie
AU - Damasceno, Jéssica Viani
AU - Webb, Robert
AU - Weiland, Sabine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - A recent meta-analysis on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shown that these global goals are moving political processes forward only incrementally, with much variation across countries, sectors and governance levels. Consequently, the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains uncertain. Against this backdrop, this article explores where and how incremental political changes are taking place due to the SDGs, and under what conditions these developments can bolster sustainability transformations up to 2030 and beyond. Our scoping review builds upon an online expert survey directed atthe scholarly communityof the‘Earth System Governance Project’ and structured dialogues within the ‘Taskforceon the SDGs’ under this project. We identified five governance areas where some effects of the SDGs have been observable: (1) global governance, (2) national policy integration, (3) subnational initiatives, (4) private governance, and (5) education and learning for sustainable development. This article delves deeper into these governance areas and draws lessons to guide empirical research on the promises and pitfalls of accelerating SDG implementation.
AB - A recent meta-analysis on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shown that these global goals are moving political processes forward only incrementally, with much variation across countries, sectors and governance levels. Consequently, the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains uncertain. Against this backdrop, this article explores where and how incremental political changes are taking place due to the SDGs, and under what conditions these developments can bolster sustainability transformations up to 2030 and beyond. Our scoping review builds upon an online expert survey directed atthe scholarly communityof the‘Earth System Governance Project’ and structured dialogues within the ‘Taskforceon the SDGs’ under this project. We identified five governance areas where some effects of the SDGs have been observable: (1) global governance, (2) national policy integration, (3) subnational initiatives, (4) private governance, and (5) education and learning for sustainable development. This article delves deeper into these governance areas and draws lessons to guide empirical research on the promises and pitfalls of accelerating SDG implementation.
KW - 2030 Agenda
KW - goal-setting
KW - governance
KW - implementation
KW - policies
KW - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
KW - United Nations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85183786335&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/sus.2024.4
DO - 10.1017/sus.2024.4
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85183786335
SN - 2059-4798
VL - 7
JO - Global Sustainability
JF - Global Sustainability
M1 - e7
ER -