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This podcast is from the first chapter of the book Negotiating the SustainableDevelopment Goals: A transformational agenda for an insecure world By FelixDodds, Ambassador David Donoghue  and  Jimena Leiva Roesch What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of 17 goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, that were agreed upon by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for the 15-year period from 2015 to 2030. Written by three authors who have been engaged in the development of the SDGs from the beginning, this book offers an insider view of the process and a unique entry into what will be seen as one of the most significant negotiations and global policy agendas of the twenty-first century.  What does the book address? The book reviews how the SDGs were developed, what happened in key meetings and how this transformational agenda, which took more than three years to negotiate, came together in ...

T This podcast is based on Chapter Seven Examples of Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships by Jan-Gustav Strandenaes from the book Stakeholder Democracy: Representative Democracy in a Time of Fear. The podcast can be found here. Uncover inspiring examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships driving sustainable development. Learn about their goals, governance, and measures of success in regions across the globe.  The story of how stakeholders have gained increased, more significant influence on policy development at the local, national and UN levels. It looks at Local Agenda 21, National Sustainable Development Councils and the emergence of stakeholder engagement in the UN system based on the nine stakeholder chapters of Agenda 21 Since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the idea of stakeholder democracy has grown, with stakeholders engaged in helping governments and intergovernmental bodies make better decisions and in helping them to deliver those decisions in partnerships amongst vari...

T his podcast, created by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence, the editors of the book  Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy: Profiles in Courage,  focuses on the contributions of key people involved in international negotiations.   Meet this week Paula Caballero, the visionary Colombian government official whose tireless advocacy brought the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to life. In this episode, we trace Caballero's journey from the initial idea in 2010, during the lead-up to the Rio+20 conference, to the successful adoption of the SDGs as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015. We’ll explore the significant challenges she faced in rallying support from both developed and developing nations, as well as the consultations and negotiations that led to the establishment of the Open Working Group (OWG), which played a crucial role in defining the SDGs. Join us as we celebrate Caballero's dedication and resilience in shaping a more sustainable future for al...

This is a collection of papers from the Friends of Governance workshops since 2015. As the papers often dealt with more than one sustainable development goal, they may be represented in more than one bibliography This can be found on the  Friends of Governance website  and over the coming months we will add the relevant papers for other SDGs.  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL  3 Adieno, D. (2017). Citizen Data around Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals . Banisar, D. (2015). Role of transparency and access to information in development David Banisar– . Banisar, D. (2015). Selected High-Level and UNGA Resolutions on Sustainable Development Governance   Banisar, D. (2017). High-Level and UNGA Resolutions on Sustainable Development Governance: Existing Language for Committee of Experts on Public Administration . Banisar, D. (2020). An Unhealthy Silence Openness and the COVID-19 Transparency Gap . Basu, T. (2...

  By Felix Dodds and Chris Spence published on Taylor and Francis Sustainable Development Goals Online   Introduction The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a far-reaching and inspiring vision for achieving a better world by 2030. But as we pass the halfway mark since the SDGs were first agreed in 2015, our efforts to create this better world are in peril. Multiple crises—from climate change to regional conflicts, pollution to the COVID-19 pandemic—have derailed our endeavours. As of 2023, only 12 percent of the SDGs are on track. Almost one-third of the goals have seen either no improvement since 2015 or have actually gone backwards. The multiple crises assailing humanity have thrown millions more into poverty and the international community appears more fractured than it has in many years. How did we reach this point? Can we get the SDGs back on track? This article reviews how the SDGs were developed and why progress has been disappointing to date. We evaluate the im...

  Redefining Development: The Extraordinary Genesis of the Sustainable Development Goals "This once-in-a-generation detailed insider's look at how a critically important UN decision was made will be valuable to both scholars and students."  ―Craig Murphy, Wellesley College "Bridging the worlds of academia and practice, Caballero and Londoño provide illuminative insights on the role of small countries in shaping the UN development agenda in the broader context of the informal processes of multilateral diplomacy."  ―Jacques Fomerand, former director, UNU Office in North America This extraordinary  first-person story  of what can be achieved through informal diplomacy traces the improbably successful struggle to achieve acceptance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)―and thus transform the global development agenda―against all odds. Moving from the framing of the SDGs concept through the entire negotiation process (including a trove of key documents)...