A proposed outcome of Rio+20 is for policymakers to adopt a series of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs). The purpose of SDGs is to address the broad challenges of poverty eradication, environmental protection and sustainable consumption and production. The SDGs address the shortcomings and challenges of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and promise to provide the foundation for a global green economy. The exact content of the SDGs will be decided in the Rio+20 process and be integrated into the successive framework for MDGs.
The following ten Children’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) were developed by participating secondary school students from the Seychelles, Malta, Nigeria, Canada and the UK at the International Schools Debate held at The Living Rainforest, Berkshire, UK on 17...
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONALS FREE WEBINAR Date: Thursday, May 24 Time: 7pm GMT Where: Online Focus: One hour panel discussion on the Rio+20 themes, including Sustainable Development Goals lead by UNEP and Stakeholder Forum Read more…
Date: 18-19 February 2012 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Focus: highlighted five elements that the final outcome document at Rio+20 should feature, which included an agreement on indicators to measure the implementation of sustainable development goals. Read...
Date: 23 Jan 2012 – 24 Jan 2012 Location: Tarrytown, New York, USA Focus: A proposal from the government of Columbia, Guatemala and Peru for a definition of a suite of Sustainable Development Goals...
Beyond 20151 welcomes the attention that is being given to the need for a global over-arching cross-thematic development framework by the international community, and hopes that the thinking around Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will...
Stakeholder Forum with the support of Christian Aid, WWF, IIED, Practical Action, Progressio, CAFOD and Friends of the Earth have produced the following paper on Sustainable Development Goals. A potential outcome of Rio+20 is...
What are Sustainable Development Goals? This brief, which addresses issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by Columbia, Guatemala, and Peru during the Rio+20 processes, aims to remind policymakers and other stakeholders of...
A proposed outcome of Rio+20 is for policymakers to adopt a series of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs). The purpose of SDGs is to address the broad challenges of poverty eradication, environmental protection and...
