Lars Niklasson, Improving the Sustainable Development Goals: Strategies and the Governance Challenge
| DOI | 10.3366/gels.2021.0038 |
| Published date | 01 February 2021 |
| Date | 01 February 2021 |
| Pages | 98-102 |
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In 2015, 193 countries came together, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) to negotiate what we now call the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There are 17 SDGs which aim to set out a future without poverty and hunger and lead to a world safe from the worst effects of climate change.
The book
The book is 129 pages consisting of eight chapters. It is methodically set-up, each chapter is leading the reader into a deeper understanding of the SDGs and what it will take to achieve them. The target audience for this book is policymakers, government workers, academics and students. The book frequently emphasises the need and importance of good governance to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Each chapter ends with a list of references which is useful for scholars and students.
The book is written in a dissertation type style that the author refers to as the study, beginning with an introduction and a hypothesis set up as three questions. They are namely: if there is a way of understanding the SDGs which gives them a fair chance of achieving their goals; if there is a basic strategy in the SDGs and; if there is a way to take advantage of ongoing research to retrieve more elaborate hypotheses on what needs to be done.
Chapter 1 is titled
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