The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in Brazil’s Government:
An Exploratory Approach
Teresa Villac and Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos
Abstract This paper analyzes the initiatives devised by the Brazilian Government
directed at the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The National Commission for the Sustainable Development Goals was created to
internalize, disseminate and give transparency to the process of implementation of the
2030 Agenda in Brazil. It is an exploratory study that examines the aims, principles,
composition and actions of the National Commission. The purpose of the paper is
to present the adequacy of the global goals in relation to the national reality and to
reinforce the importance of the 2030 Agenda for the Brazilian society.
Keyword 2030 Agenda for sustainable development · Brazil’s government
1 Introduction: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Brazilian Government
This paper analyzes the initiatives devised by the Brazilian Government directed at
the domestic implementation of the 2030 Agenda—Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), through the work carried out by the National Commission for the Sustainable
Development Goals, established in 2016.
The relevance of the topic stems from the fact that SDGs are still not widely
disseminated in Brazil and have in themselves a considerable potential for altering
the Brazilian development model, historically focused on economic growth (Veiga
2015), insofar as the 17 goals brought by the 2030 Agenda can guide the formulation
and achievement of national public policies more in line with the principles and
rights set forth in the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988, such as the right to a
healthy environment, to dignity, education, health, among others.
T. Villac (B)
Guest Lecturer, Post-Graduate Courses, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: teresavillacp@gmail.com
M. C. L. dos Santos
School of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: closchia@usp.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_47
777
Development in Brazil’s Government:
An Exploratory Approach
Teresa Villac and Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos
Abstract This paper analyzes the initiatives devised by the Brazilian Government
directed at the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The National Commission for the Sustainable Development Goals was created to
internalize, disseminate and give transparency to the process of implementation of the
2030 Agenda in Brazil. It is an exploratory study that examines the aims, principles,
composition and actions of the National Commission. The purpose of the paper is
to present the adequacy of the global goals in relation to the national reality and to
reinforce the importance of the 2030 Agenda for the Brazilian society.
Keyword 2030 Agenda for sustainable development · Brazil’s government
1 Introduction: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Brazilian Government
This paper analyzes the initiatives devised by the Brazilian Government directed at
the domestic implementation of the 2030 Agenda—Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), through the work carried out by the National Commission for the Sustainable
Development Goals, established in 2016.
The relevance of the topic stems from the fact that SDGs are still not widely
disseminated in Brazil and have in themselves a considerable potential for altering
the Brazilian development model, historically focused on economic growth (Veiga
2015), insofar as the 17 goals brought by the 2030 Agenda can guide the formulation
and achievement of national public policies more in line with the principles and
rights set forth in the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988, such as the right to a
healthy environment, to dignity, education, health, among others.
T. Villac (B)
Guest Lecturer, Post-Graduate Courses, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: teresavillacp@gmail.com
M. C. L. dos Santos
School of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: closchia@usp.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_47
777