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concept but are unaware of its meaning; 10% have some knowledge on the subject,
and only 1% have enough knowledge on the subject. The challenges are, therefore,
immense.
In this sense, the Commission structured its actions into two thematic axes: communication actions and mobilization actions. The first axis involves the dissemination of SGDs nationally, while the second focuses on raising awareness among public
managers, leaders, and civil society organizations.
In addition, the following lines of action were established:
a. Launching of a Plan of Action by the National Commission for the SDGs;
b. Mapping of the relationship between the public policies currently in effect in the
Ministries and the 2016-2019 Multi-Year Plan with the SDGs;
c. The adequacy of the global goals in relation to the national reality;
d. Definition of national SDGs indicators;
e. Development of tools/platform for dissemination of SDGs;
f. Processes and initiatives for the internalization/localization of the 2030 Agenda
throughout the national territory.
The lines of action defined by the Commission are of great magnitude, not only
in terms of the broadness of their scope, but also regarding the still predominant
unawareness of the issue in Brazil, the territorial extension of the country, regional,
economic and social diversities, imbalances between urban and rural areas, as well
as the national political organization of a federative nature.
3 Challenges to the Implementation of SDGs in Brazil
The conformation of civil society in organizations and collectives geared towards
environmental preservation (SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation, Socio-Environmental
Institute—ISA), and the unprecedented recognition in the Brazilian Constitution of
1988 that environmental preservation is a right to all and a duty to the State, together
with the existence of a Ministry for the Environment,—which institutionalized the
topic in the federal government sphere—, were fundamental actions for the gradual
constitution, in the social body, of new ethical values with respect to the predatory
relationship man-nature (dos Santos 2014).
In this context, the breadth of themes addressed in the SDGs is a very positive factor towards the continuation of the dissemination of ecological awareness to a greater
social extent and in the public and private sectors of Brazil. The implementation of
the SDGs cannot be disconnected from the provision of the necessary minimum
structure to the public environmental oversight agencies, strict environmental legislation for damages to the environment, as well as coordinated efforts between the
municipal, state and federal levels, avoiding a retrogression of rights.
Towards this objective, including the Sustainable Development Goals as a subject
in programs of undergraduate and graduate studies of different fields of knowledge, as
well as the dissemination of the topic in academic researches, in an interdisciplinary
T. Villac and M. C. L. dos Santos
concept but are unaware of its meaning; 10% have some knowledge on the subject,
and only 1% have enough knowledge on the subject. The challenges are, therefore,
immense.
In this sense, the Commission structured its actions into two thematic axes: communication actions and mobilization actions. The first axis involves the dissemination of SGDs nationally, while the second focuses on raising awareness among public
managers, leaders, and civil society organizations.
In addition, the following lines of action were established:
a. Launching of a Plan of Action by the National Commission for the SDGs;
b. Mapping of the relationship between the public policies currently in effect in the
Ministries and the 2016-2019 Multi-Year Plan with the SDGs;
c. The adequacy of the global goals in relation to the national reality;
d. Definition of national SDGs indicators;
e. Development of tools/platform for dissemination of SDGs;
f. Processes and initiatives for the internalization/localization of the 2030 Agenda
throughout the national territory.
The lines of action defined by the Commission are of great magnitude, not only
in terms of the broadness of their scope, but also regarding the still predominant
unawareness of the issue in Brazil, the territorial extension of the country, regional,
economic and social diversities, imbalances between urban and rural areas, as well
as the national political organization of a federative nature.
3 Challenges to the Implementation of SDGs in Brazil
The conformation of civil society in organizations and collectives geared towards
environmental preservation (SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation, Socio-Environmental
Institute—ISA), and the unprecedented recognition in the Brazilian Constitution of
1988 that environmental preservation is a right to all and a duty to the State, together
with the existence of a Ministry for the Environment,—which institutionalized the
topic in the federal government sphere—, were fundamental actions for the gradual
constitution, in the social body, of new ethical values with respect to the predatory
relationship man-nature (dos Santos 2014).
In this context, the breadth of themes addressed in the SDGs is a very positive factor towards the continuation of the dissemination of ecological awareness to a greater
social extent and in the public and private sectors of Brazil. The implementation of
the SDGs cannot be disconnected from the provision of the necessary minimum
structure to the public environmental oversight agencies, strict environmental legislation for damages to the environment, as well as coordinated efforts between the
municipal, state and federal levels, avoiding a retrogression of rights.
Towards this objective, including the Sustainable Development Goals as a subject
in programs of undergraduate and graduate studies of different fields of knowledge, as
well as the dissemination of the topic in academic researches, in an interdisciplinary