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(Safriel 2017, SDG 15) and protect the biosphere’s terrestrial and marine biodiversity (SDG 15 and 14, respectively) as fundamental goals to eradicate poverty
(SDG 1). But it advocates also to achieve gender equality (SDG 5), food security
(SDG 2), health (SDG 3), economic prosperity (SDG 8), safe water, sanitation, and
drinking water quality/quantity (SDG 6), among others. Long-term mitigation
efforts to combat desertification and restore degraded drylands have rarely been
successful (Reynolds et al. 2007; Cherlet et al. 2018). Globally, these efforts have
been coordinated by the UNCCD, yet bottom-up governance and management
approaches are needed to achieve adaptive livelihoods that built on social and natural capital as the essential pillars of sustainable dryland life-supporting systems
(Chapin et al. 2009).
Addressing SDGs and Their Interconnection
The SDGs represent the most ambitious world development agenda in the history of
global environmental governance and global development promoted by the international community; it comprises 17 goals and a large set of specific targets that
should be reached by 2030.
The agenda is part of a decade-long process of global development, which finds
its roots in previous attempts to address inequalities and foster social, economic,
and environmental welfare both with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In the case of the SDGs,
however, there is certainly a strong component towards environmental protection,
social and economic sustainability which is also part of international efforts dating
back to the Brundtland Report in the 1980s, the Rio Earth Summit and Rio+20 conferences in 1992 and 2012, respectively. Broadly speaking, the SDGs are intended
to be a guideline for all governments (see Table 2.1). The goals reflect the three
pillars of sustainable development that are the environment, economy, and social
aspects. Some goals are in fact mainly socio-economic in character (e.g., goals 1, 4,
5, 8–11, 16, 17), while others focus clearly on the environment and the biophysical
system, where land quality and natural resources play a seminal role (e.g., goals 2,
3, 6, 7, 12–15). All goals include targets with clear interlinkages among SDGs;
however, they are designed to be both mutually inclusive and universal. Therefore,
the goals oriented towards socioeconomic and environmental aspects mutually
depend on each other. For example, environmental sustainability will depend on the
actions of climate change through both mitigation and adaptation at different levels
and including local governments, indigenous communities, cities but also other
actors who are involved in the SDGs fulfillment.
Please refer to the following table for better understanding of SDGs and their
function.
S. Lucatello and E. Huber-Sannwald
(Safriel 2017, SDG 15) and protect the biosphere’s terrestrial and marine biodiversity (SDG 15 and 14, respectively) as fundamental goals to eradicate poverty
(SDG 1). But it advocates also to achieve gender equality (SDG 5), food security
(SDG 2), health (SDG 3), economic prosperity (SDG 8), safe water, sanitation, and
drinking water quality/quantity (SDG 6), among others. Long-term mitigation
efforts to combat desertification and restore degraded drylands have rarely been
successful (Reynolds et al. 2007; Cherlet et al. 2018). Globally, these efforts have
been coordinated by the UNCCD, yet bottom-up governance and management
approaches are needed to achieve adaptive livelihoods that built on social and natural capital as the essential pillars of sustainable dryland life-supporting systems
(Chapin et al. 2009).
Addressing SDGs and Their Interconnection
The SDGs represent the most ambitious world development agenda in the history of
global environmental governance and global development promoted by the international community; it comprises 17 goals and a large set of specific targets that
should be reached by 2030.
The agenda is part of a decade-long process of global development, which finds
its roots in previous attempts to address inequalities and foster social, economic,
and environmental welfare both with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In the case of the SDGs,
however, there is certainly a strong component towards environmental protection,
social and economic sustainability which is also part of international efforts dating
back to the Brundtland Report in the 1980s, the Rio Earth Summit and Rio+20 conferences in 1992 and 2012, respectively. Broadly speaking, the SDGs are intended
to be a guideline for all governments (see Table 2.1). The goals reflect the three
pillars of sustainable development that are the environment, economy, and social
aspects. Some goals are in fact mainly socio-economic in character (e.g., goals 1, 4,
5, 8–11, 16, 17), while others focus clearly on the environment and the biophysical
system, where land quality and natural resources play a seminal role (e.g., goals 2,
3, 6, 7, 12–15). All goals include targets with clear interlinkages among SDGs;
however, they are designed to be both mutually inclusive and universal. Therefore,
the goals oriented towards socioeconomic and environmental aspects mutually
depend on each other. For example, environmental sustainability will depend on the
actions of climate change through both mitigation and adaptation at different levels
and including local governments, indigenous communities, cities but also other
actors who are involved in the SDGs fulfillment.
Please refer to the following table for better understanding of SDGs and their
function.
S. Lucatello and E. Huber-Sannwald