295
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
I. B. Franco et al. (eds.), Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact, Science
for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_19
Chapter 19
Impact Sustainability: Conclusions
and Lessons Learned
Ellen Derbyshire, Isabel B. Franco, Tathagata Chatterji, and James Tracey
This book deconstructed and re-evaluated the key issues that sustainability leaders,
namely, educators, scientists, governments, practitioners and policymakers, face
when achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The overarching aims
of this book were to provide a coverage of results of research conducted in accordance with the sustainable development goals and to better understand the integration of the SDGs as an integral part of impact research, curriculum and community
capacity-building for sustainability. The impacts of climate change, unsustainable
resource development, widening of gaps between socioeconomic groups and social
conflict are pressuring sustainability leaders to collaborate and reconstruct normative approaches to developing more consistent and impactful sustainability agendas.
This stems from an inability to turn knowledge and theory into impactful outcomes.
However, quantified targets do not always mean quantified solutions, and these outcomes are often impeded by homogenized interpretations of globalized targets.
E. Derbyshire (*)
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Business School, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
e-mail: ellen.derbyshire@uq.net.au
I. B. Franco
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
T. Chatterji
Xavier School of Human Settlements, Xavier University Bhubaneswar,
Kakudia, Odisha, India
e-mail: tathagata@xub.edu.in
J. Tracey
Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
I. B. Franco et al. (eds.), Actioning the Global Goals for Local Impact, Science
for Sustainable Societies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9927-6_19
Chapter 19
Impact Sustainability: Conclusions
and Lessons Learned
Ellen Derbyshire, Isabel B. Franco, Tathagata Chatterji, and James Tracey
This book deconstructed and re-evaluated the key issues that sustainability leaders,
namely, educators, scientists, governments, practitioners and policymakers, face
when achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The overarching aims
of this book were to provide a coverage of results of research conducted in accordance with the sustainable development goals and to better understand the integration of the SDGs as an integral part of impact research, curriculum and community
capacity-building for sustainability. The impacts of climate change, unsustainable
resource development, widening of gaps between socioeconomic groups and social
conflict are pressuring sustainability leaders to collaborate and reconstruct normative approaches to developing more consistent and impactful sustainability agendas.
This stems from an inability to turn knowledge and theory into impactful outcomes.
However, quantified targets do not always mean quantified solutions, and these outcomes are often impeded by homogenized interpretations of globalized targets.
E. Derbyshire (*)
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Business School, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
e-mail: ellen.derbyshire@uq.net.au
I. B. Franco
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, Japan
Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia
e-mail: connect@drisabelfranco.com
T. Chatterji
Xavier School of Human Settlements, Xavier University Bhubaneswar,
Kakudia, Odisha, India
e-mail: tathagata@xub.edu.in
J. Tracey
Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia