The Sustainable Development Goals as a Transformative Force?: Key Insights

Frank Biermann; Thomas Hickmann; Carole Anne Sénit

doi:10.1017/9781009082945.009

The Sustainable Development Goals as a Transformative Force? Key Insights

Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Carole Anne Sénit

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Abstract

The scope of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable
Development Goals is unprecedented. So is the broad ambition expressed in this
agreement. While the United Nations has rarely shied away from declaring farreaching policy aspirations in the past, the 2030 Agenda sets the bar high –
possibly higher than it has ever been before, with ambitious goals to end hunger
and poverty while simultaneously reducing unsustainable consumption and
protecting the natural foundations of life on earth. The Sustainable Development
Goals also add new areas of policy ambition that have not been promoted in this
form before, such as reducing global and national inequalities or promoting good
governance, both now enshrined as stand-alone global policy goals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals
Subtitle of host publication	Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?
Editors	Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Carole-Anne Sénit
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	204-226
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9781009082945
ISBN (Print)	9781316514290
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009082945.009
Publication status	Published - 2022

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Free keywords

Sustainable Development Goals
2030 Agenda
governance arrangements

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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The Sustainable Development Goals as a Transformative Force? Key Insights. / Biermann, Frank; Hickmann, Thomas; Sénit, Carole Anne.
The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. ed. / Frank Biermann; Thomas Hickmann; Carole-Anne Sénit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. p. 204-226.

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