Scientific principles for accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals

Geography and sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 157 - 159

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are significantly off-course as we reach the midpoint of their 2030 deadline. From a scientific perspective, critical challenge in achieving SDGs lies need for more principles to understand complex socio-ecological systems (SES) and interactions influencing 17 SDGs. Here, propose framework clarify common rational treatment diversity under these principles. framework's core is revealing mechanisms underlying achievement each SDG interactions. Building upon identified mechanisms, SES models can be established, implementation formulated multi-objective optimization problem, seeking compromise competition between essential costs desired benefits. Our assist countries, even world accelerating progress toward

Language: Английский

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Multi-objective ecological restoration priority in China: Cost-benefit optimization in different ecological performance regimes based on planetary boundaries

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 356, P. 120701 - 120701

Published: March 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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A framework for achieving urban sustainable development goals (SDGs): Evaluation and interaction

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 114, P. 105780 - 105780

Published: Sept. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Sustainable development of urban agglomerations around lakes in China: Achieving SDGs by regulating Ecosystem Service Supply and Demand through New-type Urbanization

Habitat International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 153, P. 103206 - 103206

Published: Oct. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into Urban Planning to Advance Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Practical Solutions from the Case Study of Moundou, Chad

Urban Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9(2), P. 22 - 22

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

The accelerating pace of urbanization, coupled with changes in land-use patterns and the exacerbation extreme climatic events—marked by heightened unpredictability severity, particularly regions Global South—necessitates a thorough reevaluation urban governance management frameworks. In response to these challenges, it is essential for strategies integrate local socio-economic specificities while navigating inherent complexities issues, leveraging contextually appropriate resources within sustainability paradigm. this regard, contextualizing incorporating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into planning frameworks crucial advancing sustainability. However, significant obstacles hinder their effective integration at scale, fast-evolving, resource-constrained settings. This study seeks address critical gap systematically examining barriers SDG sub-Saharan Africa. For purpose, Moundou, Chad, used as representative case study, reflecting both challenges opportunities region. A hybrid methodology underpins research, combining in-depth interviews key development stakeholders, detailed review strategic documents aligned SDGs, semi-structured questionnaires capture diverse perspectives. results reveal that institutional dimension constitutes 38.46% identified including limited capacity long-term planning, lack expertise, inadequate multisectoral coordination, among others. addition, economic socio-cultural dimensions each represent 23.08% barriers, encompassing issues such dependence on external funding, high cost green technologies, low public awareness, resistance change communities. Finally, data access ranks last, accounting 15.38%. To overcome implement mechanisms strengthen capacities, promote cross-sectoral collaboration, enhance cultivate culture adaptability innovation Furthermore, improving accessibility reinforcing financial are vital addressing comprehensively.

Language: Английский

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Optimizing cover crop practices as a sustainable solution for global agroecosystem services

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

The practice of cover crops has gained popularity as a strategy to improve agricultural sustainability, but its full potential is often limited by environmental trade-offs. Using meta-analytic and data-driven quantifications 2302 observations, we optimized crop practices evaluated their benefits for global agroecosystems. Cover have historically boosted yields, soil carbon storage, stability, also stimulated greenhouse gas emissions. However, combining them with long-term implementation (five years or more) climate-smart (such no-tillage) can enhance these services synergistically. A biculture legume non-legume crops, terminated 25 days before planting the next followed residue mulching, optimal portfolio. Such are projected increase agroecosystem multiservices 1.25%, equivalent annual gains 97.7 million metric tons in production, 21.7 billion dioxide sequestration, 2.41 erosion reduction. By 2100, continued could mitigate climate-related yield losses contribute climate neutrality stabilization, especially harsh underdeveloped areas. These findings underscore promising achieve synergy food security protection. sustainability. In this meta-analysis, authors find that may promote multiple while mitigating 2100.

Language: Английский

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Teleconnections detection of land use carbon emissions beyond geographical proximity promotes the construction of cross-city networks

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 113092 - 113092

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Enhancing Climate Action Evaluation Using Artificial Neural Networks: An Analysis of SDG 13

Sustainable Futures, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100439 - 100439

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Assessing spatiotemporal dynamics of sustainable development goals on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Applied Geography, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 103557 - 103557

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Should mayors be accountable for election promises? Effects of compulsory goal setting and reporting requirements on sustainability governance in four Latin American cities

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: March 17, 2025

Since 1994, Colombian mayors have been legally held accountable for election promises and goal achievement in office; non-compliance or underperformance may trigger recalls. In several Latin American countries, civil-society coalitions striving urban sustainability successfully lobbied adopting similar rules more than 60 cities. We conducted a longitudinal, comparative case study, based on documents 16 interviews, to study the characteristics effects of accountability mechanisms emerging Bogotá, Córdoba, Guadalajara, São Paulo. Results show that goal-setting reporting requirements are beneficial governance terms increasing programmatic policies, intra-municipal cooperation, civil society involvement, citizen participation. However, unintended consequences, including rigid, short-term focus targets at expense long-term objectives, were also observed. This suggests trade-offs concerning flexibility dilemmas choice indicators; outcome-based foster long-term, holistic policymaking yet output align easily local government competencies demands. The engagement strong organisations facilitates effective implementation mayoral mechanisms. Our findings offer insights practitioners researchers democratic innovations international policy frameworks localisation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). design city level diverse contexts alternatives dominant model voluntary require further attention research.

Language: Английский

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