Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(3), С. 1222 - 1222

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been an articulated practice for over 7 decades. Still, most corporations lack integrated framework to develop a strategic, balanced, and effective approach achieving excellence in CSR. Considering the world’s critical situation during COVID-19 pandemic, such is even more crucial now. We suggest subsuming CRS categories under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) be used that they subsume CSR since SDGs are comprehensive agenda designed whole planet. This study presents new drivers model novel model. Then, it highlights advantages of integrating framework. The proposed benefits from both SDGs, addresses current future needs, offers better roadmap with measurable outcomes.

Язык: Английский

---

Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

Nature Sustainability, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 5(1), С. 37 - 46

Опубликована: Ноя. 18, 2021

Abstract Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved ecosystem stewardship at a planetary scale. The carbon released through the burning of fossil fuels would take millennia to regenerate on Earth. Though timeframe recovery for ecosystems such as peatlands, mangroves old-growth forests is shorter (centuries), this still exceeds time we have remaining avoid worst impacts global warming. There are some natural places that cannot afford lose due their irreplaceable reserves. Here map ‘irrecoverable carbon’ globally identify remains within human purview manage and, if lost, could not be recovered by mid-century, when need reach net-zero emissions impacts. Since 2010, agriculture, logging wildfire caused least 4.0 Gt irrecoverable carbon. world’s 139.1 ± 443.6 faces risks from land-use conversion change. These can reduced proactive protection adaptive management. Currently, 23.0% protected areas 33.6% managed Indigenous peoples local communities. Half Earth’s concentrated just 3.3% its land, highlighting opportunities targeted efforts increase security.

Язык: Английский

---

Challenges and opportunities of area-based conservation in reaching biodiversity and sustainability goals

Biodiversity and Conservation, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 31(2), С. 325 - 352

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2021

Abstract Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard nature’s diversity. In view of expanding human land use, increasing climate change and unmet targets, area-based requires efficiency effectiveness more than ever. this review, I identify relate pressing challenges promising opportunities for effective efficient protected area governance management, enhance research, decision-making capacity building in under uncertain future developments. reveal that management particularly challenged by change, invasive species, social, political economic limitations. Protected often lacks the continuous availability data on current states trends nature threats. Biocultural conservation, climate-smart biosecurity approaches help overcome induced needs, respectively. Economic valuation shifts funding priorities can boost efficiency. In-situ monitoring techniques, remote sensing open infrastructures fill information gaps planning management. Moreover, adaptive an auspicious concept framework systematic ensure enduring areas despite unpredictable Post-2020 international biodiversity sustainable development goals could be met earlier if were effective. consequently conclude with need a global system support synthesizing at local level.

Язык: Английский

---

Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas

Journal of Applied Ecology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 58(11), С. 2384 - 2393

Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2021

Abstract There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily addressed independently a more integrated global approach essential to tackle these two challenges. Nature‐based Solutions (NbS) hailed as pathway for promoting synergies between agendas. are, however, uncertainties difficulties associated with implementation of NbS, while evidence regarding their benefits remains limited. We identify five key research areas where incomplete or poor information hinders development solutions. These relate refining our understanding how mitigation adaptation approaches benefit conservation; enhancing ability track predict ecosystems on move and/or facing collapse; improving capacity impacts effectiveness NbS; developing solutions that match temporal, spatial functional scale challenges; comprehensive practical framework assessing, mitigating against, risks posed by NbS. Policy implications . The Conference Parties (COP) United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (COP26) Biological Diversity (COP15) present clear policy window coherent frameworks align targets across nexus change. This should (a) address substantial chronic underfunding conservation, (b) remove financial incentives negatively impact change, (c) develop higher levels integration agendas, (d) agree monitoring enables standardised quantification comparison gains NbS over time (e) rethink environmental legislation better support conservation in times rapid climatic

Язык: Английский

---

Functional connectivity of the world’s protected areas

Science, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 376(6597), С. 1101 - 1104

Опубликована: Июнь 2, 2022

Global policies call for connecting protected areas (PAs) to conserve the flow of animals and genes across changing landscapes, yet whether global PA networks currently support animal movement-and where connectivity conservation is most critical-remain largely unknown. In this study, we map functional world's terrestrial PAs quantify national through lens moving mammals. We find that mitigating human footprint may improve more than adding new PAs, although both strategies together maximize benefits. The globally important concentrated mammal movement remain unprotected, with 71% these overlapping biodiversity priority 6% occurring on land moderate high modification. Conservation restoration critical could safeguard while supporting other priorities.

Язык: Английский

---

Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic, the environment, and the way ahead

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 50(4), С. 767 - 781

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought profound social, political, economic, and environmental challenges to the world. virus may have emerged from wildlife reservoirs linked disruption, was transmitted humans via trade, its spread facilitated by economic globalization. arrived at a time when wildfires, high temperatures, floods, storms amplified human suffering. These call for powerful response that addresses social development, climate change, biodiversity together, offering an opportunity bring transformational change structure functioning of global economy. This biodefense can include "One Health" approach in all relevant sectors; greener agriculture minimizes greenhouse gas emissions leads healthier diets; sustainable forms energy; more effective international agreements; post-COVID development is equitable sustainable; nature-compatible trade. Restoring enhancing protected areas as part devoting 50% planet's land environmentally sound management conserves would also support adaptation limit contact with zoonotic pathogens. essential links between health well-being, biodiversity, could inspire new generation innovators provide green solutions enable live healthy balance nature leading long-term resilient future.

Язык: Английский

---

Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

Global Change Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 28(9), С. 2846 - 2874

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2022

The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate change biodiversity loss. We entering a pivotal decade for both the international agendas with sharpening of ambitious strategies targets by Convention on Biological Diversity United Nations Framework Climate Change. Within their respective Conventions, have largely been addressed separately. There is evidence that conservation actions halt, slow or reverse loss can simultaneously anthropogenic mediated significantly. This review highlights which largest potential mitigation change. note mainly synergistic benefits few antagonistic trade-offs mitigation. Specifically, we identify direct co-benefits in 14 out 21 action draft post-2020 global framework Diversity, notwithstanding many indirect links also support These relationships context scale-dependent; therefore, showcase examples local be incentivized, guided prioritized objectives targets. close interlinkages between biodiversity, mitigation, other nature's contributions to people good quality life seldom as integrated they should management policy. aims re-emphasize vital timely manner, major Conferences Parties about negotiate strategic frameworks goals decades come.

Язык: Английский

---

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

Nature, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 620(7974), С. 562 - 569

Опубликована: Авг. 16, 2023

Язык: Английский

---

Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 7(1), С. 51 - 61

Опубликована: Ноя. 28, 2022

Abstract Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems and processes that underpin human wellbeing is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we define critical natural assets as semi-natural provide 90% of total current magnitude 14 types nature’s contributions people (NCP), map global locations these at 2 km resolution. Critical for maintaining local-scale NCP (12 NCP) account 30% land area 24% national territorial waters, while 44% required also maintain two global-scale (carbon storage moisture recycling). These areas overlap substantially with cultural diversity (areas containing 96% languages) biodiversity (covering requirements 73% birds 66% mammals). At least 87% world’s population live in benefitting from NCP, only 16% on lands assets. Many mapped here are left out international agreements focused conserving species or mitigating climate change, yet this analysis shows explicitly prioritizing they could simultaneously advance development, conservation goals.

Язык: Английский

---

Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being

Nature Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 6(5), С. 568 - 577

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2023

Язык: Английский

---