Description
The UN Secretariat has issued a paper that examines governance and institutional perspectives on advancing sustainable, inclusive, science-, and evidence-based solutions for the SDGs. The report considers measures that can accelerate progress towards the SDGs in key transition areas across the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, while building on the interlinkages between the Goals and targets.
Staying the course of Sustainable Development Goal implementation within the 2030 Agenda at times of polycrises, geo-political tensions, conflicts and wars, declining trust in government, resource strain and fast-changing technology requires an urgent shift of governments towards comprehensive systems thinking.
"All transformative action," per the report, "should rely on science-informed evidence," with legitimacy of elected officials and commitments to their voters, coalition building of majority governments, societal values, and ethical considerations also determining policy decisions.
The report provides recommendations and key messages for potential inclusion in the 2025 ECOSOC/HLPF ministerial declaration.
Further reading: At UNFF19 in 2024, IUFRO's Science-Policy Programme (SciPol) presented the report International Forest Governance: A critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches, synthesizing the most pivotal developments in international forest governance since 2010. The findings provide actionable insights for land use and climate policymakers to spur the implementation of just and effective forest policies.
Go to: https://www.iufro.org/programmes/scipol-international-forest-governance-2024