The UN sustainable development goals : a commentary / edited by Ilias Bantekas, Francesco Seatzu ; assistant editor, Katerina Akestoridi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bantekas, Ilias, editor.

Seatzu, Francesco, editor.

Akestoridi, Katerina, editor.

Series:

Oxford commentaries on international law.

Oxford public international law

Oxford commentaries on international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Sustainable Development Goals (Project).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1489 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This historic document constituted a universal 'plan for action for people, planet and prosperity'. The Sustainable Development Goals serves as an expert compendium, the most authoritative ready-reference tool for anyone interested in the SDGs.

Contents:

Cover

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

Copyright

Contents

List of Contributors

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

List of Abbreviations

Sustainable Development Goals: Their Political and Legal Nature under International Law

I. Introduction

II. The Millennium Development Goals

A. The Historical and Political Undercurrents of the MDGs

B. Neoliberalism and the MDGs

C. The Early Role of International Organizations in Development Finance

D. The Implications of the MDGs Process for the Development Paradigm

III. The Sustainable Development Goals

A. A Political History of the SDGs

B. The SDGs' Transformative Dimension

C. The Legal Nature of the SDGs under International Law

1 SDG 1 'End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere'

II. Travaux Préparatoires

A. Prioritizing Poverty

B. Agenda 2030

III. Commentary on the Goal

A. Why is Poverty Eradication the Primary Sustainable Development Goal?

B. Poverty Reduction as an International Action Item: A Brief History

1. From MDG 1 to SDG 1

2. Setting the Post-​2015 Agenda

3. Alterations from MDG 1

4. Agenda 2030

C. Multi-​variant Nature of Poverty Reduction

D. Critique of SDG 1

1. A Place for Law

2. Will We Reach the Goal?

IV. Commentaries of Targets

A. Target 1.1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty

1. SDG Indicator 1.1.1

a) Eradicate extreme poverty

2. Sources of Target

3. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis

4. COVID-​19 Effects

5. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels

6. Critique

B. Target 1.2 Reduce Poverty by At Least 50 per cent

1. SDG Indicator 1.2.1

a) Halve population below national poverty line

2. SDG Indicator 1.2.2

a) Population in poverty according to national definitions

3. Sources of Target

4. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis.

5. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels

a) Proportion

b) Use of national poverty lines

C. Target 1.3 Implement Nationally Appropriate Social Protection Systems and Measures for All, Including Floors, and by 2030 Achieve Substantial Coverage of the Poor and the Vulnerable

1. SDG Indicator 1.3.1

a) Population covered by social protection floors/​systems

4. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels

a) ILO

b) IMF

c) UN Addis Ababa Action Agenda

d) Other actions

5. Critique

D. Target 1.4 Equal Rights to Ownership, Basic Services, Technology, and Economic Resources

1. SDG Indicator 1.4.1

a) Access to basic services

2. Indicator 1.4.2

a) Secure tenure rights to land

4. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis

E. Target 1.5 Build Resilience to Environmental, Economic, and Social Disasters

1. SDG Indicator 1.5.1

a) Deaths and affected persons from natural disasters

2. Indicator 1.5.2

a) Direct economic loss from natural disasters

3. Indicator 1.5.3

a) Disaster risk reduction strategies

4. Indicator 1.5.4

a) Local disaster risk reduction

5. Sources of Target

6. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis

7. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels

8. Critique

F. Target 1.a Mobilization of resources to end poverty

1. SDG Indicator 1.a.1

a) Domestic resources to poverty reduction programmes

2. Indicator 1.a.2

a) Government spending on essential services

3. Indicator 1.a.3

a) Inflows directly allocated to poverty reduction programmes

4. Sources of Target

5. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis.

6. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels

7. Critique

G. Target 1.b Create Sound Policy Frameworks at the National, Regional, and International Levels, Based on Pro-​Poor and Gender-​Sensitive Development Strategies, to Support Accelerated Investment in Poverty Eradication Actions

1. SDG Indicator 1.b.1

a) Proportion of government recurrent and capital spending to sectors that disproportionately benefit women, the poor and vulnerable groups

2 SDG 2 'End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture ("Zero Hunger")'

II. Framing SDG 2: Development and Definition of Terms and Core Issues

III. Travaux Préparatoires

A. OWG: Stocktaking Phase

1. Food Security and Nutrition

2. Sustainable Agriculture

B. OWG: Negotiations and Drafting of the Proposed Sustainable Development Goal 2

IV. Commentary on SDG 2

A. Interlinkages with Other SDGs

B. The Nexus between SDG 2 and International Law

1. SDG 2 and International Human Rights Law, in particular the Right to Food

2. SDG 2 and International Economic Law, in particular Trade and Investment Law

C. The Importance of a Rights-​Based Approach to SDG 2: Human Rights Mainstreaming

V. Commentary on the Targets

A. General Remarks

B. SDG 2 Targets and Indicators

1. Target 2.1 By 2030, End hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

a) Source of target

b) Empirical analysis: domestic and international efforts of implementation

c) Critique.

2. Target 2.2 By 2030, End all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating

c) Critique

3. Target 2.3 By 2030, Double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-​scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive

a) Source

4. Target 2.4 By 2030, Ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme w

5. Target 2.5 By 2020, Maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and inte

6. Target 2.a Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural prod

7. Target 2.b Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with

8. Target 2.c Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility

VI. Conclusion

3 SDG 3 'Good Health and Well-​Being-​Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-​Being for All at All Ages'

A. Background

B. The OWG Sessions and the Adoption Phase

1. The Stocktaking Phase-​OWG-​4 (17-​19 June 2013)

2. The Negotiation Phase-​OWGs-​9-​13 (March-​July 2014)

3. The Intergovernmental Negotiations-​Fine-​Tuning and Adoption (January-​August 2015)

III. 'Good Health and Well-​Being' in SDG 3

A. The Role of the World Health Organization as the Lead Agency in the Achievement of 'Good Health and Well-​Being'

B. Global Health-​A Development Perspective and Human Rights Critique

C. Assessment and General Critique

IV. Targets and Indicators of Goal 3

A. Overview

B. Commentary and Critique to Individual Targets

1. Target 3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births

a) Sources of target

b) Empirical analysis and efforts of international/​domestic implementation

2. Target 3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-​5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 li.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 11, 2023).

ISBN:

9780192885906

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9780192885890

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