Achieving sustainable development: Bridging the gap between research and policy
Annual Oslo SDG Initiative Conference
Welcome to the annual Oslo SDG Initiative (www.sum.uio.no/sdg) conference.
A recent meta-study of the scientific evidence on the political impact of the SDGs (Biermann et al. 2022) finds that the global goals have had limited transformative political impact thus far. While there has been some political impact on local and global governance, this has been largely discursive. Indeed, the more profound normative and institutional impact of the SDGs (e.g., legislative action, changing resource allocation, etc.) have been rare. There were growing concerns, even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, that the pace of action for achieving the SDGs was slow. With global attention focused on the pandemic and the Ukraine war, the SDGs appear to be losing their appeal.
Our aim is to go beyond the usual rhetoric on why the SDGs are important and engage with a wide range of stakeholders to nuance the discourse on political commitment, financing, and implementation of the SDGs. In doing so, we wish to bridge the gap between research and policy in trying to better understand what is working, where, how and why. We will also discuss the potential contours of a post-2030 Agenda.
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Achieving sustainable development: Bridging Research and Policy on Sustainable Development Annual Oslo SDG Initiative Conference 31 October University of Oslo, Professorboligen, Karl Johans gate 47 |
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Preliminary agenda |
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Session 1: What Works? |
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09.00 – 09.15
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Welcome
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Progress; achievements and challenges; major trends |
Responsible: Oslo SDG |
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09.15 – 10.15 |
Panel 1 What works: Political commitment for the SDGs |
Political solutions; governance; partnerships; global/national/local implementation; policy coherence; integration; best practices |
Responsible: Oslo SDG
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10.15 – 10.20 |
Break |
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10.20 – 11.20
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Panel 2 What works: Financing for the SDGs |
Partnerships; private sector; tax; multilateral finance institutions; aid; SMEs; innovation; supply chains; foreign investments; linking aid programs with local policies and priorities |
Responsible: Oslo SDG
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11.20-11.30 |
Break |
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Session 2: Thematic panels |
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11.30 – 12.30 |
Panel 3: Energy security |
SDG7, renewal energy, natural gas, African concerns |
Responsible: INCLUDE, SUM-UiO-Energi |
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LUNCH (12.30 – 13.30) |
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13.30 – 14.30 |
Panel 4: Health |
Health and climate linkages |
Responsible: SHE-UiO |
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14.30 – 14.40 |
Break |
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14.40 – 15.40 |
Panel 4: Food security |
The Ukraine war, food security in a post-pandemic world |
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15.40 – 15.50 |
Break |
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15.50 – 16.50 |
Panel 5: Democracy |
The politics of climate change and sustainable development |
Responsible: UiO-demokrati/ CircleU |
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16.50 – 17.00 |
Summary |
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17.00 |
Reception |
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