Progress and challenges (Dan Banik)
Readings:
- United Nations (2019) The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019.
- Banik, D. (2019) "Achieving Food Security in a Sustainable Development Era", Food Ethics.
Reflection:
- What would you consider to be the singly most important factor that is impeding progress on the SDGs?
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Taking stock of the SDGs (Dan Banik)
Readings:
- Banik, D. (2018) “Taking Stock of the SDGs”, in D. Dwivedi and P. Pandey (eds.), Leaving No One Behind: SDGs and South-South Cooperation, New Delhi: NITI AYOG/ Crossbill.
- Banik, D. and Chasukwa, M. (2019) “Food Policy and Food Politics in an SDG Era”, Food Ethics 1-5. Requires institutional log-in.
- Cohen, M. (2019) “Let Them Eat Promises: Global Policy Incoherence, Unmet Pledges, and Misplaced Priorities Undercut Progress on SDG 2”, Food Ethics 1-13.
- Sachs, J.D. et al. (2019) “Six Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, Nature Sustainability 2: 805-814.
- Tosun, J. & Leininger, J. (2017) “Governing the Interlinkages between the SDGs: Approaches to Attain Policy Integration”, Global Challenges 1: 1-12.
Reflection:
- How can the world accelerate the achievement of the SDGs?
- Critically reflect on the role of politics in promoting sustainable development.
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