A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals

A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: OECD

Publisher: Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789264719309

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In the face of megatrends such as globalisation, climate and demographic change, digitalisation and urbanisation, many cities and regions are grappling with critical challenges to preserve social inclusion, foster economic growth and transition to the low carbon economy. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the global agenda for the coming decade to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals argues that cities and regions play a critical role in this paradigm shift and need to embrace the full potential of the SDGs as a policy tool to improve people's lives. The report estimates that at least 105 of the 169 SDG targets will not be reached without proper engagement of sub-national governments. It analyses how cities and regions are increasingly using the SDGs to design and implement their strategies, policies and plans; promote synergies across sectoral domains; and engage stakeholders in policy making. The report proposes an OECD localised indicator framework that measures the distance towards the SDGs for more than 600 regions and 600 cities in OECD and partner countries. The report concludes with a Checklist for Public Action to help policy makers implement a territorial approach to the SDGs.


OECD Insights Economic Globalisation Origins and consequences

OECD Insights Economic Globalisation Origins and consequences

Author: Huwart Jean-Yves

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2013-04-11

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9264111905

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This publication reviews the major turning points in the history of economic integration, and in particular the pace at which it has accelerated since the 1990s. It also considers its impact in four crucial areas, namely employment, development, the environment and financial stability.


OECD Insights International Trade Free, Fair and Open?

OECD Insights International Trade Free, Fair and Open?

Author: Love Patrick

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2009-05-19

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 926406026X

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Argues that prosperity has rarely, if ever, been achieved or sustained without trade. Trade alone, however, is not enough; policies targeting employment, education, health and other issues are also needed to promote well-being and tackle the challenges of a globalised economy.


Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution

Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9264868070

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How can governments support the private sector’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This book investigates the contribution of firms to the SDGs, particularly through their core business, taking into account inter-sectoral linkages and global value chains, using novel techniques and data sources.


Greening Household Behaviour Overview from the 2011 Survey

Greening Household Behaviour Overview from the 2011 Survey

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9264181377

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This publication presents a data overview of the most recent round of the survey implemented in five areas (energy, food, transport, waste, and water) and 11 countries: Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Israel, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.


Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature

Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature

Author: Peter Victor

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 192186205X

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The world has changed dramatically. We no longer live in a world relatively empty of humans and their artifacts. We now live in the “Anthropocene,” era in a full world where humans are dramatically altering our ecological life-support system. Our traditional economic concepts and models were developed in an empty world. If we are to create sustainable prosperity, if we seek “improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities,” we are going to need a new vision of the economy and its relationship to the rest of the world that is better adapted to the new conditions we face. We are going to need an economics that respects planetary boundaries, that recognizes the dependence of human well-being on social relations and fairness, and that recognizes that the ultimate goal is real, sustainable human well-being, not merely growth of material consumption. This new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy cannot grow forever on this finite planet. In this report, we discuss the need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth. This includes protecting and restoring nature, achieving social and intergenerational fairness (including poverty alleviation), stabilizing population, and recognizing the significant nonmarket contributions to human well-being from natural and social capital. To do this, we need to develop better measures of progress that go well beyond GDP and begin to measure human well-being and its sustainability more directly.