Are the Sustainable Development Goals really sustainable? A policy perspective

Jain, Pooja; Jain, Pragati

doi:10.1002/sd.2112

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“…This study has provided a glimpse into how ardent bureaucrats have played the commitments game, and in return saved their institutions from fading out of relevance. If there is symbolic commitment underpinning a surviving policy regime then substantive commitment can be questioned (Forestier & Kim, 2020;Jain & Jain, 2020) and innovative sustainability measures can be brought in Halisçelik and Soytas (2019) and Tremblay et al (2020).…”

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How does symbolic commitment strengthen the resilience of sustainability institutions? Exploring the role of bureaucrats in Germany, Finland, and the UK

Wong¹,

Heijden

2021

Sustainable Development

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Symbolic commitment is commonly acknowledged in the literature to be important for sustainability governance. Academics express high hopes and expectations of symbolic commitment as a means to strengthen sustainability institutions. Policy makers and bureaucrats see it as being necessary in order to keep an issue on the agenda. However, little is known about how symbolic commitment contributes to institutional resilience. This study examines the rise and fall of national institutions for implementing sustainability agendas in Germany, Finland, and the UK in the context of fluctuating symbolic commitment. Interviews with 56 policy actors and documentary analysis uncovered the creative role of bureaucrats in securing symbolic commitment. The risks of relying on symbolic commitment can be reduced by considering the impact of economic austerity and the loss of institutional memory.

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confidence: 99%

How does symbolic commitment strengthen the resilience of sustainability institutions? Exploring the role of bureaucrats in Germany, Finland, and the UK

Wong¹,

Heijden

2021

Sustainable Development

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“…Implementing the SDGs requires cross-sectoral processes and systems thinking to foster policy coherence [87]. Some scholars believe that the existing mode of achieving SDGs is at the cost of environmental degradation [88]. The coupling between humans and nature needs to be addressed in most goals [89,90].…”

Section: Integrating Sdgs and Maximize Synergies Between Goalsmentioning

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Global Action on SDGs: Policy Review and Outlook in a Post-Pandemic Era

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provided brand new goals and action targets for human well-being and development, but the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a shadow on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is therefore essential to provide a reference for making policy adjustments and transformations to promote the realization of SDGs in the post-pandemic era. Based on a literature review of the progress and policies of SDGs across countries worldwide, we find that research on sustainable policies has rapidly increased since the SDGs issued in 2015 with particular focuses on eco-environment, sustainable policies, green economy, sanitation and health, and water sanitation. Most countries are in the process of nationalization, institutionalization, and universalization of the SDGs through incorporating the SDGs into national development frameworks, enabling extensive participation and negotiation mechanisms, and promoting the SDGs’ national publicity. Countries of different economic and institutional backgrounds demonstrate divergent development pathways, priorities, measures, and progress in the implementation of SDGs. Despite significant global progress during the last five years, the North–South divide emerges in the policy action and achievement of SDGs. The least developed countries in sub-Sahara Africa and South Asia appear to be difficult or even unable to implement the SDGs and monitor the progress. In the post-pandemic era, particular attention shall be given to integrating SDGs and achieve synergy among goals, concretizing short-and medium-term priorities toward the SDGs targets for all countries, strengthening multilateralism and global cooperation among countries and continents, providing reliable data and approaches for real-time impact assessment and process monitoring, and promoting an inclusive engagement and integrative implementation with multiple stakeholders and consortiums.

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“…The problems have been grouped according to their degree of abstractness. Firstly, the most general problems of creativity were presented (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9) and then, the specific problems of creative industries (10)(11)(12)(13). Issues 1-3 address the nature of creativity from a sustainable point of view.…”

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“…There is an extensive debate in scholarly literature that discusses the absence of linkages between the creative economy and sustainability (Jain, Jain, 2020 [1]; Pradhan et al, 2017 [2]; Streimikiene et al, 2019 [3]; Nocca, 2017 [4]; Brocchi, 2008 [5]).…”

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Environmental Sustainability of Creative Economy: Evidence from a Lithuanian Case Study

2021

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The objective of the undertaken study is to investigate the sustainability of creative economy and present a case study providing the main findings on the linkages between creative economy and sustainable development. The in-depth literature review of the creative economy and sustainable development offered the main insights in the development of the case study hypotheses. A case study on the biggest music festival that was organised in Lithuania is provided. The findings confirm that creative economy can be environmentally sustainable, and the customers identified their clear preferences for sustainability criteria in music festivals; however, not all these preferences are properly addressed by the organisers of cultural events, as it was revealed by this case study. The results of a quantitative study show that the festival participants are increasingly expressing the need for sustainable music festivals, but organisers have not yet taken the necessary actions to address this need. It is likely that, in the near future, the festival organisers in Lithuania will have to start applying various sustainability criteria during the festivals in order to attract more visitors and generate more income from such events as well to ensure environmental safety. The practical implications of conducted study are equally important for all stakeholders, such as the community, policymakers, companies, and regulatory agencies that are concerned with the implementation of sustainable development practices.

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Are the Sustainable Development Goals really sustainable? A policy perspective

Cited by 50 publications

References 26 publications

How does symbolic commitment strengthen the resilience of sustainability institutions? Exploring the role of bureaucrats in Germany, Finland, and the UK

How does symbolic commitment strengthen the resilience of sustainability institutions? Exploring the role of bureaucrats in Germany, Finland, and the UK

Global Action on SDGs: Policy Review and Outlook in a Post-Pandemic Era

Environmental Sustainability of Creative Economy: Evidence from a Lithuanian Case Study

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