Why serve soup with a fork?: How policy coherence for development can link environmental impact assessment with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Koff, Harlan

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106477

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“…The Sustainable Development Goals go beyond traditional linear development relationships by adopting an inclusive approach that promotes interconnectedness, partnerships, and focuses on complex interactions within and between development goals [40]. This is also underlined by the UN [41], stating that the integrated nature of the SDGs is important and should be taken into account in order to achieve them.…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

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Sustainable Technologies Supported by Project-Based Learning in the Education of Engineers: A Case Study from Poland

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Zdonek

2022

Energies

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The aim of the article is to examine technological innovations developed by engineers as part of Project-Based Learning at one of the Polish technical universities. We examined whether the innovations being developed meet the goals of sustainable development and whether they provide the basis for the introduction of sustainable business models. We analyzed reports from 49 projects implemented in the years 2018–2020 in which 146 scientists, 282 students of the Silesian University of Technology, and 126 experts from the university’s business environment were involved. We performed the analysis using content analysis and visualization techniques. The results show that the studied innovations implement the goals of sustainable development and most of them may become the basis of sustainable business models. The most frequently pursued goals are Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure and Good Health and Well-Being. Most of the studied innovations can become the basis of the archetype of a sustainable business model called “maximize material and energy efficacy”. We also provide the characteristics of projects that implement the diagnosed goals of sustainable development.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Technologies Supported by Project-Based Learning in the Education of Engineers: A Case Study from Poland

Podgórska

Zdonek

2022

Energies

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“…Furthermore, even if global sustainable agendas and Millennium goals have triggered attention on PC and related operational aspects and concrete targets, in the PC literature two crucial aspects continue to be analytically underestimated: on one hand, the political dimension of the policy process, consisting of priorities selection, divergent interests' composition, policy tools adjustment; on the other, the evaluation effort that consists in monitoring and considering outcomes and impacts. Regarding political dimension, it is the studies on PCD that have more systematically raised the question of development and sustainable development “for whom”: the recognition of Northern bias, that is, donor's policy problem definition, goals and tools selection, is present in this sub‐field of literature (Koff, 2021; Mbanda & Fourie, 2019; Siitonen, 2016; Thede, 2013).…”

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“…Studies on PC and those focused on policy integration (Candel & Biesbroek, 2016), policy coordination (Peters, 2018), new policy design (Howlett et al, 2015), policy interaction, policy interplay, and policy mixes intersect, and they all deal with compatibility and consistency between goals, instruments, implementation practices, and outcomes in a varied numbers of policy sectors (Rayner &Howlett, 2009). 4 Studies specifically devoted to PC for development (PCD) and sustainable development (PCSD) have focused attention on PC as a policy tool for transformative development, and questioned the feasibility of PC per se, unrelated to normative dimensions of development and sustainable development (Habel, 2020; Koff, 2021; Mbanda & Fourie, 2019; Thede, 2013).…”

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How scholars break down “policy coherence”: The impact of sustainable development global agendas on academic literature

Righettini

Lizzi

2021

Env Pol Gov

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Literature on policy coherence (PC) has been expanding particularly since the diffusion of the 2030 Agenda to better understand intersectoral policymaking and steering governance complexity in sustainable development, environmental and climate policies. Through research domain analysis, this article gives systematic evidence regarding the rise of PC literature; moreover, via content analysis, the research highlights the most relevant topics addressed by PC articles published over the last 20 years. Our analysis pinpoints that policy coherence has been studied regarding some research areas, such as sustainable development, environment, climate change, and the increasing transboundary governance concerns. Thus far, PC has been scrutinized mainly by addressing the implementation phase. Evidence suggests that, within the 2030 Agenda framework, future research and theoretical efforts should consider neglected dimensions of the policy process and incorporate them in a process‐oriented analytical framework.

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“…Assessing policy coherence and coordination of sustainable development across countries is essential. Policy Coherence for Development, which is considered a pillar of the 2030 Agenda [112], can link different SDGs when used as a methodology [113]. SDG Target 17.14 calls on all countries to "enhance policy coherence for sustainable development" as a key means of implementation.…”

Section: Global Cooperation and Multilateralism Remain The Inevitable Choice For Sdgs Implementationmentioning

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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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Why serve soup with a fork?: How policy coherence for development can link environmental impact assessment with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Cited by 21 publications

References 48 publications

Sustainable Technologies Supported by Project-Based Learning in the Education of Engineers: A Case Study from Poland

Sustainable Technologies Supported by Project-Based Learning in the Education of Engineers: A Case Study from Poland

How scholars break down “policy coherence”: The impact of sustainable development global agendas on academic literature

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

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