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How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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Overview

On September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a new set of goals collectively called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This ambitious agenda is a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

This course on How to Achieve the SDGs provides an in-depth look at planning for SDG implementation. The range of topics covers financing, policy development, roles of stakeholders, and more. A comprehensive understanding of the societal transformations needed to achieve the SDGs is conveyed.

This course is for:

Policy professionals who want to understand frameworks for SDG planning.
Sustainable development practitioners seeking knowledge on goals-based development.
Advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in key concepts related to the SDGs

Syllabus

Module 1: The SDG framework and Agenda 2030

Chapter 1: Scale and Scope of the SDGs
Chapter 2: A Brief History of the SDGs
Chapter 3: Transformation Challenges
Chapter 4: Differential Diagnosis
Chapter 5: Structures of power and decision making

Module 2: Transformation Pathways to Success

Chapter 1: Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth
Chapter 2: Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 3: Clean Energy and Industry
Chapter 4: Sustainable Food and Land Use
Chapter 5: Smart Cities and Transport
Chapter 6: Digital Technologies and E-Governance

Module 3: Government and the SDGs

Chapter 1: Planning and Back-casting
Chapter 2: Organizing Government for the SDGs
Chapter 3: SDG Policy Instruments
Chapter 4: SDG Pathways: The Case of Deep Decarbonization
Chapter 5: Industrial Policies and the SDGs

Module 4: SDG Financing

Chapter 1: Needs assessments: estimating resource needs for the SDGs
Chapter 2: Types of Financing
Chapter 3: Capital Markets and the SDGs
Chapter 4: New financing mechanisms and Global Funds
Chapter 5: Development financing for the SDGs.

Module 5. The Business Sector and the SDGs

Chapter 1. The Role of Business in the SDGs
Chapter 2. Shareholders and Stakeholders
Chapter 3. Global Value Chains
Chapter 4. Unsustainable Industries
Chapter 5. Public-Private-Civil Society Partnerships

Module 6. Civil Society and the SDGs

Chapter 1. Public awareness and Consumer Activism
Chapter 2. Data for Accountability and Decision-making
Chapter 3. Investor Activism
Chapter 4. Litigation and Human Rights
Chapter 5. Social business, CSOs, and operations where government is weak

Module 7: Global Partnerships for the SDGs

Chapter 1: Development Assistance
Chapter 2: Other dimensions of Global Partnership
Chapter 3: The Role of Universities and SDSN
Chapter 4: Moral Advocacy: Religious Leaders
Chapter 5: Cross-Border Cooperation
Chapter 6: The World in 2030: Mapping a path forward

Taught by

Jeffrey D. Sachs

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