The global hospitality industry is at a pivotal juncture, confronting a pervasive challenge — the menace of plastic pollution and marine litter. The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI) notes that approximately 80 percent of all tourism activities occur in coastal areas, positioning the hotel industry as a significant contributor to the...
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A recent meta-analysis on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shown that these global goals are moving political processes forward only incrementally, with much variation across countries, sectors, and governance levels. Consequently, the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains uncertain...
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The United Nations identifies the drivers of the planetary crisis as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Mitigation requires reliable science to inform decision-making. However, relevant research is often underutilized in policy planning and implementation because policy-making entities limit the ability of scientists to contribute to...
This presentation was provided to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s Training for Long-term Low-Carbon Strategies", 17 February 2023, JICA Yokohama. In this training session, the methodology and tool for analysing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were introduced. A couple of applications of the...
This lecture was given to the training programme on “Teaching Sustainability and Localising the Sustainable Development Goals in the Hindu Kush Himalaya”, 13 December 2022, online. The training programme was organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Himalayan University Consortium (HUC), and Potsdam...
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched an interactive online tool to assess how the observed and projected changes in river basins relate to various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their associated targets, from both a spatial and temporal perspective. The Interactive SDG Tool for River Basins is the outcome...