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Conference Paper

Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) and sustainability transitions during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities

Regions in Recovery Second Edition 2022: Re-imagining Regions
Author:
Marco
Reggiani
A Voluntary Local Review (VLR) is an instrument to review and follow-up progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), thus accelerating their localisation. Since 2018, a growing number of local governments worldwide are turning to the VLR process to articulate their sustainable development policies, highlighting the growing...
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VLR
SDGs
COVID-19
Commentary (Op. Ed)

How Can Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) Amplify Local Sustainability?

IISD SDG Knowledge Hub
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The 2021 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) consolidated the prime role of VLRs (Voluntary Local Reviews) in localizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A record number of local governments – 17 cites –presented a 2021 VLR by July 2021 according to UN-Habitat. By comparison, 26 VLRs were published in 2020. VLRs have also gained broader...
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VLR
SDGs
Sustainable Planning
Research Report

State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2021: From Reporting to Action

Author:
Emma Saraff Marcos
Amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic, which spread across the whole world in 2020, local and regional governments have continued their work to localise the ambitious goals set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2018, local and regional governments began the review and follow- up process...
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Peer-reviewed Article
Development Cooperation Review

Strengthening Risk Management Systems to Manage New and Emerging Transboundary Risks: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic

In Development Cooperation Review
Author:
Rajeev
Issar
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as one of the severe and important health disasters during recent times. The impacts of the COVID-19 have spanned across the globe and rightly qualify to be a transboundary disaster. When looked through the lens of transboundary risks, COVID-19 is not the first of its kind. Health and non-health...
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Presentation

Greening the COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Redesign

Earth League Annual Workshop
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This presentation, delivered by Eric Zusman on behalf of IGES President Kazuhiko Takeuchi at the Earth League Annual Workshop on 20 October 2020, is entitled "Greening the COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Redesign" and outlines the IGES Triple R Framework, the case for integrated approaches to respond to COVID-19, and potential applications of the...
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Submission to Policy Process

Implications of COVID-19 for the Environment and Sustainability

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In a few short months, COVID-19 has morphed from a dangerous regional health threat to an all-consuming global pandemic and economic disaster. COVID-19’s rapid spread has had far-reaching implications on the everyday lives of people in nearly all corners of the world, and underlines the need for governments at all levels to coordinate cross-cutting...
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Commentary (Op. Ed)

How Can Voluntary Local Reviews Contribute to the SDG Decade of Action? An Assessment of VLRs to Date

IISD, SDG Knowledge Hub
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Story highlights: The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) process is providing a useful tool for subnational levels of government to take on the SDGs. The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies has published two reports to support the growing number of local and regional governments conducting VLRs.
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Training or Learning Material

Shimokawa Method for Voluntary Local Reviews

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A ‘Voluntary Local Review’ (VLR) is a process whereby local and regional governments voluntarily carry out a review of progress being made in their implementation of the SDGs. This review includes policies, programmes, data, institutional set-ups and stakeholder engagement mechanisms to implement the 2030 Agenda at the local level. VLRs are then...
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Working Paper

State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2020:Local Action for Global Impact in Achieving the SDGs

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With only ten years left to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all UN member States in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, action is more urgent than ever. Cities, which are responsible for delivering many of the targets highlighted by the SDGs are accelerating their efforts. This is recognised by the...
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