Lessons learnt from previous local sustainability efforts to inform local action for the Sustainable Development Goals

2022 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Dianty Ningrum ◽  
Shirin Malekpour ◽  
Rob Raven ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Action ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Development Goals

scholarly journals Participatory planning for local sustainability guided by the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin C Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Participatory Techniques ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Sustainability planning is required to achieve sustainable development across the world at all scales. Such planning should be aligned with and grounded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be comparable across scales, and use participatory techniques to understand local contexts. Planning for urban sustainability using the SDGs is well developed, but this concept has not yet been extended to rural sustainability. We describe an approach to co-create a local sustainability plan using the SDGs for a rural community in south-eastern Australia using participatory techniques for co-creation, data collection and review. We found that the community believes that infrastructure is fundamental to achieving sustainable growth and social equity while preserving their unique environment. By articulating their priorities in this community-led plan, the community are empowered to advocate for the sustainable development of their town with decision-makers and funding bodies. If rural communities create sustainability plans using the SDGs, then such planning will be consistent between and across scales, and aligned with the global goals. This will also aid in achievement of the SDGs at national and global scales, as suggested by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

scholarly journals Co-creating local socioeconomic pathways for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin C Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the importance of action across all scales to achieve a sustainable future. To contribute to overall national- and global-scale SDG achievement, local communities need to focus on a locally-relevant subset of goals and understand potential future pathways for key drivers which influence local sustainability. We developed a participatory method to co-create local socioeconomic pathways by downscaling the SDGs and driving forces of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) via a local case study in southern Australia through contextual analysis and community engagement. We linked the SSPs and SDGs by identifying driving forces and describing how they affect the achievement of local SDGs. We co-created six local socioeconomic pathways with the local community which track towards futures with different levels of fulfilment of the SDGs and each encompasses a narrative storyline incorporating locally-specific ideas from the community. We tested and validated the local pathways with the community. This method extends the SSPs in two dimensions – into the broader field of sustainability via the SDGs, and by recontextualizing them at the local scale. The local socioeconomic pathways can contribute to achieving local sustainability goals from the bottom up in alignment with global initiatives.

scholarly journals Participatory planning for local sustainability guided by the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Szetey ◽  
Enayat A. Moallemi ◽  
Emma Ashton ◽  
Martin Butcher ◽  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Development Goals
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