Abstract The United Nations is dedicated to bringing countries together to solve international
problems and to shape a better future. One of the greatest challenges facing society today is …

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, succeeding the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While the MDGs focused on improving well-being …

Abstract The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to improve the lives of
people, increase prosperity, and protect the planet. Given the large number of goals …

ABSTRACT The ambitious United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have
been criticized for being universal, broadly framed, inconsistent and difficult to quantify …

Currently, traditional development issues such as economic stagnation, poverty, hunger,
and illness as well as newer challenges like environmental degradation and globalisation …

In the extensive discussion and use of the concept since then (see eg Holmberg, 1992;
Reed, 1997; Harris et al., 2001), there has been a growing recognition of three essential …

Since the mid-eighties, a vast literature has evolved around the concept of sustainable
development. It shows a wide support for changes in policy-making and decision-making, for …

Recent contributions to ecological economics and related social sciences indicate that
issues such as climate change, resource depletion and environmental degradation cannot …

In 2015, the UN adopted a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to eradicate
poverty, establish socioeconomic inclusion and protect the environment. Critical voices such …

By now, most people in the ecological and environmental fields have heard of sustainable
development, but how many know how we go about getting there, and if we are achieving it …