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Kristina Jönsson

Kristina Jönsson

Head of Department | Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Kristina Jönsson

Scoping article. Research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals

Author

  • Thomas Hickmann
  • Frank Biermann
  • Carole Anne Sénit
  • Yixian Sun
  • Magdalena Bexell
  • Mitzi Bolton
  • Basil Bornemann
  • Jecel Censoro
  • Aurelie Charles
  • Rodrigo Correa Ramiro
  • Dominique Coy
  • Frederik Dahlmann
  • Mark Elder
  • Felicitas Fritzsche
  • Jarrod Grainger-Brown
  • Cristina Inoue
  • Kristina Jönsson
  • Montserrat Koloffon Rosas
  • Kerstin Krellenberg
  • Enayat Moallemi
  • Ivonne Lobos Alva
  • Shirin Malekpour
  • Dianty Ningrum
  • Aneliya Paneva
  • Lena Partzsch
  • Rob Raven
  • Eszter Szedlacsek
  • John Thompson
  • Melanie van Driel
  • Jéssica Viani Damasceno
  • Robert Webb
  • Sabine Weiland
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Summary, in English

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. Against this backdrop, this article explores where and how incremental political changes are taking place due to the SDGs, and under what conditions these developments can bolster sustainability transformations up to 2030 and beyond. Our scoping review builds upon an online expert survey directed atthe scholarly communityof the‘Earth System Governance Project’ and structured dialogues within the ‘Taskforceon the SDGs’ under this project. We identified five governance areas where some effects of the SDGs have been observable: (1) global governance, (2) national policy integration, (3) subnational initiatives, (4) private governance, and (5) education and learning for sustainable development. This article delves deeper into these governance areas and draws lessons to guide empirical research on the promises and pitfalls of accelerating SDG implementation.

Department/s

  • Department of Political Science
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • LU Profile Area: Human rights
  • LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions

Publishing year

2024-01-24

Language

English

Publication/Series

Global Sustainability

Volume

7

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2059-4798