The Cambridge Handbook of The Sustainable Development Goals and International Law, Volume 1

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In 2015, the United Nations established seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that aimed 'to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all' by 2030. The chapters within this collection address each of these SDGs, considering how they relate to one another and international law, and what institutions could aid their implementation. Development has been a contentious topic since the decolonization period after World War II, and issues surrounding sustainable development are necessarily impacted by the multifaceted relationship between the Global South and Global North. Confronting the context and challenge of sustainable development, this collection outlines how the international economic system problematizes the attainment of the SDGs. Introducing a novel, cosmopolitan approach, this book offers new ways of understanding sustainable development and suggests potential solutions so that we might finally achieve it.

1. Introduction: the sustainable development goals, agenda 2030, and international law Jonas Ebbesson and Ellen Hey

2. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Dire Tladi

3. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

Carmen G. Gonzalez

4. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Stéphanie Dagron

5. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities forAll

Fons Coomans

6. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Nkatha Kabira

7. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch

8. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

Stuart Bruce and Jorge E. Viñuales

9. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all

Tonia Novitz

10. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation

Andria Naudé Fourie

11. Reduce inequality within and among countries

Philippe Cullet

12. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable

Anél du Plessis

13. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Alessandra Arcuri and Enrico Partiti

14. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Daniel Bodansky

15. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development

Karen N. Scott

16. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Elisa Morgera

17. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Pål Wrange

18. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Duncan French and Louis J. Kotzé