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Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 2 - Food security, energy, climate action and biodiversity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 2 - Food security, energy, climate action and biodiversity (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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This book profiles various cases that are emerging in addressing
global challenges in the context of SDGs for society in the era of
climate change and covers case studies of projects being undertaken
to tackle biodiversity, food security, climate change, energy and
water security. The book is written by 37 authors, and will appeal
to various stakeholders including academics working within the
identified thematic areas, policy planners, development agencies,
governments and United Nations agencies. The adoption of the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 ushered a new era in
the global development agenda as the world transitioned from the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The new era of SDGs that are
all-inclusive, unlike the MDGs with the focus now being on ensuring
human success that is predicated on environmental protection. The
year 2020 marked five years post the adoption of the SDGs with
increased calls for stock-taking of progress made amid strong calls
for a decade of action to accelerate the delivery of the SDGs by
2030. These calls have been louder now given the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic, which reset the global economy and increased
intensity of extreme weather events across the world. Since climate
change has emerged as one of the biggest threats to the achievement
of the SDGs, there has been growing concerns on its impact on
biodiversity loss and the extinction of some species. There are
also concerns regarding increased food insecurity at the household
level in some parts of the world, particularly in Asia and Africa.
With the demand for climate change action on the increase, there
have also been growing calls for the big carbon emitters to
drastically cut their emissions and invest in clean energy to save
the planet by following development pathways making emissions stay
under the 1.5 DegreesC increase in temperature.
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