Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018
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| Press Release |
| Table of contents |
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| Preface |
| Part I – Overview |
| Redefining policies for sustainable development |
| Jens Martens, Global Policy Forum |
| on behalf of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
| Box 0.1: The world needs to revamp international tax cooperation |
| By José Antonio Ocampo, Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) |
| Alternative national reports throw light on inequalities |
| Roberto Bissio, Social Watch |
| Box 0.2: Claim of ‘leave no one behind’ must include indigenous peoples |
| By Joshua Cooper, University of Hawai’i |
| Box 0.3: How to leave no one behind in statistics? |
| By Xavier Godinot, International Movement ATD Fourth World |
| Part II – Cross-cutting policy areas |
| 1. The increasing concentration of wealth and economic power as an obstacle to sustainable development – and what to do about it |
| By Kate Donald, Center for Economic and Social Rights, and Jens Martens, Global Policy Forum |
| Box 1.1: De-financialization requires global economic governance reform |
| By Jesse Griffiths, Eurodad |
| 2. Policies that strengthen the nexus between food, health, ecology, livelihoods and identities |
| By Stefano Prato, Society for International Development, Elenita Daño and Trudi Zundel, ETC Group, Lim Li Ching and Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network |
| Box 2.1: The food-health-environment nexus: addressing environmental and human health risks simultaneously |
| By the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) |
| 3. Vector of hope, source of fear |
| By Roberto Bissio, Social Watch |
| Box 3.1: Half of humanity is NOT online |
| Box 3.2: Data sovereignty |
| By IT for Change |
| Box 3.3: Machines (algorithms) are already deciding our future |
| By Prabir Purkayastha |
| 4. Care systems and SDGs: reclaiming policies for life sustainability |
| By Corina Rodríguez Enríquez, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) |
| Box 4.1: The National Care System in Uruguay |
| 5. Quest for sustainable peace and development under militarized security approaches |
| By Ziad Abdel Samad and Bihter Moschini, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) |
| Part III – Spotlights on the SDGs |
| SDG 1. Mobilize the financial means for social protection systems for all |
| By the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors |
| SDG 2. Approaching SDG 2 through the Right to Food and Nutrition |
| By Emily Mattheisen, FIAN International |
| SDG 3. The need to strengthen public funding for the WHO |
| By K M Gopakumar, Third World Network (TWN) |
| SDG 4. The quest for public funding for education and SDG 4 |
| By Antonia Wulff, Education International |
| SDG 5. Women, macroeconomic policies and the SDGs |
| By Crystal Simeoni, Femnet and Stephanie Muchai, Hivos |
| SDG 6. (Re)municipalization of water – the right way towards achieving SDG 6 |
| By Meera Karunananthan, Blue Planet Project, and Satoko Kishimoto, Transnational Institute |
| SDG 7. Power for the people? The chimera of pro-poor energy solutions |
| By Arthur Muliro Wapakala, Society for International Development (SID) |
| SDG 8. What policies are needed to achieve Goal 8? The trade union recipe for SDG implementation |
| By Paola Simonetti, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) |
| SDG 9. Alternatives to PPPs – growing instances of de-privatization |
| By Public Services International (PSI) |
| SDG 10. Invoking extraterritorial human rights obligations to confront extreme inequalities between countries |
| By Kate Donald, Center for Economic and Social Rights |
| SDG 11. To ensure sustainable waste services, we must value waste workers and make sure they are in decent jobs |
| By Daria Cibrario, Public Services International (PSI) |
| SDG 12. Curbing the consumption of ultra-processed foods and beverages critical to achieving SDG 12 |
| By Marisa Macari, Alejandro Calvillo and Fiorella Espinosa, El Poder del Consumidor |
| SDG 13. Climate Justice - How climate change battles are increasingly being fought, and won, in court |
| By Tessa Khan, Climate Litigation Network |
| SDG 14. Sustainable fishery or Blue Economy? |
| By Francisco J. Marí, Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service |
| SDG 15. The 30-year search for biodiversity gold: history repeats itself? |
| By Jessica Dempsey, University of British Columbia |
| SDG 16. Policies to address the gender dimension of Illicit Financial Flows |
| By Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) |
| SDG 17. Trading away the SDGs? |
| By Roberto Bissio, Social Watch |
| Part IV – NATIONAL REPORTS |
| National reports are being published weekly. |
| BRAZIL |
| CYPRUS |
| FINLAND |
| FRANCE |
| INDIA |
| JORDAN |
| KENYA |
| NEPAL |
| UNITED KINGDOM |
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018 Report by the Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Published by: ISBN 978-3-943126-40-2 |
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