The UN Sustainable Development Goals: an Interdisciplinary Academic Introduction

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Understand how the SDGs came to be and how they have evolved.
• Recognize the interdependencies between the SDGs.
• Recognize the framework of the SDGs in the context of the United Nations.
• Learn how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relate to global issues like inequality, climate change, poverty, unsustainable consumption and production, and peace and security.
• Learn about the history and realities of each SDG using scientifically informed and evidence-based material.
• Understand the complexity of the 169 separate targets that make up the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
• Consider the problems that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) face.
• Recognize that the SDG agenda's social, ecological, and economic goals are all interdependent.
• Acquire a working knowledge of the institutional architecture in place to achieve the SDGs.
• Recognize how the SDGs are being implemented.
• Learn about the challenges to reaching the SDGs from practitioners.

Syllabus:

1. The origin, development, and idea of the SDGs
2. SDGs and Society: Ensuring resilience and primary needs in society
3. SDGs and Society: Strengthening Institutions for Sustainability
4. SDGs and the Economy: Shaping a Sustainable Economy
5. SDGs and the Biosphere: Development within Planetary Boundaries
6. Realizing the SDGs: Implementation through Global Partnerships