Misaligned SDG Targets: How to Handle Target Dates Before 2030

Felix Dodds, Felix Dodds, Jamie Bartram and Gaston Ocampo
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Felix Dodds: Tellus Institute & UNC Global Research Institute, USA
Jamie Bartram: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering; University of North Carolina, USA
Gaston Ocampo: Department of International Relations, Roanoke College, USA

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2019, vol. 20, issue 2, 57-67

Abstract: Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the 193-member states of the United Nations in September 2015. It includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are accompanied by 169 targets, 107 of which are considered output targets and 62 are designated means of implementation. While the SDGs are associated with the period 2016 - 2030, twenty-three targets (14) have dates for completion before 2030. For twenty of those targets the date is 2020 and for the remaining three it is 2025. The affected targets are associated with 232 individual indicators. Not addressing the issues that arise because of this has the potential to create two classes of targets.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2019.20.556034

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