Introduction to the SDGs

Edward Barbier and Joanne Burgess

Chapter Chapter 1 in Economics of the SDGs, 2021, pp 3-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This introductory chapter describes briefly the UN 2030 Agenda and 17 Sustainable Development Goals and provides an overview of the book. The chapter also elaborates on the novel and unique contribution of the book to the sustainability literature, and explains how an economic approach to “putting the sustainable development goals into practice” is important to assessing progress towards the SDGs and sustainability generally.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78698-4_1

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