The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law

Outlines the relationship between Sustainable Development Goals and international law, including current problems and potential solutions.

Jonas Ebbesson (Edited by), Ellen Hey (Edited by)

9781108477338, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 September 2022

476 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 3.2 cm, 0.86 kg

In 2015, the United Nations established seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that aimed 'to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all' by 2030. The chapters within this collection address each of these SDGs, considering how they relate to one another and international law, and what institutions could aid their implementation. Development has been a contentious topic since the decolonization period after World War II, and issues surrounding sustainable development are necessarily impacted by the multifaceted relationship between the Global South and Global North. Confronting the context and challenge of sustainable development, this collection outlines how the international economic system problematizes the attainment of the SDGs. Introducing a novel, cosmopolitan approach, this book offers new ways of understanding sustainable development and suggests potential solutions so that we might finally achieve it.

1. Introduction: the sustainable development goals, agenda 2030, and international law Jonas Ebbesson and Ellen Hey
2. End poverty in all its forms everywhere Dire Tladi
3. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture Carmen G. Gonzalez
4. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Stéphanie Dagron
5. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Fons Coomans
6. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Nkatha Kabira
7. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch
8. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all Stuart Bruce and Jorge E. Viñuales
9. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all Tonia Novitz
10. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation Andria Naudé Fourie
11. Reduce inequality within and among countries Philippe Cullet
12. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable Anél du Plessis
13. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Alessandra Arcuri and Enrico Partiti
14. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Daniel Bodansky
15. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development Karen N. Scott
16. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Elisa Morgera
17. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Pål Wrange
18. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Duncan French and Louis J. Kotzé.

Subject Areas: Environment law [LNKJ], International environmental law [LBBP], International relations [JPS]