The Future We Choose*
Research work is evaluated on outcomes and impact so we all need to understand where that impact contributes to the world. The SDGs are the world’s ‘to do’ list and the targets that underpin the Sustainable Development Goals are the work plan for governments and organisations worldwide. Researchers have to understand where their work contributes to that plan.
📣 Calling Goal 12 researchers 📣
To join us and learn more about using the SDGs Framework with your Goal 12 research please contact steve.fairman@theglobalacademy.ac
Research groups on the Global Academy website
Amidst the gloom of 2020 we achieved a breakthrough. Over 100 researchers in 40 countries built their own researcher pages at www.theglobalacademy.ac. Now that we have a wide cross-section of researchers sharing their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are ready to begin linking researchers to their research groups, labs and teams. Few researchers work alone and this is your chance to show us how the team you work with contribute to the SDGs.
Heading into a New Year with 100 Global Academy Researchers
2020 has been a long, difficult year for everyone so realising that we now have 100 researchers, based in 40 different countries working to help us achive the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a HUGE boost as we plan for the year ahead.
The UN 2030 SDGs; humanity’s biggest ever project and a framework for research
Back in 2015 the 193 member states of the United Nations agreed on 17 Global Goals to be achieved by 2030. They are also called the Sustainable Development Goals, or ‘SDGs’. At the time UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon introduced the goals with a powerful call to action.
The targets behind the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
If you have read the first article in this series you know that there are 17 SDG’s or Global Goals. They are high level, overarching goals for humanity to achieve by 2030 if we are to ensure our survival.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals Part 3: Indicators, measurement and reporting
Once the 17 goals and 169 specific targets were agreed in 2015 work began to identify the indicators needed for us to measure progress, both nationally and worldwide. The list was finally agreed in 2017.
SDGs or COVID 19; which comes first?
Even while governments worldwide are, rightly, focused on minimising the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, their response, and their research investments, should be guided by the United Nations framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The uncomfortable truth is that the current pandemic could have been contained by existing health systems if we were closer to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Why I’m working on the Global Goals
Our work is part of a larger structure, and we are working towards globally agreed goals, so the Global Academy team are building on solid foundations. We’re making the research that will help us achieve the Global Goals accessible to the people who can use it.
The SDGs are coming to life!
There is a tool that’s helping everyone who uses it to discover why collaboration is important (in fact essential!) and how achieving your own individual goals can support the wider achievement of the internationally agreed societal and developmental goals. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, also know as The Global Goals, were agreed by 193 member states and launched by the United Nations in 2015.
