Ambitiousness of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets: classification and implications for policy making

Quantifying targets for the SDG health goal

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent the best example of an international commitment to a set of normative principles underpinned by ideals of equity, solidarity, and peace. The goals achieved universal support because they were ambitious, included indicators that permitted measurement and accountability, and set 2015 for fi nal reporting. The goals institutionalised poverty as mul...

Political Criteria for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Selection and the Role of the Urban Dimension

A flood of ideas and proposals on the shape and selection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has begun to rise since 2012. This article looks at some of them, trying to understand which kind of ―boundary work‖ between science and policy is done here. Starting with a reflection on the epistemological and practical implications of ―discussing SDGs‖, it primarily addresses scientists, but als...

Integrated Policy Making for Sustainable Development: Goal 6 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Comprehensive SDG goal and targets for non-communicable diseases and mental health

The negotiations on the SDG goals and targets, leading to the sustainable development Declaration in September 2015, are now in the final stages. Ensuring that people with mental disorders are not left behind in the global development program from 2015 to 2030 will require specific and explicit commitments and targets against which progress in mental health can be measured and reported. The arg...

the innovation of a statistical model to estimate dependable rainfall (dr) and develop it for determination and classification of drought and wet years of iran

آب حاصل از بارش منبع تأمین نیازهای بی شمار جانداران به ویژه انسان است و هرگونه کاهش در کم و کیف آن مستقیماً حیات موجودات زنده را تحت تأثیر منفی قرار می دهد. نوسان سال به سال بارش از ویژگی های اساسی و بسیار مهم بارش های سالانه ایران محسوب می شود که آثار زیان بار آن در تمام عرصه های اقتصادی، اجتماعی و حتی سیاسی- امنیتی به نحوی منعکس می شود. چون میزان آب ناشی از بارش یکی از مولفه های اصلی برنامه ...