Project description
Enhancing the UN SDG framework for climate action
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forth a range of frameworks and policies to tackle climate change. These policies necessitate more precise indicators and must take into account the interconnectedness of resources. Nonetheless, there are still challenges ahead, notably concerning the notion of green growth and its perceived conflict with climate mitigation efforts, which can give rise to multiple issues. The EU-funded PostReNex project seeks to enhance the SDG indicators for water, energy, land and materials through thorough research and the integration of post-growth and change literatures. While the previous emphasis was on green growth and decoupling, PostReNex will support the shift towards equity and sufficiency.
Objective
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) suggest a useful framework; however, they lack well-defined indicators, failing to account for resource interlinkages. Resource nexus thinking has gained traction recently since it targets synergies and helps avoid competition of resources. Additionally, decoupling economic growth from emissions and resource use has been sought after, and attempted through 'sustainable growth' and 'green growth' within the SDGs. This is a paradox since growth and climate mitigation are not compatible; growth has significant environmental and social costs. Consequently, critics of green growth (and subsequently the SDGs) are gravitating towards degrowth (which is not mentioned in the SDGs), whose goal is to reduce economic activity, reaching a level that is ecologically sustainable. Although degrowth has the virtue of recognising the concrete limits of global growth, it is still under development and has faced criticism, since it rarely presents implementable actions, with most research concentrating on conceptual essays. This project will integrate the postgrowth and resource nexus literatures to construct an analytical framework of indicators, to improve on existing SDG indicators (regarding water, energy, land, and materials), in a move away from green growth and decoupling principles, and towards principles of equity and sufficiency. The framework will consist of critical indicators accounting for embodied resource use to help towards an equitable downscaling of resource throughput. The extent of North and Souths unequal exchange will be quantified, critical resources and degrowth potential for different countries will be identified, while the limits to growth will be tested. Finally, this project will inform a meaningful discussion around green growth/postgrowth within the SDGs and elaborate specific and practical policy recommendations for the improvement of SDG indicators for both 2030 and beyond.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
Spain
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