A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

This book seeks to demonstrate how ‘SDG15 - Life on Land’ can be implemented through effective biodiversity management, mainstreaming strategies and proposing solutions to achieve the goals.

The United Nations established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and encourages states to achieve global agenda. For life on land, UN set the independent goal for protecting restoring and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. This study aims to assess the implementation pathways for SDG15 in Republic of Korea (ROK). To figure out the pathways, the study firstly explores the possibility to develop new indicators, while analysing the existing indicators and assessment by United Nations organization. On the basis of the reviewing indicators, the study represents the value of indicators in the district level of ROK. Along with this, the synergy and trade-off can be examined between other goals to identify the multiple role in terrestrial Ecosystem. As a result, existing UN indicators are not enough to represent the circumstance in ROK, while the proxy indicators from national statistics are more likely to represent it. Also Goal 15 has closely link with agriculture, water, consumption and production, providing socio-economic environmental benefits to life. The study found that it is necessary to have integrated polices for achieving the SDG 15 rather than the separate approach of local government. In the future study, it needs to develop the nexus evaluation with synergy and trade-off as well as spatial implementation pathways in order to assess the implementation pathway for SDG15.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit countries’ development agendas hard. The ensuing recession has pushed millions into extreme poverty and has shrunk government resources available for spending on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Staff Discussion Note assesses the current state of play on funding SDGs in five key development areas: education, health, roads, electricity, and water and sanitation, using a newly developed dynamic macroeconomic framework.

Explores the great potential for nursing involvement in promoting global health. This unique text elucidates the relationship between global nursing and global health, underscoring the significance of nurses’ contributions in furthering the Post-2015 Agenda of the United Nations regarding global health infrastructures, and examining myriad opportunities for nurses to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and foster health and healthy environments worldwide. While past nursing literature has emphasized nursing’s potential involvement and influence in the global arena, this is the first book to identify, validate, and promote nurses’ proactive and multidimensional work in furthering current transnational goals for advancing health on a global scale. The book includes an introduction to global health, clarification of terms and roles, perspectives on education, research, and theory related to global nursing, a history of the partnership between the United Nations and the nursing profession, an in-depth exploration of the 17 SDGs and relevant nursing tasks, as well as several chapters on creating a vision for 2030 and beyond. It is based on recent and emerging developments in the transnational nursing community, and establishes, through the writings of esteemed global health and nursing scholars, a holistic dialogue about opportunities for nurses to expand their roles as change agents and leaders in the cross-cultural and global context. The personal reflections of contributors animate such topics as global health ethics, the role of caring in a sustainable world, creating a shared humanity, cultural humility, and many others. Key Features: Examines, for the first time, nursing’s role in each of the 17 SDGs Integrates international initiatives delineating nursing’s role in the future of global health Creates opportunities for nurses to redefine their contributions to global health Includes personal reflections to broaden perspectives and invite transnational approaches to professional development Distills short, practical, and evidence-based chapters describing global opportunities for nurses in practice, education, and research