Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals: A transformational agenda for an insecure world

by Felix Dodds, Ambassador David Donoghue (Contributor), Jimena Leiva Roesch (Contributor)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal set of seventeen goals and 169 targets, with accompanying indicators, which were agreed by UN member states to frame their policy agendas for the fifteen-year period from 2015 to 2030. Written by three authors who have been engaged in the development of the SDGs from the beginning, this book offers an insider view of the process and a unique entry into what will be seen as one of the most significant negotiations and global policy agendas of the twenty-first century. 

The book reviews how the SDGs were developed, what happened in key meetings and how this transformational agenda, which took more than three years to negotiate, came together in September 2015. It dissects and analyzes the meetings, organizations and individuals that played key roles in their development. It provides fascinating insights into the subtleties and challenges of high-level negotiation processes of governments and stakeholders, and into how the SDGs were debated, formulated and agreed. It is essential reading for all interested in the UN, sustainable development and the future of the planet and humankind.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 3, 2016

Reviews

[Marc Buckley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so interested to go behind the scene and get insights on how the Sustainable Development Goals, the 17 SDGs came about and all the hard work behind them. I see the SDGs as the first Global Moonshot ever.
I had Felix as my guest on Inside Ideas and we had a wonderful conversation. If you want to know more about the book you can listen to the video podcast here:https://youtu.be/Sxzl9dNTgJg

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