A goal-based approach to the identification of essential transformation variables in support of the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development  

作　　者：Hans-Peter Plag Shelley-Ann Jules-Plag 

机构地区：[1]Department of Ocean,Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,Old Dominion University,Norfolk,VA,USA [2]Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute,Old Dominion University,Norfolk,VA,USA [3]Tiwah UG,Rossbach,Germany [4]Department of Engineering,Management and Systems Engineering,Old Dominion University,Norfolk,VA,USA

出　　处：《International Journal of Digital Earth》2020年第2期166-187,共22页国际数字地球学报（英文）

基　　金：This work was supported by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme[641538];National Aeronautics and Space Administration[80NSSC17K0241].

摘　　要：The United Nations’2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets seventeen Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)to be achieved by 2030.Earth observation are needed that can support the development and validation of transformation policies to make progress towards the SDGs.A participatory and inclusive goal-based approach(GBA)is introduced that links societal goals,targets and indicators to Essential Transformation Variables(ETVs)of the human and non-human environment.The GBA is complementary to the widely used expertbased approach.The GBA is applied to the SDGs at the goal,target and indicator levels.The high-level conceptual model used for the SDGs is humanity embedded in the Earth’s life-support system(ELSS).At the goal level,very few of the SDGs are directly focusing on the ELSS and its physiology.Most of the SDG Targets focus on transformations in society and the built environment.Having targets that explicitly focus on the physiology of the ELSS would be important for sustainability.Most of the current indicator measure the built environment and the embedded social fabric.Sustainable development requires a functioning ELSS,and to ensure this,complementary indicators that bring environmental aspects to the monitoring of SDG targets are needed.

关 键 词：2030 agenda for sustainable development sustainable development goals targets INDICATORS essential variables policy making decision making tranformation science 

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