Abstract: Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, global progress has been hindered by a range of challenges. These include violent conflicts, environmental degradation and climate change effects, inequality and...

This chapter considers the environmental dimensions of the Summit of the Future's outcome document, the Pact for the Future, including its annexes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. It contends that the environmental aspects of the Pact are critical to the...

Abstract: Geopolitical shifts, global terrorism, constant conflicts, and environmental issues threaten the international system and jeopardize multilateralism and international cooperation. Armed conflicts have escalated into hybrid wars that combine symmetrical and traditional wars. Traditional...

Education is the essential instrument for confronting the great challenges and threats of the international system. Fulfilling the promise of the UN to eliminate wars for future generations will be possible if the culture of war is changed to the culture of peace. There are currently major...

Most of today's social, economic, political, technological, and environmental problems are long term and multifarious, and require solutions with a long-term perspective. To take the future into account is an urgent necessity, as much as it is an ethical obligation. Yet, future generations are...

Abstract: This chapter explores the importance of building statistical capacity in order to track progress toward the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It focuses on the urgent need for collecting, analyzing, and reporting disaggregated data – breaking down statistics by such...

Abstract : By 2050, close to 68 percent (7 billion) of the world's people will be living in urban areas. While there are certain benefits for movement of people from rural to urban areas in terms of economic development and increased employment opportunities, rapid urbanization causes problems...

This chapter explores how environmental degradation and climate change are impacting migration and displacement in vulnerable countries and the communities that live in them. It uses case studies of Mexico City, Bangladesh, and the Pacific Islands, with a particular focus on people's...

Civil society holds a critical position in sustainable development and has significant opportunities to enhance its impact on the global development agenda, particularly in the Pact for the Future. However, given the myriad of challenges that the sector has to navigate, including limited...

To be effective, the One Health approach that encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration for addressing emerging infectious diseases should be developed into a holistic framework that integrates all sectors with mandates to attain and sustain a healthful environment. This requires acknowledging...