Sustainable Development Goals for Society: Selected Topics of Global Relevance: Vol 1

Written by 43 authors from Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book presents 19 topics addressing poverty in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leadership in implementing SDGs, and SDGs in service delivery and local government. As the world has gone past five years of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the intertwined 17 SDGs, new opportunities in research continue to open up. Hence, documenting some of the initiatives put in place around the world regarding the implementation of the SDGs is one of the aims of this publication. With 10 years remaining, the book further enhances the desire to scale up SDGs implementation. The selection of case studies from the selected regions also provides a balance in terms of how the SDGs are being rolled out for economic growth, environmental stewardship and social protection. The ambition remains even with the challenge brought by the COVID-19 pandemic that preoccupied the whole of 2020; spilling over to 2021. There is no doubt that resources have been diverted, but the world must stay on the course to 2030 and beyond.  Therefore, the book is relevant for several stakeholders including the academics, development partners, government officials and other individuals that are involved in making sure no one is left behind in the lead to 2030.

Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). 

Muchaiteyi Togo is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. Her research focuses on SDGs implementation at universities and low carbon and/or greening strategies at household level (with a special focus on the water-food-energy nexus) and in other economic sectors.  She holds a PhD from Rhodes University and a Masters in Environmental Policy and Planning and an Honours in Geography and Environmental Sciences from the University of Zimbabwe.

KaitanoDube is an Ecotourism Management Lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (South Africa). He is a tourism geographer researching in the area of tourism climate change and sustainability.  He holds a PhD and MSc from the University of South Africa (South Africa). He graduated with a BSc Hons from Midlands State University in Gweru (Zimbabwe).