Sustainable development goals and nationally determined contributions

The poor fit between agent-dependent and agent-independent policy instruments

Bibliographic Data

ID12893151
AuthorsKenneth Shockley (0000-0002-8106-297X, Colorado State University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue3
Pages369-386
Publication date2018-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Global Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-9626 • E-ISSN: 1744-9634
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449626.2019.1569087
OpenAlexW2914052117
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited33

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which serve as the primary feature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which serve as a vital instrumental of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement, have clear synergies. Both are focused, in part, on responding to challenges presented to human well-being. There are good practical reasons to integrate development efforts with a comprehensive response to climate change. However, at least in their current form, these two policy instruments are ill-suited to this task. Where SDGs are focused on supporting considerations of human flourishing to which policy needs to respond, NDCs, in their current form, are dependent on the determinations of the nations that generate them. I conclude that the best means of integrating these two policy initiatives require moving past the subjective foundations of NDCs

Business · Economics · Environmental economics · Law and economics · Political science · Process management · Public economics · Sociology · Sustainable development · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Law · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

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