The latest issue of Transnational Environmental Law (Volume 6 – Issue 3 – November 2017) features my Book Review of ‘Governing Through Goals: Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation’, an interesting volume edited by Norichika Kanie (Senior Research Fellow at UNU-IAS) and Frank Biermann (Professor of Global Sustainability Governance at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development) whichContinueContinue reading “Book Review of ‘Governing Through Goals’”
Category Archives: Sustainable Development
Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?
The following opinion piece has appeared, in two different forms, on Sense & Sustainability and in ASviS’s newsletter. According to a 2012 study by the World Health Organization (WHO), environmental factors are directly or indirectly responsible for almost 13 million deaths worldwide, or about twenty-three percent of all deaths. Overall, more than one third ofContinueContinue reading “Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?”
Can the 2030 Agenda change the norm?
Today, the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation published my new piece on the role that the Sustainable Development Goals can play in changing the normative work of the United Nations to make it fit for the purpose of implementing the 2030 Agenda. I am honored to be featured by an organization which seeks to uphold theContinueContinue reading “Can the 2030 Agenda change the norm?”
Youth, the SDGs and the Food Sustainability Index
On December 1, I was honored to be invited to take part in the 7th International Forum on Food and Nutrition, hosted by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BFCN) at Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy. There, I had the opportunity to join Peter Bakker (CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Hilal ElverContinueContinue reading “Youth, the SDGs and the Food Sustainability Index”
Youth Solutions Report: celebrating and showcasing youth-led Solutions for the SDGs
When ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ was agreed at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, there was widespread agreement on the fact that the international community’s progress towards a sustainable future should be a matter of utmost importance for all inhabitants of this planet, butContinueContinue reading “Youth Solutions Report: celebrating and showcasing youth-led Solutions for the SDGs”
The SDGs can transform our universities, if we accept the challenge
The following is the text of a speech I recently gave on the role of universities as leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals, when I was invited to the 2016 International Sustainable Campus Network Conference, themed “Leadership for a Sustainable Future” (Siena, Italy, 13-15 June). This post originally appeared on SDSNYouth.org. Good morning to youContinueContinue reading “The SDGs can transform our universities, if we accept the challenge”
Dario Piselli 