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 youContinue reading “The SDGs can transform our universities, if we accept the challenge”
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Accounting for ecosystem services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
This post originally appeared on Sense & Sustainability on December 9, 2015. When 193 world leaders gathered in New York this last September to agree on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, fittingly entitled “Transforming Our World“, the atmosphere was one of celebration and great optimism. After all, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (and 169 targets)Continue reading “Accounting for ecosystem services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”