Researchers
THE WORLD IN 2030 – This global research Platform supports a successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The goal of TWI2030 is to provide fact-based knowledge to support the policy process and implementation of the SDGs.
This platform aims to address the full spectrum of transformational challenges related to achieving the 17 SDGs in an integrated manner, so as to minimize potential conflicts among them and reap the benefits of potential synergies of achieving them in unison.
OUR VISION
The SDGs set out very clear and ambitious global goals across social, economic, and environmental areas. There are important interactions between and among these goals (for example, between energy and climate, or food security and ecosvstems).
What is lacking, but urgently required, is an assessment of the viability of achieving these multiple social-economic-environmental-planetary gaals simultaneously, using integrative and systemic methodological approaches. This is necessary to answer questions such as: How do we meet the hunger, poverty, energy, growth goals while meeting the environmental goals? What are the synergies and trade-offs? What are the costs of pursuing social goals without meeting sustainability goals and the other way around?
This Platform represents our understanding of how the evolving domains of research, practice, and policy intersect and the role a Research Collaborative can play in helping to bring these principles to scale.
A Research Collaborative can further advance towards fulfillment of these promising Global Goals .We propose, therefore, to launch a Research Collaborative that will specify and unify a system of learning and then demonstrate how it can be implemented at scale. We believe the Research Collaborative can accomplish this through three overarching goals (for details on the specific activities associated with each Goal, please see next pages).
Support new and innovative research on the principles of sustainable Development to catalyze and build coherence within the 17 Global Goals.
Serve as the communicator and sense-maker of the Collaborative’s work as well as the curator and clearinghouse for all studies related to 17 SDG’s.
Continue to build the evidence base of good implementation, and develop approaches that help practitioners and policymakers apply research in their unique settings.
Following questions will have to be researched and kept in mind:
- What intellectual and moral solidarity will be called for by the Public in large based on SDG’s.
- What commitment will be needed to promote cooperation from U.N. Agencies to further these goals specially for Low and middle income countries.
- What kind of innovation will be needed to strengthen international cooperation to work towards these 17 Global Goals.
- Has this been targeted earlier in any other country that we can carry forward or build together.
We have to unite as a community of practice and help in integrating SDG practices into the teaching profession and securing the collective role as researchers in leading and supporting social good.
Researcher dialogue meetings on the Global goals
Together with other actors, we invite researchers to dialogue meetings to discuss research on different research topics and how it is connected to the Global Goals for sustainable development. We also arrange other acitivites for the research network for sustainable development at SRP.
The purpose of the meetings is to create new contacts between researchers from different disciplines and to discuss future research collaborations. Do you have suggestions for themes that you wish to discuss with other researchers in relation to Agenda 2030 and the Global goals?
Welcome to contact at readinesssdg@gmail.com of the research network for sustainable development
About the Pact
Each and every one of us has the capacity to help build a more sustainable future. The Climate Pact invites participants to make pledges, and provides a space to share stories, solutions and suggestions.
What is the Indian Climate Pact?
The Climate Pact is an opportunity for people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action across Europe:
- learn about climate change
- develop and implement solutions
- connect with others and maximise the impact of these solutions
As part of the deal , the Pact aims to become a lively space to share information, debate and act on the climate crisis, and offer support for a European climate movement to grow and consolidate.
As our community grows, so will the scope of the Pact’s activities. Be sure to check in regularly to find out about our latest developments.
Why did we start the Pact?
The climate crisis is real, and the Indian state has committed itself to doing something about it.
Science tells us the world has to act urgently to achieve our Paris Agreement goals, notably to limit global warming to well-below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit such warming to 1.5°C above 1990 levels.
In March 2022, we launched the SDG Readiness Platform to transition to a fairer, healthier and more prosperous society, whilst guaranteeing a healthy planet for future generations.
We are not only responding to the science, but also to demands from stronger action from citizens. SRP wide surveys show that Indians see Climate change as a serious problem and feel that protecting the environment is personally important for them
The solutions outlined in the SRP can only succeed if people, communities and organisations are all involved and take action.
That is why we launched the Indian Climate Pact: a platform to work and learn together, to develop solutions and build networks for real change.
We are not starting from scratch. The Climate Pact wants to provide a fertile ground for initiatives, networks and movements that have already begun to revolutionise the approach to climate action in India.
The Climate Pact will empower the countless Indians who are ready to contribute in whatever way they can, and reach out to those who have been less involved so far.
How can I participate?
Anyone can be part of the Indian Climate Pact. In fact, we encourage all to participate in any way they can!
There will be many ways to take part. Here are some of the first:
- Become a Climate Pact ambassador
- Take climate friendly action and make a pledge
- Register a satellite event
What are the Pact’s objectives?
- Raise awareness of climate issues and actions
- Encourage climate action & catalyse engagement
- Connect citizens and organisations that act on climate and help them to learn from each other
What are the Pact’s values?
We want the Pact to be an open, inclusive and ambitious initiative for everyone.
To keep it so, people and organisations wishing to take part for example by becoming Ambassadors or registering a pledge have to respect the Pact’s values.
- Science, responsibility and commitment: Participating in the Pact will entail positive climate action, inspiring or encouraging others to join. Participants will contribute with concrete, science-based, trustworthy actions with clear and, ideally, measurable outcomes to show impact.
- Transparency: Pact participants will commit to sharing relevant information on their actions, methodologies and results with other Pact participants and with the public. This will help participants and others to track progress, make improvements, learn from or join each other’s initiatives, and understand the overall impact of the action taken.
- No greenwashing: Pledges will be registered in such a way as to demonstrate that participants’ commitments are concrete, public, and transparent. The Commission will develop an appropriate way to monitor progress, with different levels of scrutiny depending on the participant’s capacity.
- Ambition and urgency: To achieve the climate and environmental aims we need to challenge long-standing behaviours and assumptions, quickly and decisively. While every little step counts, Pact participants will also aspire to transformative solutions, including visionary projects, experimentation, innovative ways to cooperate, and healthy competition for results.
- Action tailored to local contexts: Discussions and action will be adapted to local contexts and target groups. The closer to people’s day-to-day reality, the better.
- Diversity and inclusiveness: Anyone, from any background or profession, will be able to take part. The Pact will aim to pull down barriers to climate action, including barriers resulting from personal characteristics, such as gender, age and disabilities. This will help Pact participants to be at the centre of debates such as those on the future of Asia. In developing the Pact, the Commission will rely on the creativity and variety of views arising from democratic and participatory mechanisms.
Contact us : Do you have ideas for Pact activities or new and innovative ways people can get involved?
Get in Touch at : readinesssdg@gmail.com
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