Sustainable Development Solutions Network

"Solutions for Sustainable Development" network of the United Nations (SDSN, UNSDSN)
purpose	UN network for sustainable development
Chair:	Jeffrey Sachs
Establishment date:	September 2012
Seat :	New York City
Website:	unsdsn.org

The network "solutions for sustainable development" United Nations shortly SDSN or UNSDSN (of English [United Nations] Sustainable Development Solutions Network ) is an international network for the development of local, national and global solutions and communication in the field of sustainable development . It was founded in August 2012 under the auspices of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon .

activities

The SDSN mobilizes scientific and technical experts and works closely with the institutions of the United Nations , the financial sector, the private sector and civil society. It comprises twelve working groups on the following topics:

1. Macroeconomics, Population Dynamics and Planetary Boundaries
2. Reducing poverty and building peace in conflict regions
3. Social inclusion challenges : gender , inequalities and human rights
4. Early Childhood Development, Education, and Transition to Employment
5. Health for everyone
6. Paths for the complete decarbonisation ( Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project , DDPP)
7. Sustainable agriculture and food systems
8. Forests, oceans, biodiversity and ecosystems
9. Sustainable cities
10. “ Good governance ” of the raw material economy and land use
11. Global governance and norms for sustainable development
12. Redefining the role of business in sustainable development

Climate policy

On July 8, 2014, the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) working group headed by Jeffrey Sachs submitted an interim report to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The report describes the necessary technological measures for the 15 largest industrial nations in order to limit global warming to 2 ° C by 2050 (cf. two-degree target ).

In this context, members of the SDSN - supported by a large number of well-known scientists (including Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , Michael E. Mann , Nicholas Stern ) and leaders from business and politics - initiated a petition at the beginning of July 2014 relating to global political cooperation should be called on the two-degree target. The petition is to be presented at the Ban Ki-moon summit in New York.

organization

The SDSN consists of the Leadership Council , the Executive Committee and the SDSN Assembly . The director of the SDSN is Jeffrey Sachs , who is also the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University .

The SDSN's Leadership Council consists of recognized experts in the field of sustainable development from academia, civil society and the private sector. The Executive Committee consists of members of the Leadership Council and is responsible for organizational and financial issues.

The SDSN Assembly is an advisory committee to facilitate the mutual flow of information. It consists of one representative from each of the SDSN member institutions.

The SDSN Academic Committee is a scientific advisory committee that will be appointed in 2014 and will consist of 15 to 20 leaders from the SDSN academic member organizations. The Academic Committee is supposed to advise the Leadership Council on scientific questions (academic initiatives, communication with scientific institutions, preparation of educational material, establishment of an online university for sustainable development, etc.).

The SDSN Secretariat is based at Columbia University , with staff in Paris , New York and New Delhi .

SDSN Germany

SDSN Germany was founded on March 4, 2014 under the patronage of the global SDSN . The office of the German network is located at the German Development Institute (DIE) and is managed by Adolf Kloke-Lesch as managing director.

Member organizations of SDSN Germany are adelphiResearch , the Bertelsmann Foundation , the German Institute for Development Policy , the German Institute for Economic Research , the German Network for Business Ethics , Germanwatch , the International Center for Sustainable Development (IZNE) - Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, and Humboldt -Viadrina School of Governance , the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), the Kiel Cluster of Excellence " The Future Ocean ", the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), the university's department for development economics Göttingen, the department for international urban planning at the University of Stuttgart, the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy and the Center for Development Research . SDSN Germany's partner organizations are the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the German Society for the United Nations (DGVN), econsense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business, Engagement Global , the Heinrich Böll Foundation , ICC Germany - International Chamber of Commerce, the Foundation 2 ° - German Entrepreneurs for Climate Protection, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the NRW consumer center.

The chairmen of SDSN Germany are Dirk Messner and Gesine Schwan . Klaus Töpfer was previously co-chair.

advancement

The SDSN is financially supported by the German Society for International Cooperation (on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ), the Swedish Central Authority for International Development Cooperation , British Telecom , Eni , Digicel, Glaxo Smith Kline , Novartis , Verizon , and Ericsson .

Publications (selection)

• Pathways to Deep Decarbonization. Interim 2014 report of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways working group. July 8, 2014.
• Indicators for Sustainable Development Goals - Working Draft. May 22, 2014.
• World Happiness Report 2013. September 9, 2013.
• An Action Agenda for Sustainable Development . 6th June 2013.

See also

• Objectives for sustainable development ( Sustainable Development Goals , SDGs)
• World in Transition - Social Contract for a Great Transformation

Web links

• unsdsn.org
• die-gdi.de: German SDSN network

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} SDSN: Vision and Organization. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
2. ^ SDSN: Thematic Groups. ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 13, 2014. 
3. ^ Eduardo Porter: Blueprints for Taming the Climate Crisis . In: The New York Times , July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
4. ↑ SDSN: It is Time to Act: 2 Degrees is the Limit. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
5. ^ SDSN: Leadership Council. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
6. ↑ SDSN: SDSN assembly. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
7. ↑ SDSN: Germany SDSN launches in Berlin. . March 4, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
8. ^ German Development Institute: Kloke-Lesch, Adolf . ( die-gdi.de [accessed on October 21, 2016]).
9. ^ German Development Institute: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) . ( die-gdi.de [accessed on October 21, 2016]).
10. ^ German Development Institute: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) . ( die-gdi.de [accessed on October 21, 2016]).
11. ^ German Institute for Development Policy : Dirk Messner and Klaus Töpfer head the German Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Germany). Press release of May 23, 2014. Accessed July 14, 2014.
12. ^ SDSN: Donors and Partners. Retrieved July 13, 2014.