TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation INVOLVING HIGHER EDUCATION (SDG4) IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES (SDG11) THROUGH PROBLEM-SOLVING AND LEARNING-BY-DOING PRACTICES TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA ABSTRACT Global goals are inherently interrelated and therefore effective, comprehensive action taken towards one goal can support the [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN A POST-COVID WORLD ABSTRACT Women across the world are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing gains in gender equality made in recent decades. Women-led businesses have been more negatively impacted [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT AGRI-FOOD SECTOR TO BETTER DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has put new emphasis on the intrinsic weaknesses of current food production and consumption models across the world. These weaknesses include [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation AVAILING EXISTING FRAMEWORKS TO ENABLE A CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR ABSTRACT While there is an immediate need to tackle global environmental issues, the decarbonization of the transport sector represents a key challenge at the [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SDGS POST PANDEMIC: STRENGTHENING TECHNOLOGY FACILITATION MECHANISM AND GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS FOR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES ABSTRACT The UN has called for a “Decade of Action” in respect of SDGs in order to [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation SUPPORTING SMES IN SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT POST-COVID-19: CHALLENGES AND POLICY AGENDA FOR THE G20 ABSTRACT SMEs contribute substantially to global employment and economic growth. Yet constraints such as lack of capital, human resources and knowledge capability have rendered [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation SDG16: AN ENABLER FOR ACCELERATED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA AMID COVID-19 ABSTRACT It is important that G20 leaders lend their powerful voices to acknowledge that fragility and violence, and the failure to invest in democracy, good governance [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation REPURPOSING AGRICULTURAL POLICY SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION ABSTRACT Agricultural production is both strongly affected by climate change and a major contributor to climate change, with agriculture and land use change accounting for about one fifth of [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO POVERTY THAT STRENGTHENS THE HUMANITARIAN-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS ABSTRACT The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the expected increase in global crises threaten to push millions into poverty. Enhanced collaboration between humanitarian and development actors is critical to [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation ALIGNING COVID-19 RECOVERY EFFORTS WITH THE SDGS - TOOLBOX AND PRINCIPLES ABSTRACT COVID-19 has complicated plans to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. As we are witnessing a proliferation of recovery initiatives by governments and international financial [...]