Relevance of international partnerships in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Walter Leal Filho; Tony Wall; Jelena Barbir; Gabriela Nagle Alverio; Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis; Julianna Ramirez

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28230-x

Relevance of international partnerships in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 1;13(1):613. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28230-x.

Authors

Walter Leal Filho^{1

2}, Tony Wall³, Jelena Barbir⁴, Gabriela Nagle Alverio^{5

6

7}, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis⁸, Julianna Ramirez⁹

Affiliations

¹ Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Science and the Environment, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.
² Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management", Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 5UX, UK.
⁴ Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management", Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany. jelena.barbir@haw-hamburg.de.
⁵ Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁷ School of Law, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁸ UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004, Porto, Portugal.
⁹ CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú.

Abstract

To achieve Sustainable Development Goal SDG 17, which focuses on international cooperation, partnerships, will be vital. In this comment, we examine the key obstacles such as vested economic interests that will need to be overcome for the successful implementation of SDG 17.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't