Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda: why environmental sustainability and gender equality are so important to reducing poverty and inequalities.
Author:
United Nations Environmental Programme
Date:
2015
Language:
English
Region:
Europe
Country:
Albania
Full Harvard Reference:
United Nations Environmental Programme (2015). Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda: why environmental sustainability and gender equality are so important to reducing poverty and inequalities, Perspectives, Issue N. 17, Women's Major Group at UNEP
This reports argues that environmental sustainability and gender equality are interconnected processes, and are crucial in reducing global inequalities. It analyses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 in light of these two objectives, and assesses how this framework can further the agenda of environmental justice and gender equality. The report also makes recommendation for the implementation of the SDGs.