Aligning Local Interventions with the UN Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs)

Asekomeh, Ayodele and Gershon, Obindah and Azubuike, Smith I. (2020) Aligning Local Interventions with the UN Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs). In: Virtual International Conference on Aligning Local Interventions with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2nd July 2020, Leicester, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Dundee City has been successful in installing green infrastructure for charging electric vehicles (EVs). This intervention apparently matches the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of affordable clean energy (7), sustainable cities and communities (11) and climate action (13). Local authorities can align interventions with SDGs according to needs. Thus, we undertake an eclectic examination of the elements of the plan against the city’s peculiar socio-economic environment, questioning whether the EV plan is equitable for the city’s residents. Equitability may be either the complementarity and benefits of the strategy from the obvious lenses of SDGs 7, 11 and 13 or the alignment or otherwise of the EV strategy with the other SDGs. We note that the EV strategy achieves some equitability but does not fully address all inequalities. Although this approach could be adopted by smaller, similar or bigger cities, we recommend that local priorities should be ranked to improve alignment with SDGs.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Green infrastructure, sustainable development goals, Dundee city, eclectic review, equitability
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2024 15:41
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2024 15:41
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17730

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