OpenCanada, in partnership with The North-South Institute, and with contributions from International Institute for Sustainable Development, has created a space to explore the relationship between sustainability and the next generation of Millennium Development Goals. The aim of the series is three-fold: to consider competing conceptions of sustainability; to debate if and how sustainability should be integrated into global development goals; and to evaluate the different proposals and processes that will inform the development of the post-2015 framework. Below you will find essays, comments, interviews, and infographics, as well as links to related current projects. Do we need Sustainable Development Goals? Follow the discussion on Twitter @TheCIC, @NSI_INS, #cicSDG.
We’ll be adding content to this page on an ongoing basis, so stay tuned.
COMMENT
World Economic Forum (on Africa) meets the BRICS
Daniel Poon on whether new institutions for development promise to strengthen or undermine existing forums.
COMMENT
A Sustainable Forum
Kate Higgins on the need for a forum that fully embraces all three dimensions of sustainable development.
COMMENT
Taking Security Seriously
Robert Muggah on why the MDG High-Level Panel needs to take conflict, violence, and fragility seriously.
COMMENT
Wanted: A Real Global Partnership
John Sinclair on why the most recent model for a Global Partnership on development is failing to reach its potential.
COMMENT
An Unequal Partnership
Fraser Reilly-King on why the post-2015 framework still misses the meaning of ‘partnership’ in ‘global partnership’.
COMMENT
New Development Goals For a New World
Derek Evans on how the nature of global poverty and the challenges of development have changed, and why the post-2015 MDGs need to reflect that.
COMMENT
One Size Only, One Global Customer
John Sinclair on why universality and tiering should be part of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goal conversation.
INTERVIEW
George Haynal on Corporate Statecraft
OpenCanada talked to the professor of global practice at the Munk School about re-imagining the relationship between corporations and sustainability.
INTERVIEW
David Souter on the Development-Technology Disconnect
OpenCanada talked to the Managing Director of ICT Development Associates about how the spread of new communication technologies are challenging understandings of sustainability.
ESSAY
Sustainable Communication
Don MacLean
How communication technology and the Internet create both opportunities for and threats to sustainable development.
COMMENT
A Guide to the Post-2015 Debates
John McArthur
Confused about who wants what in the debates around sustainability. This is your cheat sheet for what’s on the table.
ESSAY
Brundtland Revisited
Jim MacNeill
The lead author of the Brundtland Commission’s landmark report on sustainable development, Our Common Future, reflects on the state of world 25 years on.
COMMENT
On the Road to Replacing the MDGs
Kate Higgins
The 2015 target date for the UN Millennium Development Goals is getting closer. What should come next?
INTERVIEW
David Miller on Sustainability and Cities
OpenCanada talked to the former mayor of Toronto and current adviser to the World Bank about how action at the municipal level can contribute to global sustainability.
GRAPHIC
Our Growing/Falling Consumption
The Millennium Consumption Goals, proposed in 2011 as a complement to the MDGs, were created to address the emerging challenge of resource shortages. This infographic considers where we stand on energy consumption.
COMMENT
Faith In Sustainability
Karen Hamilton
How faith communities have helped move the discussion around sustainability forward.
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Don Purchase
