Beyond Cockpit-ism: Four Insights to Enhance the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals

摘要: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have the potential to become a powerful political vision that can support urgently needed global transition shared and lasting prosperity. In December 2014, United Nations (UN) Secretary General published his report on SDGs. However, final goals targets will be adopted by UN Assembly in September 2015 risk falling short of expectations because what we call “cockpit-ism”: illusion top-down steering governments intergovernmental organizations alone address problems. view limited effectiveness efforts questions about capacity national affect change, SDGs need additionally mobilize new agents change such as businesses, cities civil society. To galvanize broad set actors, multiple perspectives sustainable development are respond various motives logics these different actors. We propose four connected which strengthen universal relevance SDGs: “planetary boundaries” stress urgency addressing environmental concerns target take responsibility for (global) public goods; “the safe just operating space” highlight interconnectedness social its distributive consequences; energetic society” benefit from willingness group actors worldwide action; “green competition” stimulate innovation business practices. realize transformative SDGs, should reflected focus content negotiated run up further implementation.