Sustainable development goals in conflict
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED: If we continue with business as usual, with our focus on economic growth and consumption, the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be difficult to achieve. That’s the bottom line in a new paper co-authored by Misum’s Ranjula Bali Swain, Professor of Economics. Below is a short interview with her.
The study investigates the potential incompatibility of SDGs, specifically socio-economic development and environmental sustainability, and reveals that the focus on economic growth and consumption underlies this. It suggests there are factors which can contribute to development (health programmes, government investment) and ecological sustainability (renewable energy) without triggering the conflict between incompatible SDGs.
The paper is open access and may be downloaded in full from the following link:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2016.1235624
