The sustainable development goals : environmental policy patterns for local action

Abstract

The article looks at the importance and relevance of the SDGs in maintaining and managing the local environment, and in reducing human impacts on the environment through prudent policies. It looks at a series of "policy patterns" that will help stakeholders to localize the SDGs and help preserve the environment. The three policy patterns ？ (a) Global-National-Local pattern, (b) Governments-Private sector-Civil Society pattern, and (c) Governance-Education-Technology pattern helps us understand the complexity of environmental problems and solutions, and in determining who has to what at which level of governance. It draws on the cross-cutting interlinkages between these policy patterns by proposing a policy matrix. [Key Words] Global Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations programmes and projects, Local level policies