Call for Papers: SDGS+10: A GLOBAL LEGAL STOCKTAKE OF ACHIEVEMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, 17th-18th September 2025
Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (Hybrid)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015. The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDG) is now preparing for a second review, which will be submitted to the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. This will be the last opportunity for a comprehensive review of the global indicator framework before the target year of 2030. Agenda 2030 embodies an array of inter-related, mutually dependent goals related to the three pillars of sustainable development. For example, SDG 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its implications. SDG 13 is intrinsically linked to the other 16 Goals dealing with inter alia trade, biological diversity, energy and technology. 2030 is a focal year in other related regimes. Under the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emission reductions of 43% relative to 2019 are required to be achieved by 2030 to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, 23 global targets for 2030 have been set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (which is intended to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development).
We cordially invite you to submit your abstract (not exceeding 300 words) to [email protected] (RA Hwon Lee) before the 28th of February 2025.
The first annual Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Global Law Conference of the Centre for International Law and Globalisation, Southampton Law School will facilitate an opportunity to critically engage with the challenges and opportunities of achieving the SDGs, especially in the context of climate change and interlinked global crises.
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