SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1

修士課程グローバル・スタディーズ研究科 - 国際協力学専攻

MFIC1130

コース情報

担当教員: 髙瀬千賀子

単位数: 2

年度: 2024

学期: 2クォーター

曜限: 土1, 土2

形式: 対面授業

レベル: 500

アクティブラーニング: あり

他学部履修: 可

評価方法

授業参加

20%

レポート

50%

その他

In the latter half of the quarter, the students will make a case study on a strategy/plan for the Implementation of SDGs by a country, a city or a private company. In the 14th class, the students will present their studies and discuss on the outcomes. This will count for 30 % of the evaluation. Depending on the number of students registered, this work may become a group work.

30%

詳細情報

概要

This course will examine the major conceptual framework of sustainable development and some case studies. At the same time, there have been some issues which have occurred unexpectedly in recent years, disturbing multilateralism. Therefore, the course will first look into the current debate at the United Nations and see a new process evolving. The course will also look at its relationship with the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. Second, the course will consider the current state of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, focusing on the SDG Summit held last year (2023). After having considered the current debate both at the United Nations and in the process for the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the course will study the evolution of sustainable development at the United Nations and the global process that led to the creation and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for the development agenda. The course will examine the impact of that sift of the concept of development. The course will then study how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is being implemented, using the case studies of the strategies and policies of selected countries and cities. Finally, the students will be conducting to make a case study on the strategy/plan on the implementation of SDGs by a country/ a city/ a private company. Depending on the number of the students registered, this may become a group work.

目標

The students are expected to: 1. Learn the concept of sustainable development; 2. Deepen the understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals; and 3. Deepen the understanding on the current debate at the United Nations and its relationship with the process of the SDGs.

授業外の学習

The PowerPoint slides that will be used in the classes and some key references will be posted in the Moodle before each class. Students are expected to study them beforehand. After each class, the references that appeared in the class may be added. The reference materials are mainly the official documents of the United Nations or other agencies of the UN system and they are normally available on their websites. The links and references will be provided in the Moodle and the students are requested to download them and study before and after the classes. For each lecture, students are expected to do the following study (190 minutes per lecture in total). • Preparation of the lecture materials and work on assignments in advance (60 min.) • Respond to the questions in the Comment Box in Moodle (50 min.) • Review the content, focusing on problems that were not understood or answered in the previous lecture and together with the above point, submit the comment sheet (60 min.) Since there are two lectures per week, students are expected to do twice as much as shown above per week. It is expected that one comment sheet will be submitted per week.

所要時間: 190 minutes per lecture (380 minute per week)

スケジュール

Introduction to sustainable development - Introducing myself through career at the United Nations - Introduction of each other among students - Consideration on the current debate at the United Nations. - Unexpected developments: COVID-19, - Ukraine, Gaza, etc. - (Group) discussion
Preparation for the new process: the Summit of the Future (to be held in Sept. 2024) - Background of the proposal for the Summit of the Future - A pact for the Future: role of the youth - The process lined up - Relationship with the SDG process Some lecture to see what have been lined up (Group) discussion
Where we stand on the implementation of SDGs 2023: the mid-point towards 2030: - 2nd Summit-level HLPF under the auspices of the General Assembly => SDG Summit, September 2023 => Political Declaration (A/RES/78/1) - world leaders are still determined to press on SDGs: Build Back Better - HLPF under the auspices of ECOSOC, July 2023 => Summary by the President of ECOSOC (E/HLS/2023/7) <= 10 months of preparation: Global Sustainable Development Report; SGs progress report; SDG report 2023 SG’s report (special edition): “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: towards a rescue plan for people and planet” (A/78/80-E/2023/64) - SG’s request for a Rescue Plan Repositioning development assistance: - UNSDG: RC and UN Country Team (UNSDGF) - Proposal of a case study to be presented on the last day of the course: a case study of a private initiative / an integrated policy implementation by a country or a city:
Current state at the United Nations: - Security Council resolutions and GA resolutions - Security Council reform - Country groupings (Group) Discussion
Evolution of sustainable development at the United Nations - Concept of sustainable development as introduced by the Brundtland Commission - United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) - The consideration of “environment and development” at the United Nations United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972) World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) - The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Rio Declaration, Agenda 21 and the Statement of Forest Principles - Rio Conventions - The Follow-up of UNCED Establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Developmen Establishment of the Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – After 20 years, back to Rio – Rio+20 Outcome of Rio+20: The Future We Want (A/RES/66/288) Making of Sustainable Development Goals:: paragraphs 245 - 251 - Methods of work of the General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals - Programme of Work of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Work
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1) - SDGs in 5P framework: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, Partnership - Follow-up process: High-Level Political Forum Voluntary National Reviews
Implementing SDGs - Repositioning the development assistance: Shifting management paradigm in the United Nations - Introduction of new RC system and Country Teams: United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework: Nigeria, Sri Lanka, etc.
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - at country level: Voluntary National Review: eg. Japan, Kenya, etc. - Discussion
Implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - at city level: Voluntary Local Reviews: eg. Kitakyushu, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, etc. - Discussion
Private Sector initiatives - Science-based Target Initiatives - World Business Council on Sustainable Development - United Nations Global Compact - SDG Business Forum
The way ahead: the impacts of the unexpected developments on the implementation of the SDGs: - A Pact for the Future: if it’s out, we will look at it; if not, we can look at the draft. - Discussion on how things are expected to proceed. Will it respond to a call for the rescue plan by the Secretary- general?
The role you may play in the Pact - Scope of the Pact: a chapeau and five chapters, one of which is “Youth and future generations” - Watch the introduction of the zero draft on UN webcast - Discussion
Relationship with other processes: - Paris Agreement and Climate Action - Land degradation neutrality and Life on Land - Plastic Pollution and Responsible Consumption and Production - Discussion: With the process of the Pact for the Future now going on, how the relationship with these other processes will be changed?
Presentation on a case study of a private initiative / an integrated policy implementation by a country or a city

教科書

The main resource will be the presentations used in the classes, which will be put together by myself and placed in Moodle before the classes.

参考書

• Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations, A/RES/70/1, 2015 • The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 • Political Declarations of High-Level Political Forum 2019, A/RES/74/4 • Political Declarations of High-Level Political Forum 2023, A/RES/78/1 • Other relevant materials will be informed by such means as Moodle or in the class. They are mainly UN documents and available online.

Basic Facts about the United Nations, 42nd Edition

著者: The United Nations

出版社: United Nations Publications, 2017
The Essential UN

著者: The United Nations

出版社: United Nations Publications, 2018