“Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have”
– Nelson Mandela The first SDG we are going to be exploring in more detail is SDG 16, with Prof Gillian Wylie. SDG 16 – Building Peace, Justice and Strong …
Course: Achieving Sustainable Development
Are the Sustainable Development Goals the Best Approach to Sustainability?
In this article, we will take a close look at five specific goals on peace, health, sanitation, cities, and equality. We will also look at the links between them. We …
Key challenges to sustainable development
In this video, Carol explores the three key challenges to achieving sustainable development. Throughout this course, many of the case studies we will examine have these challenges at their heart. …
Introducing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
“We don’t have plan B because there is no planet B.” – Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General 2007–2016 On the 25th of September 2015, 193 countries came together and agreed …
Thinking critically about SDG 16
In this video we are bringing our discussions about SDG 16 to a close. This week we have seen that violence undoubtedly poses a threat to sustainable development. It is …
Peace in Colombia: What Are the Challenges?
SDG 16 emphasises that both promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, and ensuring accountable, inclusive, and transparent institutions are central to sustainable development. In light of this goal, we are going …
A criminalised peace? The impact of organised crime and corruption on peacebuilding in Kosovo
For groups involved in organised crime, whether trafficking drugs, arms, or even human beings, countries emerging from conflict often present the ideal conditions for their activities. These ideal conditions can …
Reducing all forms of violence: from peacekeeping to peacebuilding
SDG 16 aims for the “elimination of violence” as a basis for the establishment of sustainable development. We have seen in the earlier video and articles that violence can be …
Conflict, violence, and institutions in Sri Lanka
In this video, Jude and Gillian talk about the impact of conflict on sustainable development in Sri Lanka. Jude explains how, although the conflict officially ended in 2009, there are …
Gender-based violence in Kenyan communities
SDG 16’s first target is “the elimination of all types of violence”. Using a Kenyan case study, we focus on gender-based violence (GBV) in this article. This is one type …
