Final Call for Contributors for a Major Editorial Project on the SDGDs: Implementing the UN  Sustainable Development Goals- Regional Perspectives

The process leading to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been negatively influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The health crisis as a whole, and its substantial socio-economic impacts  in particular,  have led to many setbacks. These vary from the emerging of competing priorities, to restrictions in the availablility of financial resources needed to implement the  SDGs. The extent of this problem may be better understood if it is considered that there are at present doubts, as to whether the SDGs may be reached by 2030.

This state of affairs suggests that new – and innovative approaches- to support the implementation of the SDGs are needed. One of them is the support to regional implementation efforts across the various geographical regions, and the documentation and promotion of  these experiences. It is also important to promote studies, research, projects and good practice, which illustrate how the SDGs may be implemented in practice.

It is against this background that the series “Implementing the UN  Sustainable Development Goals- Regional Perspectives” is being produced. The Series  aims to support the acceleration needed for the implementation of the SDGs, by mobilising the academic community, industry and the civil society by generating information and communicating on experiences focusing on the SDGs deemed as being most important for the world´s regions.  There will be four volumes, each looking at issues related to a geographical region

Volume 1-  the Americas and Caribbean Region
Volume 2- the Asia and Pacific Region
Volume 3- thw Africa and the Middle East Region
Volume 4- the European Region

The books will  be produced as part of the “World Sustainability Series” https://www.springer.com/series/13384, the leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to sustainable development. Apart from 37 volumes produced to date, which can be seen here:
https://www.springer.com/series/13384?detailsPage=titles, it entails the Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030113513 (267 entries) and the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals https://www.springer.com/series/15893 (17 volumes, one devoted to each SDG and in excess of 2.500 authors), which is a historical publication since it is the largest editorial project on matters related to sustainable development ever undertaken.


Colleagues interested to take advantage of this opportunity should send a 200 words abstract to the editorial team at:
[email protected] with the following details:

Title of  the  paper:
Name of the author(s):
Geographical region:
Organisation:
Country
E-mail:

The deadline for abstracts is 30th March 2022.  Further details may be shared with the selected colleagues. Be part of a selected group of world-class sustainability researchers.
Rgds,
The Editorial Team