Non-state Actors and Sustainable Development in Brazil : The Diffusion of the 2030 Agenda

This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil. The UN ranks Brazil as the most biodiverse country in the world, but the country's environment has never been under greater threat, with the rise of multiple crises bringing mounting challenges to socioeconomic development and environmental protection. As state support has fallen away, non-state actors have actively engaged and eventually mobilized other social actors towards the promotion of the SDGs and the implementation of the UN agenda. This book asks why it is that non-state actors have dedicated so much time, efforts and resources to promote a non-binding agenda that was ratified by and is mainly assigned to state actors. Looking at the roles of academia, civil society, and the private sector, the book explores the different ways in which these social actors make sense of and translate the 2030 Agenda into practice within their respective local contexts. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this book sheds light on a series of challenges, opportunities and contradictions within the global agenda and its implementation. The case of Brazil case is particularly important to sustainable development researchers and policy makers, but this book also highlights what this case can teach us about sustainable development governance more broadly--

Author: Eduardo Gon?lves Gresse

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: Aug 26, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0367653060

ISBN-13: 9780367653064