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Transforming multilateral diplomacy : the inside story of the sustainable development goals / Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Pamela Chasek, David O'Connor

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Kamau, Macharia, 1958- [aut]

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Description: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s):

Additional physical formats: 0429957408 | 9780429957406 | 9780813350868 | 1138589985 | 9781138589988 | 0429491271. | 9780429491276. LOC classification:

HC79.E5

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Summary: Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides the inside view of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business. This book tells the story of the people, issues, negotiations, and paradigm shifts that unfolded through the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs and the subsequent negotiations on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, from the unique point of view of Ambassador Macharia Kamau, and other key participants from governments, the UN Secretariat, and civil societySummary: 3 Getting Started: Creating the Open Working GroupBack to New York: Rio+20 Follow-up; Electing the Co-chairs; Initial Challenges; Conclusions and Lessons Learned; 4 Uncertain Beginnings; Playing the Long Game to Educate, Depoliticize, and Level the Playing Field; The Stocktaking Process; Changing Alliances; Expanding Horizons; The Elephants in the Room; Conclusions and Lessons Learned; 5 The Cast of Characters; Reading the Room; State Actors; Non-state Actors; Conclusions and Lessons Learned; 6 The Use of Process and Drama; A Birdâ#x80;#x99;s-Eye View of the SDG Negotiations; Strategies and TacticsSummary: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgments; Forewords; 1 Setting the Stage; What Are the Sustainable Development Goals?; Time for a Change; A Quick Guide to UN Negotiations; The Journey Ahead; 2 Multilateralism: Complexity and Intrigues; Twenty-First-Century Challenges to Multilateralism; Rebalancing Economic and Political Power; The Millennium Development Goals; The Need for a Paradigm Shift; The Tipping Point: Rio+20 and the Birth of the SDGs; Conclusions and Lessons LearnedSummary: The End GameConclusions and Lessons Learned; 7 The Birth of the Goals; Goals 1â#x80;#x93;6: Updating and Enhancing the MDGs; Moving Beyond the MDGs: Energy, Economic Growth, Employment and Equality for the New Agenda; Urbanization, Consumption Patterns, Climate and the Environment; The Enabling Environment; Conclusions and Lessons Learned; 8 Pulling It All Together: The Sdgs and the Post-2015 Development Agenda; Beginning Anew; Changing Dynamics; The Politics of a Declaration; â#x80;#x9C;Tweakingâ#x80;#x9D; the Targets; Means of Implementation and the Global Partnership: Almost a DisasterSummary: Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides the inside view of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business. This book tells the story of the people, issues, negotiations, and paradigm shifts that unfolded through the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs and the subsequent negotiations on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, from the unique point of view of Ambassador Macharia Kamau, and other key participants from governments, the UN Secretariat, and civil societyPPN: PPN: 1019093625Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK

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