Scaling up SDGs Implementation

Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). Gbadebo O. A. Odularu holds a PhD degree in Regional Economic Development from the University of Sunderland, United Kingdom. He works as the Socio-Economic Research Applications & Projects (SERAP) LLC Development Policy Specialist. He is currently affiliated with the Centre for Research on Political Economy (CREPOL)- Senegal, American Heritage University of Southern California (AHUSC), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), SSCG Consulting, DAgriVest - Benin, Marymount University, as well as the African Agribusiness Incubator Network (AAIN).Vuyo Mjimba is a Chief Research Specialist and the Head of the Sustainable Development Programme at the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa. He holds a PhD from The Open University (United Kingdom), an MSc from the University of Zimbabwe and a BSc Honours from the National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

• PartI: Introduction and Background.- Chapter1: Scaling up SDGs implementation: Down the road to fast approaching 2030.- PartII: Drawing up national SDGs Baselines and Cases involving State Actors.- Chapter2: Emerging African picture of Official Development Assistance and education-related SDGs indicators.- Chapter3: Africa and the 2030 sustainable energy goal: A focus on access to renewables and clean fuels for cooking.- Chapter4: SDG 15 and socio-ecological sustainability: Spring waterscapes and rural livelihoods in the Save Catchment of Zimbabwe.- Chapter5: Auditing the adequacy of NDCs in addressing the climate action sustainable development goal.- PartIII: The Business Sector and the SDGs.- Chapter6: Beyond’s response to the twin challenges of pollution and climate change in the context of SDGs.- Chapter7: Major global aircraft manufacturers and emerging responses to the SDGs agenda.- Chapter8: Ending poverty through affordable credit to small scale cotton farmers: The Case of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe.- Chapter9: Insurance, increasing natural disaster risks and the SDGs: A focus on Southern Africa.- PartIV: Civil Society and the SDGs.- Chapter10: The contribution of community-based recycling cooperatives to a cluster of SDGs in semi-arid Brazilian peri-urban settlements.- Chapter11: Critical Analysis of the Contribution of Women’s University in Africa towards the Attainment of SDG 5.- Chapter12: Role of SDGs in Reconceptualizing the Education for Sustainable Development curriculum in Higher Education in South Africa.- PartV: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.- Chapter13: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations