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Adjunct Prof Colin D Butler Health Research Institute, University of Canberra
National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide
5minsontheSDGsConnectingenvironmentalchange&
humanhealthoutcomesRoundtable,EdithCowanUniversity
24/10/2017
MDG 7: “Ensure Environmental Sustainability”
Target 7A. Integrate principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs & reverse the loss of environmental resources
MDG 7: “Ensure Environmental Sustainability”
Target 7A. Integrate principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs & reverse the loss of environmental resources
“hometothedesperate”Baidoa,SomaliaCreditTylerHicks/TheNewYorkTimes“Droughtandwarheightenthreatofnotjust1famine,but4” (J.Gettleman)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/world/africa/famine-somalia-nigeria-south-sudan-yemen-water.html
For:
Aspirational
Giveshope
Promotesvirtuouscompetitionamongnationsanddonors
Against:
Neoliberal
Internallyinconsistent?
Givesillusionofprogressthatsoothes
conscience?
For:
Aspirational
Giveshope
Promotesvirtuouscompetitionamongnationsanddonors
Against:
Neoliberal
Internallyinconsistent?
Givesillusionofprogressthatsoothes
conscience?
For:
Aspirational
Giveshope
Promotesvirtuouscompetitionamongnationsanddonors
Myassessment:Littlechanceofsignificantprogress,UNsystemtrappedbyinertial
globalforces,toomanytaboosinthesystem(Saudi,Australia,ChinaonHumanRights
Council;WHOandMugabe..etc);Nations?Business?Bigaid?
References
ButlerC.D.TheSustainableDevelopmentGoals:leadingtoa"globalBrexit"? (2017)
ButlerC.D.Demographyandthefailureofsustainabledevelopment:denial,indifferenceandskewedpower (2016)
ButlerC.D.TheSustainableDevelopmentGoals:inspirationalordangerousdelusion? (2015)
ButlerC.D. (2017)Limitstogrowth,planetaryboundariesandplanetaryhealth.CurrentOpinioninEnvironmentalSustainability25:59-65.Withaudioslides
ButlerC.D:(2017)Regionaloverload,andtheconsequencesithasforhealth.TheBMJ blog(peerreviewed)
ButlerC.D:(2016)PlanetaryOverload,LimitstoGrowthandHealth. CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports 3(4):360-369.
ButlerC.D:(2016)Soundingthealarm:HealthintheAnthropocene.InternationalJournalofEnvironmentalResearchandPublicHealth 13,665;doi:610.3390/ijerph13070665.