Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into Strategic Environmental Assessment with a focus on Danish context
Authors
Bonde, Mads Adrian Saxtorph ; Dubina, Lina
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-06-07
Pages
71
Abstract
FN’s Verdensmål (SDG’erne) er fælles globale mål for bæredygtig udvikling. Strategisk miljøvurdering (SMV) er en proces, der vurderer miljøkonsekvenser af planer og programmer for at styre beslutninger mod bæredygtige resultater. Dette speciale undersøger mulighederne for at integrere SDG’erne i SMV-praksis i en dansk kontekst. Med kvalitative metoder, herunder interviews og en litteraturgennemgang, belyses både direkte og indirekte forbindelser mellem SDG’erne og SMV, og SMV forstås både som et værktøj og som en professionel praksis. Specialet identificerer mulige gevinster ved at bruge SDG’erne til at styrke SMV og foreslår måder, disse gevinster kan indarbejdes i praksis. Det drøfter også forhold, der kan fremme eller begrænse et skifte mod en målstyret SMV, forstået som SMV med klare bæredygtighedsmål. Afslutningsvis præsenteres et kort sæt anbefalinger til, hvordan SDG’erne kan integreres i dansk SMV-praksis.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set shared global targets for sustainable development. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a process that evaluates the environmental implications of plans and programmes to guide decisions toward sustainable outcomes. This thesis examines how the SDGs can be integrated into SEA practice in the Danish context. Using qualitative methods, including interviews and a review of the literature, it explores both direct and indirect links between the SDGs and SEA, considering SEA as a formal tool and as a professional practice. The study identifies potential benefits of using the SDGs to strengthen SEA and proposes practical ways to embed these benefits in practice. It also discusses factors that may enable or constrain a shift toward objective-led SEA, understood as SEA guided by clear sustainability objectives. Finally, the thesis offers a short set of recommendations for integrating the SDGs into Danish SEA practice.
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