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2 A River Basin Approach for the Coordinated Implementation of Water Related Targets in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Binaya Raj Shivakoti1,*
1Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Unit, Institute for Global Environmental Strategy, Hayama, Japan
*Corresponding Author: [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Adoption of sustainable development goals (SDGs) offers a targeted and time‐bound approach for sustainable development. Water, along with its dedicated goal (SDG6), is at the core of SDGs due to its interdependency and synergistic relationship with all SDGs. Implementation of SDG6, as well as other SDGs, remains a challenge for many countries due to the enormity of the scope, complexities of interlinkages among the goals and their targets, and less clarity on entry points. Pursuing an integrated approach for implementing SDGs is indispensable. In this context, integrated water resources management (IWRM), as the central concept, and integrated river basin management (IRBM) approach as a spatial unit for applying the concept has been proposed as a pragmatic solution for implementing water related targets of SDGs. For that, the Lower Mekong Basin has been shown as a case for examining the pertinent issues and challenges for adopting IRBM for implementing SDGs.
2.1. INTRODUCTION
The United Nations’ (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda agreed by the member countries marks the beginning of a new era and a true beacon of hope for the sustainable development. An important feature of this agreement was the launching of 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), spread across 169 targets and over 230 indicators, encompassing the major sustainable development agenda of modern times. SDGs – also known as “Global Goals “ signifying their global scope – provide a visionary roadmap or a guide for all countries, governments, and stakeholders to strive for sustainable development in every aspect of decision‐making while addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity (ICSU 2017). SDGs are transformative provided their effective implementation takes place at all levels, that is local, sub‐national, national, and international
