The Quest for the Sustainable Development Goals

Thiago Gehre Galvão

PhD in International Relations from the University of Brasília (UnB), with 21 years of experience in teaching, research, outreach activities and educational administration. Member of the Post-Graduate Program of the Institute of International Relations at UnB. Working experience with public policies at the national and subnational levels. Special Advisor in the Federative International Cooperation of the Presidency of the Republic (2011-2012), in the Subcommittee of Federative Affairs of the Institutional Relations Secretariat (SAF/SRI/PR) and the National Population and Development Commission (CNPD) (2012-2015) of the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic (SAE/PR). Technical Advisor on the National Commission for the SDG (CNODS) in the General-Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic (SG/PR) (2023). Author of the following books on International Relations: South America: The Brazilian idea in motion (Ed. Juruá 2009), Brazil-Venezuela: a history of partnership (Ed. Fino Traço 2012), International Politics (Ed. Contexto, 2022). Visiting Researcher at Lund University (2019/2020). Co-coordinates the international task force on Education for the Earth System Governance SDGs. Coordinator of the UnB 2030 Strategic Program: Sustainability and Inclusive Development, at the University of Brasília (UnB).

Henrique Zeferino de Menezes

Henrique Menezes is currently a professor at the Department of International Relations and the Postgraduate Program in Political Science and International Relations at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and a researcher at the National Institute for Studies on the United States (INCT-INEU). My work focuses primarily on sustainable development, international political economy, south-south cooperation, and global health. Recently published the book 'Os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e as Relações Internacionais'.

Chapter 1: The Brazilian national landscape in governing and implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.- Chapter 2: The Insistence on Transforming the World: Brazilian Civil Society and the 2030 Agenda.- Chapter 3: Building an Ecosystem of innovative SDG-led solutions: Brazilian Civil Society Organizations driving the 2030 Agenda implementation.- Chapter 4: The power of localities: subnational governments and the territorialization of SDGs.- Chapter 5: Challenges and opportunities of a Brazilian network of universities for the SDG implementation.- Chapter 6: Framing SDG goals and targets: the role of indicators production on the success of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Brazil.- Chapter 7: Brazil and the financing for sustainable development challenge: a new imperative for global survival.- Chapter 8: Facing the twin challenges of extreme poverty and hunger: public policies driven by the 2030 Agenda.- Chapter 9: Bridging Health, Innovation and Sustainable Development: Achievements and Pitfalls of Vaccination Policies in Brazil.- Chapter 10: SDG 4 in dispute: between the right to education and the human capital agenda.- Chapter 11: Labour and gender inequalities: why is decent work a gendered question?- Chapter 12: Energy transition in Brazil: challenges to achieve the SDG 7.- Chapter 13: Connecting life on land (SDG 15) with planetary justice in the Amazon.- Chapter 14: The Implementation of SDG 14 in Brazil: Too close to Scylla and Charybdis?- Chapter 15: Overcoming the challenges for the territorialization of the SDGs in the Amazon: guarantee of security and food sovereignty.- Chapter 16: State violence in Brazil and its impacts on SDG 16.- Chapter 17: Queering the 2030 Agenda: a critical evaluation of the SDG5 and its implementation in Brazil.- Chapter 18: Audiovisual programs for promoting an SDG culture: Rethinking the 2030 Agenda on Culture, Art and Communication in Brazilian universities.- Chapter 19: 2030 Agenda for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs): representation, participation and rights in global sustainability.- Chapter 20: Ten years of the Implementation of Affirmative Action Law for Black students in Higher Education institutions: Challenges and Strategies related to the SDG.- Chapter 21: From Marginalization to Integration: Racial agenda in the UN, the 2030 Agenda and Brazil's proposal of SDG 18 for Racial Equity.