Forthcoming publication: FULFILLING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS – On a Quest for a Sustainable World
Professor Narinder Kakar, Professor Nicholas Robinson, and Dr. Vesselin Popovski, Jindal University are co-editors of the forthcoming book FULFILLING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - On a Quest for a Sustainable World. The book will be published by Routledge in August 2021. As noted by the publisher, the book “contains assessment of the progress, or the lack of it, in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through review of the assessments and of case studies, readers can draw lessons from the actions that could work to positively address the goals.” As noted by co-editor Professor Nicholas Robinson, “[t]his publication is seen as an important international study on how to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); it covers the impacts of Covid-19, and is the first such book to lay out specific steps to fulfill the SDGs by their 2030 deadline.” This study on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals was conceived and directed by Narinder Kakar for the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (GCELS) of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.
Narinder Kakar is the Director of the Sustainable Development Research Program and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, and Permanent Observer to the UN for the University of Peace, Costa Rica. Nicholas Robinson is a founder of Haub Law’s environmental programs and holds the title of University Professor on the Environment from Pace University, he is also the Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law Emeritus. Dr. Vesselin Popovski is Professor and Vice Dean and Executive Director at the Center for the Study of United Nations, Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, India. Several Pace faculty members, prior visiting professors, and alumni author chapters within the publication, including Smita Narula, Richard L. Ottinger, Joseph Morreale, Anna Shostya, Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, and Ben Boer.
H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations provided a Special Introduction to the book, in which she commends the Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University for its focus on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and for producing this vital and timely resource.
You can learn more about the forthcoming publication here.
