How to Achieve Sustainable Development: Local Actions for Global Change (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development)

Aimed at practitioners and students in environmental studies, development, economics and geography, this book systematically investigates how sustainable development can be achieved at the local and global level.Instead of problems, it focuses on practical solutions for the reader to take for themselves, in their community, and in their career.Based on the latest scientific research, case studies, and voices from the Global North and South, How to Achieve Sustainable Development is divided into five key Parts.It reviews why business-as-usual is no longer an option; how to engage with governance, finance, and collective action; where transformation hotspots for achieving sustainable development exist; how local change happens in sustainable development; and finally, what happens next.Chapters take a deep dive into improved human capabilities, just economies, sustainable food and energy production, gender inequality and resilience.It moves beyond merely recognizing the challenges faced i