The Cambridge handbook on the sustainable development goals and international law / edited by Jonas Ebbesson, Stockholms Universitet; Ellen Hey, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the sustainable development goals, agenda 2030, and international law / Jonas Ebbesson and Ellen Hey -- End poverty in all its forms everywhere / Dire Tladi -- End hunger, achieve food security, and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture / Carmen G. Gonzalez -- Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages / Stéphanie Dagron -- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all / Fons Coomans -- Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls / Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Nkatha Kabira -- Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all / Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch -- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all / Stuart Bruce and Jorge E. Viñuales -- Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all / Tonia Novitz -- Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation / Andria Naudé Fourie -- Reduce inequality within and among countries / Philippe Cullet -- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable / Anél du Plessis -- Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns / Alessandra Arcuri and Enrico Partiti -- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts impacts / Daniel Bodansky -- Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development / Karen N. Scott -- Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss / Elisa Morgera -- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels / Pål Wrange -- Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development / Duncan French and Louis J. Kotzé.

"The Cambridge Handbook on the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law was sparked by our curiosity about how a remarkable set of global policy goals for a wide range of areas - the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, might relate to and influence international law. We also asked ourselves how could the relevant areas of international law promote or hamper the achievement of the SDGs and the overarching aim of attaining sustainable development? To explore this further, we engaged colleagues who were willing to join us on this exciting journey, and we thank them for their most insightful contributions to this volume. The chapters in this Handbook highlight the multifaceted relationship between the SDGs and international law as well as how international law might need to change in order to support the achievement of the SDGs and the realization of sustainable development. Our journey towards this result turned out to be bumpier than expected, given the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of us needed to turn to online teaching, some faced other setbacks, and the three-day workshop, originally planned for June 2020 in Stockholm, was cancelled. What had been planned as an author's retreat to exchange ideas and further develop first drafts of the chapters - at Stockholm University and at the Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Vitterhetsakademien) - had to be turned into an online workshop. While regretting that we could not meet in person, the two-day online workshop was a vibrant occasion for exchanging ideas and active collaboration. All the authors engaged enthusiastically and with creativity and humour. Taking into account the almost twenty hours of time difference between participants as well as the drawbacks of an online environment, the workshop was remarkably fun and fruitful and achieved more than we could have wished for. We have now completed this exciting journey, including a couple of "intellectual roller coaster" moments, and we are delighted with the result"-- Provided by publisher.