Cross-border collaboration for the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda: Australia and Latin America lessons on sustainability
Policy Brief
Project Lead: Isabel B. Franco and John Mangan
Research Assistant Team: Tahlia Smith, Daniel Nieto and Dayana Jimenez
Advisory Team: Jessica Gallagher, Marcelo Salas and Rachael Kelly
The University of Queensland
Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC)
Industry Partners: Orica, Embassy of Peru, BHP Foundation, South Pole, MMG, Geovia Dassault Systemes, CSIRO and Santos
Highlights
With the year 2020 drawing to a close, the achievement of the United Nations (UN) 2030 agenda is now more critical than ever. However, the only way to achieve this goal is by promoting greater international cooperation and collaboration related explicitly to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the agenda (Babier, 2018; Franco et al; 2018 UN, 2018;). While Australia and Latin America (LATAM) are on distinct sides of the globe, continents away from each other, the partnership and knowledge sharing between these two regions in areas of sustainability create cross-border learnings that have a positive impact on both regions as well as the world as a whole. While the achievement of all SGDs is essential in order to achieve a sustainable future for all, this policy brief will focus on the following three SDGs which have a particularly strong link between industry and sustainability:
