CONSEQUENCES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Paris Agreement are the current key global environmental policies for a more prosperous world. The built environment has been identified as a major contributor to the loss of biodiversity and will thus play a major role in a sustainable world where environmental values are reinforced. As humanity and nature are the main victims of the loss of biodiversity, there should be a seamless relationship between both the built environment and the natural environment. This review paper aims to investigate the connection between the Built Environment, Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals. The paper discusses the role of a sustainable built environment in conserving biodiversity, which is essential to achieving the SDGs in general and SDG 15 in particular. The paper adopts a technique of qualitative analysis using a workshop of information generation involving 16 experts from both government and industry.