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This article discusses the importance and influence of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Brazilian context, and makes a comparison of the converging aspects between them. The Brazilian performance regarding the MDGs is fundamental for identifying the challenges of the SDGs implementation in this country. The data presented is based on the Fifth National Monitoring Report of the Millennium Development Goals launched in 2014. These results show that Brazil has succeeded in some aspects. However, it has not reached some of MDGs’ targets that had a fixed due date for 2015, such as achieving a universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; improving maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; and ensuring environmental sustainability. Therefore, these goals are present in SDGs’ targets, and are characterized as strategic challenges for Brazil in order to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
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This study was conducted by the Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Research Group (GREENS), from the University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL), in the context of the projects: Linkages between energy, food,and water consumption in the context of climate change mitigation strategies (LINKS 2015), and Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy: Complexity across scales in the Brazilian Food-Water-Energy Nexus (BRIDGE), funded by the Newton Fund, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina and the Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK).
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Ribeiro, J.M.P., da Silva, S.A., Fornasari, V.H., Ribeiro, L.P.C., Parente, P.S., de Andrade Guerra, J.B.S.O. (2018). The Challenges of Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil: An Analysis Based on the Outcomes of the Brazilian Millennium Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63007-6_14
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