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This chapter reviews the dynamics by which policy agendas are assembled at the international level, and then assesses the prospects for creating a meaningful set of Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations.
Peter Haas is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research concerns epistemic communities, global environmental politics, multilevel governance, and the role of science in global politics.
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Haas, P.M. (2015). Issue Linkage and the Prospects for SDGs’ Contribution to Sustainability. In: Mancebo, F., Sachs, I. (eds) Transitions to Sustainability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9532-6_7
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