ISSUES OF IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT

Abstract

The research paper is devoted to the issue of implementing the sustainable development goals in the current context. Based on the analysis of international legal acts and doctrinal provisions, the author states that the issues of the managerial aspect of implementing the sustainable development goals are insufficiently developed. The author defines the content of the concept of "sustainable development" from the perspective of public administration. In the historical retrospective, the process of implementing the sustainable development goals in the legislation of Ukraine is studied. The author identifies a list of sustainable development goals which cannot be implemented without assessing the state of pollution of territories in general and certain types of resources (water, land, forest, atmospheric, subsoil). The article focuses on the need to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in particular, Article 8 "War Crimes", with regard to recording of crimes against the environment. It is stated that the future post-war reconstruction of the country should be based on an assessment of the risks associated with anthropogenic pressure, and the involvement of the international community in financing in the field of risk assessment and mitigation. The author proves the need for the state to stimulate the implementation of the SDGs (using legal, economic, organisational, and other instruments) for business. The process of establishing advisory bodies in Ukraine aimed at coordinating the activities of public authorities in relation to the implementation of the SDGs and targets is described. The author identifies promising areas of scientific research on the subject matter under study: specification of the above-mentioned managerial aspects of implementing the sustainable development goals in assessment methods, practices of interaction between the government, business and society based on benchmarking, training programmes, etc. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that the following managerial aspects of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals should be identified: risk assessment; recording of environmental crimes and liability for them in international documents; transition of public administration to a proactive approach, which includes, among other things, encouraging society and business to support the SDGs.