ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the ways in which developing and emerging economies, organized in regional international organizations, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Caribbean Community and Common Market, and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States, incorporate the normative concepts of the Global Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (S.D.G.), despite being provided with insufficient financial resources. The outcomes of the Global Agenda 2030 are monitored with indicators to provide a clear and legitimate basis for political and legal action in the context of globalization and the turn to green and blue economies. The discussion about indicators in international law provides valuable insights in the development, use, and legitimacy of indicators for collecting substantial valid facts. Additionally, S.D.G.s regarding climate change, life below water, etc. do not stand alone but are interconnected among themselves and further with expressions of human rights (e.g., quality education and gender equality). As interlinkages become more available, the question arises: How do we establish global environmental law in this fluid, dynamic setting of horizontal and vertical globalization within the context of the 2030 Global Agenda and the S.D.G.?
