Open AccessGolf Course 2030: Implementing UN sustainable development goals to identify industry and research needs for greater resiliency in golf course playability
Author(s) -
Isaac Steve
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international turfgrass society research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-1513
DOI - 10.1002/its2.38
Subject(s) - sustainability , work (physics) , sustainable development , business , resource (disambiguation) , environmental planning , space (punctuation) , environmental resource management , political science , process management , engineering , computer science , economics , geography , ecology , mechanical engineering , computer network , law , biology , operating system
To achieve maximum impact from the golf sector's sustainability work in the future, international interdisciplinary collaborations to identify related industry and research needs must be established, where all stakeholders cooperate and align their resources and efforts. The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 can be used as a global steering document. As part of this cooperation (SDG 17), in 2018 The R&A initiated Golf Course 2030. Its main objective is for industry stakeholders to agree on a roadmap that secures optimal golf course condition and playability for current and future generations by addressing challenges from, and taking opportunities presented by, the changing climate (SDG 13), resource constraints (SDGs 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 15) and regulation (SDGs 6 and 12). The roadmap also needs to highlight any impact of outcomes on biodiversity (SDGs 14 and 15), the multi‐functional capacity of the green space and the local community (SDGs 3, 11, 14 and 15).