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Six Ways To Tap Potential Of Integrative Policy And Planning Post Sdg

Leo Migdal
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six ways to tap potential of integrative policy and planning post sdg

Perspective / Outcomes of the SDG Summit provide a clear program of action for the next seven years, but a breakthrough in implementation must now follow. 21 December 2023 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Water resources Perspective / To speed up action on the stalled 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, policymakers should prioritize measures that address inequalities. 1 June 2023 / About Sustainable Development Goals Perspective / SEI researchers propose seven measures to help the global financial system better address interlinked climate and sustainable development goals. Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 8600 (2024) Cite this article

The integrated and indivisible nature of the SDGs is facing implementation challenges due to the silo approaches. We present the three interconnected foci (SDG interactions, modeling, and tools) at the science-policy interface to address these challenges. Accounting for them will support accelerated SDG progress, operationalizing the integration and indivisibility principles. The 2024 Summit of the Future aimed to accelerate efforts to meet existing international commitments. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the pre-eminent international commitment to be achieved by 2030, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the underpinning principles of integration, indivisibility, and universality. However, these principles have yet to be prominent in SDG implementation.

Since countries are not on track to achieve all SDGs1, accelerating efforts is crucial in the time remaining to 2030 and for informing a post-2030 sustainable development agenda2. The SDGs’ integrated nature challenges the traditional silo implementation approaches. Thus, we present the three interconnected foci (i.e., SDG interactions, modeling, and tools) to support accelerated SDG progress and operationalize integration and indivisibility principles. SDG interactions refer to the complex and dynamic relationships between SDGs. They can be unidirectional or bidirectional, and their strength in each direction might vary. Actions and policies to pursue one goal can have synergies or trade-offs for achieving the others (Box 1)3.

Thus, accounting for SDG interactions and aiming to strengthen synergies and mitigate trade-offs in policymaking is crucial. Doing so can guide toward more systemic, coherent, and effective SDG implementation. Accelerating sustainable development efforts requires shifting focus from achieving specific SDGs in the short term to a more holistic system-wide approach. Current studies identify more synergies than trade-offs among SDGs, which are dynamic and context-specific4. While trade-offs may be fewer, they are important considerations from a policy perspective (Box 1), e.g., based on just transition approaches. SDG interactions are currently well understood at global and national scales but not at subnational scales due to limited data and research.

Knowledge of their temporal and spatial dynamics is also restricted. Further, leaving no one behind requires a better understanding of SDG interactions for underrepresented groups. Current SDG interaction studies often rely on anecdotal evidence, statistical analysis, or models. Thus, understanding the mechanisms behind underlying SDG interactions is crucial to identifying levers for accelerating systemic changes and SDG progress. Knowledge of interactions is unevenly distributed across SDGs due to limited data and coherent methodology (Box 1). The consistent SDG data protocols and methods can address this issue5.

Another gap is understanding the interaction between SDGs and other intergovernmental frameworks (e.g., the Paris Agreement and the Global Biodiversity Framework). Coupling the 2030 Agenda with other intergovernmental processes can leverage co-benefits and minimize conflicts, accelerating progress toward a more sustainable future. What We're Reading 📚: Six key issues for researchers and policymakers to support implementation of the SDGs, including: 🌐 assessing interlinkages at the outset 🔁 acting on synergies for the long-term 🔗 supporting integrative...

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