Ament, JM;
Freeman, R;
Carbone, C;
Vassall, A;
Watts, C;
(2020)
An Empirical Analysis of Synergies and Tradeoffs between Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainability
, 12
(20)
, Article 8424. 10.3390/su12208424.
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Abstract
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a universal agenda that nations have committed to achieving by 2030. The challenge is substantial, with no country excelling across all SDGs. Using global UN data, we assess patterns of positive and negative correlations between indicators of SDG status and progress. For nearly 70% of SDG indicators, status is positively associated with GDP/capita. Progress on SDG indicators, however, occurs in both poorer and wealthier countries. When GDP/capita is controlled for, positive associations remain between health, environment and energy usage indicators. Economic growth is negatively associated with changes in some health and environment indicators. For SDGs targets to be achieved, major opportunities and conflicts will need to be identified, prioritized and acted upon.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An Empirical Analysis of Synergies and Tradeoffs between Sustainable Development Goals |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12208424 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208424 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | sustainable development goals; synergies and tradeoffs; interlinkages; sustainable development; international policy; time-series; connectivity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10113714 |
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