The SDSN has prepared a preliminary country-level SDG Index and SDG Dashboard using data available today to measuring SDG achievement across the 17 SDGs. A public consultation is open until the 31st of March 2016.
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SDSN supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September 2015. The 17 goals address the challenges of economic development, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, and good governance.
SDSN is building a global network of universities, research centers, and other knowledge institutions. Members are organized around National or Regional SDSNs to support the implementation of Agenda 2030, promote Solution Initiatives, and strengthen education for sustainable development.
SDSN is working with leading organizations, government agencies, international institutions and businesses around the world to support the financing of the Agenda 2030, including the Paris Agreement on climate change.
SDSN hosts events globally, convening leaders across academia, government, business, and civil society to advance solutions for sustainable development and to achieve the SDGs. These events provide a forum for collaborative efforts in addressing sustainable development challenges.
The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is an SDSN Solution Initiative co-founded with the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) to prepare national low-emission development pathways to 2050, consistent with limiting the rise in global temperatures to well below 2°C, as called-for in the recently adopted Paris Agreement. The DDPP is conducted by more than 16 Country Research Teams composed of leading researchers and research institutions from countries representing more than 70% of global greenhouse emissions.
In collaboration with educational institutions from around the world, the SDSN aims to provide quality online courses from the world’s leading experts on sustainable development, for both students and professionals.
SDSN organizes solution-oriented Thematic Networks to address some of the most pressing questions relating to the implementation of the Agenda 2030. The Networks highlight priority actions, open questions, and early-stage demonstration projects. They are open to experts around the world.
Solution Initiatives promote new technologies, business models, institutional mechanisms, policies, and combinations thereof that can accelerate progress towards sustainable development.
Mayors, city networks and urban stakeholders worldwide call for an IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate Change during the IPCC 43rd Session on April 11-13.
Explore highlights of SDSN’s work from March 2016.
By Sandra Ruckstuhl With over 50% of the world’s population living in urban areas, cities are crucial to the fulfillment of sustainable development. They are also testimony to the universal nature of our challenges: unemployment, deteriorating infrastructure, traffic and safety issues, sub-standard educational achievement and social exclusion. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an opportunity […]
On March 16 and 17, two workshops were held to analyze the existing capacities in metropolitan governance in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area (RJMA). The workshops were organized jointly by GIZ and the SDSN Secretariat, with support from SDSN Brazil, as part of the Solutions Initiative Sustainable Cities, which examines possible solutions for the […]
By Elena Crete The 2016 World Happiness Report update was released on March 16th in Rome, Italy. As in previous versions, the report includes a ranking of the level of happiness in 156 countries, followed by supporting chapters. This year’s chapters explored the distribution of happiness, secular ethics, and the potential integration of happiness metrics with […]
SDSN Italia has been launched with the aim of contextualizing the 2030 Agenda into the local Italian reality, mobilizing Italian academics and researchers, and connecting them to civil society and business leaders. SDSN Italia focuses on three main areas: Contributing to the implementation of SDGs through scientific research and innovation; Promoting knowledge and awareness about […]
The World Happiness Report 2016 Update, which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, was released today in Rome in advance of UN World Happiness Day, March 20th. The widespread interest in the World Happiness Reports, of which this is the fourth, reflects growing global interest in using happiness and subjective well-being as primary indicators of the quality of human development. Because of this growing interest, many governments, communities and organizations are using happiness data, and the results of subjective well-being research, to enable policies that support better lives.
SDSN’s Data Thematic Network convened for their bi-annual face-to-face meeting on March 13th and 14th, 2016 at the SDSN secretariat in New York. The meeting was attended by 18 participants representing academia, multi-lateral agencies, private sector and non-profits from across the world. Some key topics of discussion were: (1) Identifying pathways for the Data TN to […]
We invite you to join us from around the world on Friday, 8 April 2016 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (AEST) to explore the interaction of extractives and World Heritage sites through the recent Great Barrier Reef (GBR) delisting controversy. Hear international experts on the ecology and economics of the GBR explain the roots […]
This issue brief, prepared by Professor Jeremy Gorelick, intends to inform the discussion on financing the new urban agenda at the Habitat III themed meeting taking place in Mexico City on 9-11 March. Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to be held in Quito, Ecuador, on 17-20 October 2016.
This paper considers what aspects of the AAAA are already being monitored by the SDG indicator framework and identifies gaps, before reviewing a sample set of issues that should be measured using additional AAAA-specific indicators. It also presents options for establishing an indicator-based global monitoring process, as well as complementary monitoring processes at regional and national levels, and amongst non-governmental actors. It critically evaluates the feasibility of each option, setting out key recommendations for Member States.
The SDSN has prepared a preliminary country-level SDG Index and SDG Dashboard using data available today to measuring SDG achievement across the 17 SDGs. A public consultation is open until the 31st of March 2016.
