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Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration

Pradhan, Prajal / Nina Weitz / Vassilis Daioglou / [...] / Julia Leininger / [...] / Christopher Wingens et al.
External Publications (2024)

in: Nature Communications 15, article 8600

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52926-x
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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 SDGs, accelerating efforts is crucial in the time remaining to 2030 and for informing a post-2030 sustainable development agenda. 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.