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Global sustainability and human prosperity – contribution to the Post-2015 agenda and the development of Sustainable Development Goals

This discussion paper looks into the links between human well-being and the biosphere, and describes why and how these links should influence the formulation of the future global Sustainable Development Goals.

Åsa Persson / Published on 28 April 2014

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Elmqvist T., Cornell S., Öhman M.C., Daw T., Moberg F., Norström A., Persson Å., Peterson G., Rockström J., Schultz M., and Hermansson-Török E. (2014). Global sustainability and human prosperity – contribution to the Post-2015 agenda and the development of Sustainable Development Goals. TemaNord 2014:527. Copenhagen, Nordic Council of Ministers, 50 pp.

It explores what we can learn from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and how existing international agreements can be reflected in the Post-2015 MDG process. The paper also seeks to contribute to the elaboration of targets, including process-oriented targets and scalable indicators suitable for a rapidly changing world.

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