This report is a collaboration between SEI and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). During the past year, researchers at SEI, CEEW and collaborating institutions have synthesized recent scientific evidence and ideas to prepare recommendations for action, guided by an advisory panel consisting of 27 experts in the field of sustainable development science and policy.
This report has been independently prepared by SEI and CEEW, with funding from the Swedish Ministry of the Environment. We note that our discussion
is carried out within explicitly normative frameworks, for example as expressed in international law, UN documents, UN metrics such as the Human Development Index (HDI), and other widely used metrics such as Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
An associated report, Charting a Youth Vision for a Just and Sustainable Future, presents the key actions for reaching a sustainable future, as articulated by young people themselves.
Background papers
A more equal distribution of limited resources and ecological space
Considerations for a just and equitable energy transition
Ensuring affordable, favourable and sustainable lifestyles for all
Investment in technologies of today: increasing flows of finance into developing countries
Mainstreaming animal welfare in sustainable development: a policy agenda
Making governance better for fair and sustainable consumption
Meeting human needs within planetary boundaries – a provisioning systems perspective on clean transitions
Normalizing sustainability in finance
Redefining prosperity
Renewed multilateralism to alleviate chronic risks and enhance human security
Shifting policy gears to effect a global transition towards sustainable lifestyles
Still One Earth: environmental risks, nuclear threats and the 1972 Stockholm Conference
Sustainable consumption and production: The role of supply chains, decent work and digitalization
The elite–citizen gap in international organization legitimacy: lessons for the United Nations
Towards multifunctionality: adaptation beyond the nature–society dichotomy
The Circular Economy: Towards a new business paradigm with support from public policy
Co-development of technologies of the future
Valuing nature as individuals and communities
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Ahead of the UN international meeting Stockholm+50, SEI and CEEW jointly launch an independent scientific report to serve as a basis for the talks.
Take part in the launch of this report to discuss the keys we have available to unlock change and how to improve the conditions for delivering a better future.
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