A sustainable trajectory for the 2030 Agenda: targeting historical lock-ins to accelerate progress on all SDGs

Henrik Carlsen; Nina Weitz; Eric Kemp-Benedict

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2929

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A sustainable trajectory for the 2030 Agenda: targeting historical lock-ins to accelerate progress on all SDGs

Journal article / Researchers develop a method to indicate where countries are headed for SDG progress if historical patterns of interaction between the goals continue.

26 February 2024 / About Sustainable Development Goals

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Fifteen countries boost climate targets ahead of COP26

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2 December 2022 / About Pollution

Pathways to climate resilience: Forward family farmers for a healthy people and planet

Past event / AFA will hold a two-day workshop on climate resilient pathways for small scale family farmers in the Philippines.

20 October 2022 / About Food and agriculture

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Exploring mechanisms for systemic thinking in decision-making through three country applications of SDG synergies

Journal article / The authors analyzed three applications of a decision-support approach called SDG Synergies in Mongolia, Colombia and Sri Lanka that aims at building capacity.

5 October 2021 / About Sustainable Development Goals

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Urban air pollution and children in low- and middle-income countries

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7 September 2021 / About Cities, Pollution and Public policy

Enhancing climate change commitments to improve air quality and human health: practical experience from the UK and Asia

Past event / At an Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 event, representatives from SEI, UNEP, Asia and the UK will share their experiences on updating NDCs and similar policies.

09 July 2021 / About Climate policy, Climate services, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

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Northeast Asia Green Power Corridor

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2021 - 2023 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Mitigation, Planning and modelling and Public policy

Mongolia finds many ways to use the SDG Synergies approach

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5 July 2019 / About Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

What have we learned applying the SDG interactions framework?

Perspective / SEI and UNDP have started testing the SDG interactions framework in Sri Lanka and Mongolia. What have we learned so far?

26 March 2018 / About Innovation, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals