2030 Agenda Archives

Wind turbines surrounding a Swedish farmhouse

Sweden takes the lead in measuring diverse environmental impacts of consumption

Press release / New accounting method developed by the Swedish consortium PRINCE could strengthen the follow-up of the Sustainable Development Goals.

23 October 2019 / About Climate policy and Energy access

Asia Pacific Urban Forum 7

Past event / The 7th Asia Pacific Forum will take place in Penang, Malaysia and focus on transformative pathways to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

16 October 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Climate policy, Innovation, Participation, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Deltas face the brunt of unsustainable development and climate impacts – we must move beyond concrete to shore them up

Perspective / Asian River Deltas make up "the breadbasket of the world" but are sinking and shrinking due to climate change and poor management. How do we respond?

18 October 2019 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Participation and Public policy

The “environment”: unearthing the past, present and future of one of the most successful policy concepts of the twentieth century

Past event / The 2019 Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture was delivered by Sverker Sörlin, a Swedish historian of ideas and a professor in environmental history.

03 October 2019

Join the global movement for sustainable lifestyles

Press release / UN Environment, UnSchool and the Sustainable Lifestyles programme (co-led by SEI) is amplifying calls to action for sustainable lifestyles globally.

12 September 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable lifestyles

Addressing the land degradation-migration nexus: the role of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Other publication / This report looks at how UNCCD implementation can address desertification, land degradation and drought as drivers of migration.

1 August 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Ecosystems and Mitigation

Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019

Past event / This event will voice recommendations and support actions from Asia-Pacific in advance of the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit in September 2019.

02 September 2019 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Finance, Mitigation and Short lived climate pollutants

“Stop eating hamburgers, start eating bug burgers” – notes from the African Conference on Edible Insects

Feature / Edible insects have great potential as a solution for food security in sub-Saharan Africa, but are so far under exploited.

5 September 2019 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Connections between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda: the case for policy coherence

SEI working paper / SEI research shows how countries' Nationally Determined Contributions connect with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

4 September 2019 / About Climate policy and Sustainable Development Goals