Sustainable Development Solutions Network UK
Enabling a knowledge-based transition to a just and sustainable society
SDSN UK convened researchers, policy makers and industry professionals in Southampton for the ‘Going Green: Debating the socio-economic impacts of achieving Net Zero’ conference to identify the most pressing research questions for a Net Zero future.
The Europe Sustainable Development Report 2023/24, produced by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) in collaboration with SDSN Europe and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), reveals that decisive actions must be taken in the European Union (EU) to avoid environmental and social ‘tipping points’ and to maintain the promise of achieving the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda and the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.
The fifth edition of the ESDR, which includes the SDG Index and Dashboards, tracks progress on the SDGs of the EU, its Member States, and partner countries in Europe. The report highlights that at the current rate, a third of the SDG targets will not be achieved by the EU by 2030, with significant differences across European countries; these range from a quarter in Northern and Western Europe to around half in Southern Europe and Central and Eastern Europe on average.
SDSN UK partnered with SDSN Germany and a number of other organisations to host an official side event at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York . The event focussed on negative spillover effects and the challenges posed by designing sustainable supply chains.
Find out more by reading our report on the event:
Read here our most recent blog article exploring the assumptions and mechanisms of change behind monitoring and reporting on the SDGs when compared with the practical challenges reported in the literature. This blog is a contribution from IIPP’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) students, Charles Beaudry and Daniela Alvarado.
This blog post is the second in a series on the power of SDG data to drive transformational change. The first blog post can be accessed here.
Read here our blog exploring the potential of SDG data to drive transformational change. This blog is a contribution from IIPP’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) students, Charles Beaudry and Daniela Alvarado.