TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrated framework for sustainable development goals
AU - Griggs, David
AU - Smith, Mark Stafford
AU - Rockström, Johan
AU - Öhman, Marcus C.
AU - Gaffney, Owen
AU - Glaser, Gisbert
AU - Kanie, Norichika
AU - Noble, Ian
AU - Steffen, Will
AU - Shyamsundar, Priya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The United Nations (UN) Rio+20 summit committed nations to develop a set of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs) to build on the millennium development goals (MDGs) set to expire in 2015. Research now indicates that humanity’s impact on Earth’s life support system is so great that further global environmental change risks undermining long-term prosperity and poverty eradication goals. Socioeconomic development and global sustainability are often posed as being in conflict because of tradeoffs between a growing world population, as well as higher standards of living, and managing the effects of production and consumption on the global environment. We have established a framework for an evidence-based architecture for new goals and targets. Building on six SDGs, which integrate development and environmental considerations, we developed a comprehensive framework of goals and associated targets, which demonstrate that it is possible, and necessary, to develop integrated targets relating to food, energy, water, and ecosystem services goals; thus providing a neutral evidence-based approach to support SDG target discussions. Global analyses, using an integrated global target equation, are close to providing indicators for these targets. Alongside development-only targets and environment-only targets, these integrated targets would ensure that synergies are maximized and trade-offs are managed in the implementation of SDGs.
AB - The United Nations (UN) Rio+20 summit committed nations to develop a set of universal sustainable development goals (SDGs) to build on the millennium development goals (MDGs) set to expire in 2015. Research now indicates that humanity’s impact on Earth’s life support system is so great that further global environmental change risks undermining long-term prosperity and poverty eradication goals. Socioeconomic development and global sustainability are often posed as being in conflict because of tradeoffs between a growing world population, as well as higher standards of living, and managing the effects of production and consumption on the global environment. We have established a framework for an evidence-based architecture for new goals and targets. Building on six SDGs, which integrate development and environmental considerations, we developed a comprehensive framework of goals and associated targets, which demonstrate that it is possible, and necessary, to develop integrated targets relating to food, energy, water, and ecosystem services goals; thus providing a neutral evidence-based approach to support SDG target discussions. Global analyses, using an integrated global target equation, are close to providing indicators for these targets. Alongside development-only targets and environment-only targets, these integrated targets would ensure that synergies are maximized and trade-offs are managed in the implementation of SDGs.
KW - Development
KW - Environment
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Sustainable development goals
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U2 - 10.5751/ES-07082-190449
DO - 10.5751/ES-07082-190449
M3 - Article
SN - 1708-3087
VL - 19
JO - Ecology and Society
JF - Ecology and Society
IS - 4
M1 - 49
ER -