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Policy coherence to achieve the SDGs: using integrated simulation models to assess effective policies
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4303-9744
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4367-1296
Number of Authors: 32017 (English)In: Sustainability Science, ISSN 1862-4065, E-ISSN 1862-4057, Vol. 12, no 6, p. 921-931Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Coherently addressing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals requires planning tools that guide policy makers. Given the integrative nature of the SDGs, we believe that integrative modelling techniques are especially useful for this purpose. In this paper, we present and demonstrate the use of the new System Dynamics based iSDG family of models. We use a national model for Tanzania to analyse impacts of substantial investments in photovoltaic capacity. Our focus is on the impacts on three SDGs: SDG 3 on healthy lives and well-being, SDG 4 on education, and SDG 7 on energy. In our simulations, the investments in photovoltaics positively affect life expectancy, years of schooling and access to electricity. More importantly, the progress on these dimensions synergizes and leads to broader system-wide impacts. While this one national example illustrates the anticipated impact of an intervention in one specific area on several SDGs, the iSDG model can be used to support similar analyses for policies related to all the 17 SDGs, both individually and concurrently. We believe that integrated models such as the iSDG model can bring interlinks to the forefront and facilitate a shift to a discussion on development grounded in systems thinking.

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2017. Vol. 12, no 6, p. 921-931
Keywords [en]
Sustainable development goals, SDGs, Agenda 2030, System dynamics, policy coherence, Integration, Trade-offs, Synergies, National development planning
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-150010DOI: 10.1007/s11625-017-0457-xISI: 000415331600012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-150010DiVA, id: diva2:1167718
Available from: 2017-12-19 Created: 2017-12-19 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
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1. The Indivisible 2030 Agenda: Systems analysis for sustainability
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Indivisible 2030 Agenda: Systems analysis for sustainability
2021 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In 2015 the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda with 17 global sustainable development goals (SDGs) to shift the world onto a sustainable path. By referring to the SDGs as indivisible, the Agenda emphasises the interdependence of social and ecological concerns. But what does it mean that the goals are interdependent and how is indivisibility to be handled in research and implementation?

In this dissertation, I investigate how models and participatory methods grounded in systems thinking can be used to facilitate the understanding and realisation of the 2030 Agenda. The dissertation explores and examines: (a) how system dynamics models can be used to represent integrated goals and their synergies at multiple levels, (b) how human well-being can be more inclusively integrated into systems models, and (c) how systems approaches can help to bridge local aspirations to global sustainability goals, incorporating multiple values and worldviews in the operationalisation of the Agenda.

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Stockholm: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 2021. p. 89
Keywords
2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, synergy, integrated policy, systemism, planetary boundaries, policy coherence, system dynamics, participatory approach, human well-being
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Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Sustainability Science
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urn:nbn:se:su:diva-192266 (URN)978-91-7911-492-3 (ISBN)978-91-7911-493-0 (ISBN)
Public defence
2021-06-03, Vivi Täckholmsslen (Q-salen), NPQ-huset and online via Zoom, public link is available at the Stockholm Resilience Centre website, Stockholm, 14:15 (English)
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Available from: 2021-05-10 Created: 2021-04-21 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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