On Monday Nov 8, the SDSN launched the very first Sustainable Development Report for Paraguay. The project came out of a year-long collaboration between SDSN and Paraguay’s Finance Ministry with support from UNDP Paraguay. . . .
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all 193 members of the United Nations in 2015, bring together academia, government, business and civil society around a shared agenda for the next decade. The SDG Policy Initiative has organized research, programs and centers of the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego to promote policies that can bring us closer to achieving the ambition of the SDGs to “leave no one behind”.
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Does officeholder gender affect citizens' political engagement? @GPS_UCSD Professor @laurenrprather's paper finds people significantly more likely to reach out to women officeholders as compared to a mixed-gender group of officeholders. #SDG5 https://t.co/DyZr7mKq74
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San Diego County supervisors got a glimpse of a more climate-friendly future when briefed on a regional plan designed to de-carbonize the county. The idea driving the effort is to reach a net carbon neutral goal, essentially only releasing as much carbon into the air, that can be balanced . . .
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San Diego County Supervisor, Terra Lawson-Remer, and UCSD’s Gordon McCord join a panel discussion framed around a whole systems approach to develop the Climate Neutral Districts Vision that crosses city and region and the collaborative effort that frames the approach. . . .
Nov 1, 2021
San Diego — San Diego County releases new report outlining strategies for drastically cutting carbon emissions across the region to stave off the worst effects of climate change in coming decades. . . .
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Director's Message
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s shared purpose, centered on the simple yet revolutionary principle of “leave no one behind”. Across the world, the SDGs have been embraced at all levels of society. Cities such as Los Angeles, Helsinki, Buenos Aires, national governments including Mexico and India as well as private companies like Qualcomm and Hilton have committed themselves to the shared goal of a sustainable and inclusive future, using the SDGs to guide and measure progress.
Having spent my career in research as well as working with governments around the world, I know that many of the solutions exist to achieve the SDGs, but too often the silos within academia and government limit opportunities to translate science into good policy. The SDG Policy Initiative uses the SDGs as a framework for bringing together policymakers and researchers to inform evidence-based solutions for a sustainable future. The SDGPI showcases the latest scientific contributions around the 17 SDGs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, through its faculty and research centers. In addition, you will learn about a series of programs that put the SDGs into action to address interconnected challenges at global, national and local scales.
Across interrelated challenges such as poverty, discrimination, climate change and biodiversity loss, meeting the SDGs and achieving sustainable and inclusive growth more broadly will require bringing academia, governments, civil society, the private sector, and individuals together around the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals. These principles — sustainability with equity and justice at its core — have never been more urgent.
Director, SDG Policy Initiative, UC San Diego