An article for UC San Diego News covers the Regional Decarbonization Framework being led by Gordon McCord at SDGPI for the County of San Diego. The article highlights the effort as the nation’s first truly localized decarbonization effort. . . .
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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This workshop aims to bring together leading academics to share new research on epidemiology and control methods of vector-borne infectious diseases. In particular, the workshop will bring together experts from the empirical and modelling communities, in order to understand how empirical studies can best feed into modelling exercises. Click “Learn . . .
Sep 3, 2021
What are the potential environmental impacts of shifting diets and what are the implications for policy? The first policy brief from The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium, hosted by SDSN and the Food and Land-Use Coalition (FOLU) addresses these questions. The analysis examines the implications of healthier . . .
Jul 29, 2021
The US recovery from COVID-19 is clearly underway, with not only the federal government but also state and local governments putting forward proposals for the investments we will make as a society during the coming years. From jobs to climate change to reducing health disparities, our needs are many . . .
Jun 29, 2021
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