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In order to achieve zero carbon emissions, the US will need a plan. SDGPI is part of a coalition of the nation’s leading experts who have laid out the path forward to reach zero carbon emissions in the United States by 2050.   Watch the Launch Read the Report Climate change represents a profound policy challenge to America and the world – requiring a response at a sweeping scale and with unprecedented speed centered on remaking the energy foundations of…
The FABLE Consortium has released its 2020 Report on Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems. Explore the latest trends in food and land-use with the new ‘Scenathon’ dashboard. Visit the FABLE Consortium Explore Scenathon Read Report Overview FABLE is a global consortium with teams of scientists in 20 countries modeling land use to 2050 in an integrated framework. Land use and land use change accounts for 23% of GHG emissions globally, biodiversity loss is accelerating at alarming rates, and…
The SDSN USA is hosted by three universities: Yale, Howard, Columbia, and UC San Diego. Together these universities, along with a network of more than 100 higher education institutions, are at the core of the SDSN USA. At UC San Diego, the SDG Policy Initiative is the organization that facilitates the connection. Explore SDSN USA The SDSN is a network of global development leaders created in 2012 by former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and is charged with…
Access and engage with real-time and timely data on sustainable development, obtain GIS training and resources, and learn how to use the data effectively to drive action on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its set of 17 SDGs.  Access the Platform How does it work? SDGs Today provides a snapshot of the state of sustainable development around the world. The platform aims to revolutionize how we understand and communicate the urgency of the SDGs, how we develop…
The SDG Policy Initiative leverages faculty and student research to partner with San Diego’s local governments, supporting policy-making that works towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. We aim to lay the groundwork for university-government partnerships across the U.S. to support meeting the SDGs and a zero-carbon future. SDG Data Reporting and Policymaking SDGPI is working to use the SDGs as a framework for measurement, gap analysis, and cross-sectoral policy and budgetary coherence. Local…
The Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF) anchors the San Diego region in emerging best practices from across the nation and globally. It charts science–based, feasible pathways toward expeditious deep decarbonization, proposing a paradigm shift in our local economy. The scale and pace of this effort will require partnerships between public and private sectors, particularly, business, labor and environmental communities. The input from these numerous stakeholders not only shaped the RDF itself, but initiated many of those collaborative efforts needed for…
SDGs place Paraguay within a global community on a shared path toward the 2030 Agenda. Clearly defined objectives with data can lead to dramatic improvements in the health and well-being of all Paraguayans. Overview of Paraguay’s Sustainable Development Report SDGPI has concluded this project advising the Paraguayan government on an investment plan to close gaps in the fulfillment of SDG goals. This process encompassed everything from monitoring (in which we compiled the first SDG baseline at the subnational level…
Project Overview With sponsorship from the Wellcome Trust and in collaboration with New Light Technologies Inc. and UNICEF, the SDG Policy Initiative is developing an online infectious disease prediction platform using real-time climate conditions to map predicted spikes in disease rates and to inform decision makers of public health resources required for disease prevention and treatment. The project will with dengue as a proof-of-concept, and then incorporate other diseases.  Dengue fever is a climate-sensitive disease transmitted by the Aedes…

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The Grand Challenge Scholars Program is an innovative certificate program for UC San Diego undergraduate students. The program is designed to encourage students to focus their curricular and co-curricular experiences on addressing one or more of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

UC San Diego strives to find solutions that help protect our planet through a variety of innovative programs. Read about the 7 focus areas of Sustainability. You can also access the latest Annual Report. Or get to know the Sustainability Resource Center. Explore the variety of efforts around sustainability on campus and how you can get involved