Against interrelated challenges such as poverty, discrimination, climate change, and biodiversity loss, achieving sustainable and inclusive growth requires developing both analytical tools that cut across disciplines and new policy-making processes that go beyond the traditional silos of governance.   

The SDG Policy Initiative leverages the global salience of the SDGs to showcase the wide range of faculty research, centers, and projects at the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Additionally, the Initiative is engaged in numerous programs putting the SDGs into action guiding and measuring progress at all levels of government. From decarbonization plans and policies for the United States and San Diego, to working with the government of Paraguay on implementing the SDGs as a framework for sustainable growth, to designing sustainable land-use tools for Mexico and the United States, the SDG Policy Initiative works to achieve the ambitious goals of the SDGs with evidence-based solutions.