A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals
Author
Singh, Gerald G.; Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M.; Swartz, Wilf; Cheung, William; Guy, J. Adam; Kenny, Tiff-Annie; McOwen, Chris J.; Asch, Rebecca G.; Geffer, Jan Laurens; Wabnitz, Colette C.C.; Sumaila, Rashid; Hanich, Quentin; Ota, Yoshitaka
Abstract
Achieving the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) results in many ecological, social, and
economic consequences that are inter-related. Understanding relationships between sustainability goals and
determining their interactions can help prioritize effective and efficient policy options. This paper presents a
framework that integrates existing knowledge from literature and expert opinions to rapidly assess the relationships between one SDG goal and another. Specifically, given the important role of the oceans in the world's
social-ecological systems, this study focuses on how SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and the targets within that goal,
contributes to other SDG goals. This framework differentiates relationships based on compatibility (co-benefit,
trade-off, neutral), the optional nature of achieving one goal in attaining another, and whether these relationships are context dependent. The results from applying this framework indicate that oceans SDG targets are
related to all other SDG goals, with two ocean targets (of seven in total) most related across all other SDG goals.
Firstly, the ocean SDG target to increase economic benefits to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and least
developed countries for sustainable marine uses has positive relationships across all SDGs. Secondly, the ocean
SDG target to eliminate overfishing, illegal and destructive fishing practices is a necessary pre-condition for
achieving the largest number of other SDG targets. This study highlights the importance of the oceans in
achieving sustainable development. The rapid assessment framework can be applied to other SDGs to comprehensively map out the subset of targets that are also pivotal in achieving sustainable development.
Date
2017-06-15
Citation:
APA:
Singh, Gerald G., & Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., & Swartz, Wilf, & Cheung, William, & Guy, J. Adam, & Kenny, Tiff-Annie, & McOwen, Chris J., & Asch, Rebecca G., & Geffer, Jan Laurens, & Wabnitz, Colette C.C., & Sumaila, Rashid, & Hanich, Quentin, & Ota, Yoshitaka. (June 2017).
A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8392
MLA:
Singh, Gerald G., and Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., and Swartz, Wilf, and Cheung, William, and Guy, J. Adam, and Kenny, Tiff-Annie, and McOwen, Chris J., and Asch, Rebecca G., and Geffer, Jan Laurens, and Wabnitz, Colette C.C., and Sumaila, Rashid, and Hanich, Quentin, and Ota, Yoshitaka.
"A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals". .
. (),
June 2017.
September 26, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8392.
Chicago:
Singh, Gerald G. and Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M. and Swartz, Wilf and Cheung, William and Guy, J. Adam and Kenny, Tiff-Annie and McOwen, Chris J. and Asch, Rebecca G. and Geffer, Jan Laurens and Wabnitz, Colette C.C. and Sumaila, Rashid and Hanich, Quentin and Ota, Yoshitaka,
"A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals," , no.
(June 2017),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8392 (accessed
September 26, 2023).
AMA:
Singh, Gerald G., Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., Swartz, Wilf, Cheung, William, Guy, J. Adam, Kenny, Tiff-Annie, McOwen, Chris J., Asch, Rebecca G., Geffer, Jan Laurens, Wabnitz, Colette C.C., Sumaila, Rashid, Hanich, Quentin, Ota, Yoshitaka.
A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals. .
June 2017;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8392. Accessed
September 26, 2023.
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