sri-lanka-sdg-synergies-brief-f8e99e7ded4aa7e8.pdf

This policy brief summarizes a government-led systemic review of the interactions between 36 selected Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets in Sri Lanka. Using the SDG Synergies approach, the analysis found that the majority of interactions are synergistic, with only 2% being restricting, suggesting that progress on one target generally promotes progress on others.

• The analysis of 36 SDG targets in Sri Lanka indicates that the process is highly synergistic, with only 2% of all direct interactions between the selected targets being restricting.
• Three specific targets were identified as 'accelerators' that have a significant promoting influence on many other targets: enhancing policy coherence (target 17.14), reducing corruption (target 16.5), and building climate change capacity (target 13.3).
• Increasing access to drinking water (target 6.1) and expanding safe and affordable housing (target 11.1) were identified as targets with the most restricting influence on other goals, requiring careful implementation and mitigating interventions.
• Progress on social protection systems (target 1.3) is linked to poverty reduction, increased incomes, and reduced hunger and malnutrition, while also supporting gender equality by increasing the economic independence of women.
• Targets related to food, nutrition, and agriculture (2.1-2.4) are highly synergistic and support poverty reduction, social protection, and economic development, although increased agricultural productivity may create trade-offs with deforestation, water pollution, and environmental sustainability.
• While access to drinking water (target 6.1) promotes health, education, and economic productivity, it can restrict the management of freshwater and marine ecosystems due to risks of water wastage and a lack of institutional coordination.
• Improved access to safe and affordable housing (target 11.1) can reduce poverty by increasing household assets, but it may negatively impact water, transportation, and natural resource management depending on building materials, city expansion locations, and waste management.

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@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendsrilankasdgsynergiesbrieff8e99e7ded4aa7e8pdf, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{sri-lanka-sdg-synergies-brief-f8e99e7ded4aa7e8.pdf}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sri-lanka-sdg-synergies-brief.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }