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This perspective piece by the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that UN Member States should adopt a systems-thinking approach to prioritize Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ahead of the SDG Summit in New York. The authors contend that because SDGs are interlinked, prioritizing specific 'accelerator' goals can boost progress across the entire 2030 Agenda, provided that trade-offs are managed and 'easy fixes' are avoided.

The 'Progressing National SDGs Implementation' report provides an independent analysis of 44 Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) submitted to the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2022, comparing them with 21 civil society shadow reports to assess the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The 2021 report 'Progressing National SDGs Implementation' provides an independent analysis of 42 voluntary national review (VNR) reports and 17 civil society reports submitted to the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). It evaluates the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, focusing on governance, policies, and stakeholder engagement.

This working paper analyzes the connections between climate actions in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, identifying synergies and gaps to improve policy coherence.

This policy brief summarizes the findings and recommendations from a regional meeting held in Colombia in September 2017, focused on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America. The document identifies key challenges such as institutional vulnerability to government changes, sectoral silos, and limited local ownership, while highlighting best practices in harmonization, multi-stakeholder cooperation, and budgetary monitoring across several Latin American countries.