Overview of SDGs Progress
Of the 93 environment-related SDGs indicators, there are 22 (23 per cent) for which good progress has been made over the last 15 years. If this progress continues, it is likely that these SDGs targets will be met. However, for the other 77 per cent of the environment-related SDGs indicators, there is either not sufficient data to assess progress (68 per cent) or it is unlikely that the target will be met without upscaling action (9 per cent).
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Many of the indicators for which good progress has been made reflect a mix of policy changes, improved reporting, and increased funding efforts. For example, there has been an increase in terrestrial, mountain and marine protected areas; there has been an increase in the effort to combat invasive species; there has been significant progress towards renewable energy; there has been an increase in sustainability reporting and mainstreaming in policy; and there has been an increase in development assistance for climate change and the environment.
For eight of the environment-related SDGs indicators progress has been relatively flat and for seven of the SDGs indicators additional emphasis will be needed. In particular, many of the indicators related to the state of the environment show a negative trend (e.g., indicators related to forests, sustainable fisheries, endangered species, domestic material consumption, and material footprint).
Unfortunately, this is still a very incomplete picture as there is too little data to formally assess the status of 63 of the 93 environment-related SDGs indicators (68 per cent). Many of the indicators without available data correspond with issues that have not received sufficient attention in terms of SDGs implementation and thus additional action on these areas is particularly important.
Analysis
There has been progress in terms of putting in place policy, financial, and institutional processes in support of achieving the environmental dimension of development. Progress has been made on all 11 environment-related SDGs indicators related to policy, financial and institutional processes with available data. Specifically, there have been significant efforts to improve policy, financial, and institutional mechanisms related to the environment, on investment in water and sanitation (SDG target 6.a), financial assistance to least developed countries (SDG target 11.c), action plans for sustainability (SDG target 12.1), marine and terrestrial protected areas (SDG targets 14.5, 15.1 and 15.2), sustainable forest
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Figure 1. SDG Tree
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management (SDG target 15.2), strategies for sharing biodiversity benefits (SDG target 15.6), investment in biodiversity and ecosystems and forests (SDG target 15.a and 15.b), and funding for capacity building (SDG target 17.9). Although there is not sufficient data on the other SDGs indicators related to policy, financial, and institutional mechanisms, there have been a number of global actions in many of these areas. Examples include improving integrated water resource management (SDG target 6.5), disaster risk reduction and climate change action plans (SDG targets 1.5., 11.b, 1, 13.1 and 13.2), and funding and investment for the environment (SDG targets 6.a, 7.b, 11. and 13.a). However, much of the work related to these interventions has only recently started and thus it is difficult to estimate the impact that these efforts will have on environmental outcomes. Additionally, there is a time lag between the initiation of a policy, financial, or institutional mechanism for development and the point at which that mechanism has an impact. The exact time lag is difficult to estimate and thus it is likewise difficult to estimate the potential success of the efforts on these SDGs targets towards achieving broader objectives related to the environmental dimension of development.
There has been mixed progress in improving access to environmental resources and reducing the impacts of environmental degradation on human health and food security. There have been gains related to providing more equitable access to environmental resources, such as water (SDG target 6.1) and energy (SDG
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