Table of Contents Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv


Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Overview of SDGs Progress ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9


Regional analysis ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Sub-Saharan Africa ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Asia and the Pacific ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Europe and North America ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Latin America and the Caribbean ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 West Asia and North Africa ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32


Thematic Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 SDG 1: End Poverty ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 SDG 2: Food security ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 SDG 3: Health .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44 SDG 4: Quality Education ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 SDG 5: Gender ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 49 SDG 6: Water ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 SDG 7: Energy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57 SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 64 SDG 11: Cities and communities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 SDG 12: Sustainable consumption and production ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 73 SDG 13: Climate action .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 81 SDG 14: Oceans .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 86 SDG 15: Land and biodiversity ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92 SDG 16: Peace and justice ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................100 SDG 17: Partnerships and means of implementation ................................................................................................................................................................................102


Annex 1: Environment relevant SDG targets and indicators in the SDG Global Indicator Framework..................................................................................................... 105 Annex 2: The SDG Regional Groupings ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 115 Annex 3: Original Data Sources .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 116 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 123


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