Second Measuring Progress report for UNEP
Investigating how national activities may impact on the environment and society to understand how national policy can support progress towards achieving the SDG targets.
1 June 2020
Key Facts
- Funding body:听鲍狈贰笔
- 鈥嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌嬧赌Collaborators:听Therese El Gemayel, Science Division, UNEP
- Duration: January 2020 - June 2020
Overview
This Measuring Progress report serves two purposes. It explores the potential and limitations of using a statistical correlation analysis between indicator pairs (鈥渟tate of the environment鈥 and 鈥渄rivers of change鈥 indicators; 鈥渟tate of the environment鈥 and 鈥渟tate of society鈥 indicators) to improve the understanding of the interlinkages between SDG indicators. It also informs on progress being made for those SDG indicators UNEP identified as environment-related since December 2018, based on data from the SDG Global Indicators Database.
The analysis revealed examples where correlations are significant and are consistent with intuition or published evidence. In line with published evidence and intuition, water stress and water ecosystem extent are negatively correlated; Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) related to biomass extraction is negatively correlated with the Red List Index; and the proportion of Key Biodiversity Areas and certified forest area are correlated with both water ecosystem extent and forest area.
- People
- Alison Fairbrass (ISR)
- Dr Aidan O鈥橲ullivan (果冻影院 Energy Institute)
- Impact
- Publication of the second Measuring Progress report.
- Collaborators
- Outputs
- Contributed to UNEPs 2nd Measuring Progress publication: UNEP (2021) 鈥楳easuring Progress: Environment and the SDGs鈥, United Nations Environment Programme: Nairobi, Kenya
- Links
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