Science-based Policies for Climate and SDG Synergies

Evidence-based policies would help both the implementation of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, said authors of the “Global Sustainable Development Report 2023” (GSDR) at a UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue on “Science-based Policies for Climate and SDG Synergies,” held in the SDG Pavilion at COP28 in Dubai, in December 2023. The dialogue highlighted suggestions for improving the science-policy-society interface. taking ideas from both the GSDR and the recent “United in Science 2023,” a multi-agency UN report spearheaded by the World Meteorological Organization that highlights the crucial, yet often under-recognized and under-utilized, role weather-, climate- and water-related sciences play in achieving the SDGs.

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