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Evenness is important in assessing progress towards sustainable development goals.

Yali Liu¹, Jianqing Du², Yanfen Wang¹

¹College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

National Science Review

|October 25, 2021

Summary

This study introduces a new method to assess sustainable development goals (SDGs) by measuring evenness across all 17 goals. China

Keywords:

China adaptive strategy development pathway evenness sustainable development goals

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Environmental Science
Development Studies
Policy Analysis

Background:

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework necessitates holistic progress across all 17 goals.
Existing assessments often overlook the quantitative evenness of progress among individual SDGs.
A balanced approach is crucial for achieving true sustainable development.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a systematic method for quantitatively assessing the evenness of progress across all 17 SDGs.
To analyze China's development trajectory from 2000-2015, focusing on evenness among SDGs.
To identify factors contributing to uneven development and inform policy interventions.

Main Methods:

Integration of overall development status and evenness metrics for all 17 SDGs.
Quantitative analysis of China's SDG progress from 2000 to 2015.
Comparative analysis of regional development patterns within China.

Main Results:

China's SDG progress encountered a bottleneck since 2013 due to stagnation in specific goals.
Developed provinces exhibited the slowest progress, linked to persistent uneven SDG status.
Policy interventions in China have begun addressing identified deficiencies to promote evenness.

Conclusions:

Evenness is a critical, yet often overlooked, dimension for assessing and guiding sustainable development.
Holistic assessment of SDGs, including evenness, is vital for identifying and overcoming development bottlenecks.
Understanding regional disparities in SDG progress is essential for targeted policy implementation.