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Area of Science:

  • Global sustainability studies
  • Socioeconomic analysis
  • Environmental science

Background:

  • The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are interconnected and crucial for global progress.
  • Understanding the underlying dimensions and drivers of SDG achievement is essential for effective policy-making.
  • Existing research often overlooks the complex interactions and trade-offs between different SDGs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically identify the main dimensions of national progress across all 17 SDGs.
  • To investigate the relationship between economic development (GDP per capita) and these identified SDG dimensions.
  • To assess the prospects for achieving all SDGs simultaneously under the current development model.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a comprehensive database tracking 166 countries' progress on individual SDGs.
  • Employed statistical analysis to identify latent dimensions explaining national SDG performance variability.
  • Examined the correlation between GDP per capita and the identified SDG dimensions.

Main Results:

  • Approximately 70% of national SDG performance variability is explained by three dimensions: socioeconomic development vs. resource/climate, environment, and development vs. equality.
  • Economic growth (increasing GDP per capita) shows distinct patterns with each dimension: monotonic increase for the first, a decrease-then-increase for the environment, and an increase-then-decrease for inequality.
  • A significant conflict exists between economic growth and resource/climate goals within the current development paradigm.

Conclusions:

  • The current development model presents a dim outlook for achieving all SDGs due to inherent conflicts.
  • Sustainable transformation is imperative to reconcile economic objectives with environmental and social equity goals.
  • Policy interventions must address the trade-offs between economic growth and achieving a balanced progress across all SDGs.