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Cameron Allen1,2, Annabel Biddulph3, Thomas Wiedmann3
1Sustainability Assessment Program, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. cameron.allen@monash.edu.
Nature Communications
|January 18, 2024
Summary
Accelerating six critical transformations in Australia can boost progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 23% by 2030. Key investments in energy, resilience, social protection, and food systems maximize benefits while managing economic trade-offs.
Area of Science:
- Systems modelling
- Sustainability science
- Policy analysis
Background:
- Urgent need to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Identification of six critical transformations required for SDG acceleration.
- Need to demonstrate practical acceleration within a national context.
Purpose of the Study:
- Analyze a Six Transformations Pathway for Australia.
- Explore policies to accelerate transformations and their combined effects.
- Identify synergies, trade-offs, and conditions for policy success.
Main Methods:
- Bridging national systems modelling with transformation storylines.
- Policy package analysis for SDG acceleration.
- Assessment of synergies and trade-offs across transformations.
Main Results:
- Implementing policy packages boosts SDG performance by 23% by 2030.
- Maximizing synergies through investments in energy decarbonization, resilience, social protection, and sustainable food systems.
- Managing trade-offs concerning income and employment is crucial.
Conclusions:
- Ambitious policy action is needed to overcome resistance to transformations.
- Technological, social, and political enabling conditions are vital for success.
- Integrated policy approaches can significantly accelerate national progress on SDGs.
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