DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119232
论文题名: Going beyond Gross Domestic Product as an indicator to bring coherence to the Sustainable Development Goals
作者: Coscieme L. ; Mortensen L.F. ; Anderson S. ; Ward J. ; Donohue I. ; Sutton P.C.
刊名: Journal of Cleaner Production
ISSN: 9596526
出版年: 2020
卷: 248 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Beyond-GDP
; Circular economy
; Decoupling
; Economic growth
; Sustainability
; Wellbeing economy alliance (WEAll)
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Climate change
; Economic analysis
; Economic and social effects
; Environmental protection
; Planning
; Beyond-GDP
; Circular economy
; Decoupling
; Economic growths
; Wellbeing
; Sustainable development
英文摘要: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprise an important policy achievement towards identifying shared goals for addressing global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Though policy coherence for sustainable development ultimately depends on coherence among the SDGs – as progress toward one goal should not hamper progress toward others – synergies and trade-offs are emerging among the metrics (indicators) used to measure progress towards the various targets of the SDGs. In this context, the choice of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as an indicator for SDG 8 (“Decent Work and Economic Growth”) contradicts the evidence that limitless economic growth is not possible on a planet with finite resources. Here, we highlight how pursuing unconditional GDP growth risks failing to achieve the SDGs overall. We show how, in the European Union, GDP is unrelated to other measures of economic performance such as levels of employment, and relates inversely to indicators of environmental sustainability and broader measures of wellbeing. Pursuing SDG 8 through a continuous increase in GDP will therefore hinder the achievement of environmental goals and goals on reducing inequalities. We propose guidelines for selecting alternative indicators for SDG 8 with the aim of improving coherence among all of the SDGs, as well as between the SDGs and other policy initiatives for sustainability. This will inform a better monitoring of SDG 8 and the definition of post-2030 Agendas for sustainable development. © 2019 The Authors Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/158998
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作者单位: School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark; School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver, United States
Recommended Citation:
Coscieme L.,Mortensen L.F.,Anderson S.,et al. Going beyond Gross Domestic Product as an indicator to bring coherence to the Sustainable Development Goals[J]. Journal of Cleaner Production,2020-01-01,248