Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030

Xiao, Huijuan; Xu, Zhenci; Ren, Jingzheng; Zhou, Yong‐Wu; Lin, Ruojue; Bao, Sheng; Zhang, Long; Lu, Shengfang; Lee, C. K. M.; Liu, Jianguo

doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100288

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“…In the global indicator framework, there are specific targets under each SDG used to measure the degree of achievement. There is a total of 17 SDGs incorporating 169 targets (Xiao et al, 2022; Xu et al, 2020). Like some previous studies (Blanc, 2015; Pham‐Truffert et al, 2020), our analysis did not include the interactions of SDG 17.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations are implemented by all United Nations Member States to achieve sustainability and stimulate action from 2016 to 2030 (Xiao et al, 2022). The SDGs can be a report card to have a clear picture of where we stand and can be a powerful tool to support policymakers for management (Schmidt‐Traub et al, 2017; Wiedmann & Allen, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is a total of 17 SDGs incorporating 169 targets used to measure the degree of achievement (Xiao et al, 2022; Xu et al, 2020). Target‐level analyses of the interaction across the SDGs have been attracted increasing attention (Nerini et al, 2019; Nilsson et al, 2016) and investigated for some kinds of subject matter with quantitative and qualitative methods.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

Xiao

Liu

Ren

2022

Sustainable Development

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The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are presented as significantly interacted.Yet most studies only investigated the direct interactions of SDG targets, and indirect interactions, that is, the interlinkages transmitted through one or more mediums, should also be considered to obtain more accurate interaction estimation and more scientific policy decisions. We first made a methodological contribution by proposing a plus-minus decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory model, which can consider not only the direct synergies and trade-offs but the indirect ones. Then, based on this proposed method, we navigated the complicated network across the SDGs considering both direct and indirect interactions, find out the key interactive ones with a visually directed graph, obtain the weights of each SDG, and define the best governance structures to capitalize on synergies and minimize trade-offs. Resultsshow that, when incorporating indirect interactions, the share of synergy effect of SDGs dominates the total influence, taking up to 98.33%, suggesting that the achievement of the 2030 Agenda can be facilitated through interactions. Although all SDGs should be equally addressed by 2030 suggested by the United Nations, equal importance across 17 SDGs does not mean we have to make the same efforts in achieving each SDG, and SDG 4 and SDG 13 are the top priority to tap into these interaction potentials. Our interdisciplinary analysis across economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection provides a science-driven reference for all UN member states to facilitate achieving the SDGs by maximizing the synergies and minimizing the trade-offs.

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Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

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“…The global frontier scenario (S1) assumed all countries' selected SDG performance are converged to the global top 20% counterparts in the sample; group frontier scenario (S2) assumed countries in each climate party group reached their top 20% counterparts within their group; and group catch-up scenario (S3) modestly assumed that the countries below the average in their climate party group were able to catch up with the average of their group. Similar scenarios settings have been recently applied to simulate sustainable developments paths or CO2 reduction capacity (e.g., Shan et al, 2018;Shen et al, 2023;Xiao et al, 2022). The five selected SDGs and their targeted values in each scenario are summarized in Table 1.…”

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Assessing energy transition vulnerability over nations and time

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Zhang

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While achieving the Paris climate goals and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are two major global challenges of our time, energy transition that plays an essential role in achieving climate targets may create socio-economic hardship. A quantitative assessment of the vulnerability of energy transitions is a prerequisite for national and international policymakers to advance a just energy transition that looks after coordination between energy transitions and socio-economic development. This study proposes to measure energy transition vulnerability from the dimensions of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The results of energy transition vulnerability index (ETVI) scores for 135 nations reveal a huge inequality across nations; moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the decade-long continuous improvement of energy transition vulnerability. Developed countries usually have low energy transition vulnerability than developing countries and the gaps even have been widened. The existing global transition vulnerability could be mitigated by 12.3 p.p and 5.2 p.p if each nation could follow the path of global or climate party group frontiers in achieving the SDGs, despite the scale and drivers of mitigation vary across countries. The study also suggests that heterogeneous transition policies that consider both emissions and vulnerability are required. Our framework and findings could advise policymakers to formulate policies and cooperation strategies to reduce vulnerability, protect vulnerable countries, and make fair energy transition policies nationally and internationally.

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“…This includes rules and policies that are set for companies to follow, and infrastructure and services cities provide for companies. Companies also provide services, including energy, food, buildings, infrastructure, mobility, and communications, and actions by companies generate taxes and shape the sustainability trajectories of cities 40 . Many cities are already seeking ways of collaborating with companies 41 although not necessarily in the context of Earth system boundaries.…”

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Catalysing city-company collaborations to operate within Earth System boundaries

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Cities and companies have great potential to reduce pressures on Earth system boundaries. Science-based target setting has emerged as a powerful vehicle, but its uptake is still limited. Moreover, cities and companies develop their targets separately even though many large cities and companies colocate. Focusing on the top emitting 200 cities and 500 companies, here we analyse the current state and potential of adopting science-based targets for climate. Of these key actors, 110 cities and 22 companies with science-based targets can eliminate up to 3.41 GtCO2eq of annual emissions. Further, we argue that if cities and companies keep abreast of ambitious target levels, then this reduction potential can increase up to 5.70 GtCO2eq with a factor of 1.7. We provide an illustrative roadmap with entry points and discuss the implications. Our findings elucidate a previously untapped potential for catalysing city-company collaborations to accelerate transformations for operating within Earth system boundaries.

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Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030

Cited by 14 publications

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Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

Synergies and trade‐offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

Assessing energy transition vulnerability over nations and time

Catalysing city-company collaborations to operate within Earth System boundaries

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