1 SDGs National and Subnational Implementation and Indicators

1 SDGs – National and Sub-national Implementation and Indicators International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www. iisd. org

2 Sustainable Development Goals • SDGs offer a ‘supremely ambitious and transformational vision’ for our common future till 2030. • 17 goals; 169 sub-goals

3 #6: Ensure Access to Water and Sanitation for All • By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all • By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations • By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and. . . increasing recycling and safe reuse • By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity • By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate • By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

4 Features of the SDGs • • Action-oriented Concise Easy to communicate Limited in number Aspirational Global in nature Universally applicable to all countries while taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities.

5 Connection between SDGs • SDGs cannot be implemented in isolation. • Goal no 2 focuses on hunger and sustainable food production also aims to promote a resilient agricultural system to climate change; • Goal 12 on sustainable production and consumption (SCP), requires sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. • Implementation needs to be based on a highly integrated strategy

6 Environmental Challenges: Pollution and Waste • #3 on healthy lives (3. 9 death and illness form hazardous chemicals) • #12 on SCP (12. 3 food waste, 12. 4 environmentally sound management of chemicals; 12. 5 waste reduction; 12. 6 reporting) • # 13 combat climate change • #14 marine pollution (14. 1)

7 Integrating SDGs into planning • National planning documents (SD strategies, review of SD strategies, and overlap between SD strategies and SDGs) • Cross-cutting nature of issues of our interests (air, chemicals, waste) • Thresholds, scale of change • Consultation with key stakeholders – issues of priorities (big issues for few places) • Action plans to develop measures and sub-national strategies

8 Current efforts on implementing SDGs • Europe 2020 Strategy – approx. third of the SDGs are covered by the Europe 2020 Strategy. • In Australia – approx. 100 participants from a wide range of sectors comprehensively examined the proposed SDGs for Australia and suggested indicators and actions for implementation. • In Germany the consultation was led by the German Sustainable Development Council. • Uganda - consultation to identify priorities and integration of SDGs into their next National Development plan. • Colombia created a ministerial level inter-institutional Commission; it includes key Ministries and other levels of government, academia, business and civil society.

9 Indicators to Monitor Progress • Proposal for indicators developed in July 2015; finalized spring 2016 • Mix of globally aggregated data – FAO, UNEP, convention databases • Global satellite data • New indicator development – food waste • Country-level efforts will be needed

10 Linking Indicators and Implementation • Sound economic development and environmental management are interdependent—taking this interdependence into account is key for achieving poverty reduction and general human well-being - llimited data availability (sectorial monitoring; making linkages) • Tools for integration of data into implementation and measuring progress • Potential to developed more collaborative monitoring and reporting schemes (public, private, sub-national)

11 Future initiatives on SDGs - to strengthen the effectiveness of SDG implementation at the national level by improving capacity to report on progress towards SDGs for domestic and international purposes. - a simple dashboard combining a small number of already accepted indices related to key domains for the countries actually decide to report and use in their national SDG review mechanisms - Progressively new indicator and indicator system development and implementation