Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Sci Total Environ. 2021 Jan 15;752:141875. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141875. Epub 2020 Aug 23.
17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) were committed by 193 countries in 2015. Assessing the spatio-temporal progress of achieving the SDGs can help to track the global sustainable development progress and identify critical development issues to eventually accelerate the achievement of SDGs. However, there is a lack of methods for the quantitative assessment of the progress of achieving SDGs at the regional level (above the national level), especially systematic methods that can simultaneously assess regions along the "Belt and Road". To fill this research gap, after classifying 17 SDGs into four dimensions (society, economy, environment, means of implementation and cooperation), we have developed the Composite SDG Index to represent the comprehensive performance of achieving SDGs. Specifically, the index is constructed by two sub-indices, including the SDG subindex used to assess the overall performance of achieving the four dimensional SDGs and the Coupling Coordinated SDG subindex used for the first time in the SDG assessment to measure the coupling coordination degree between the four SDG dimensions. To implement this methodological framework, we chose 15 countries along the "Belt and Road" as the case study, and used 108 indicators to assess the performance of achieving SDGs for these countries. Eventually, various national development models and related policy recommendations were proposed. The three indices included in the methodological framework developed in this study can effectively enhance the global stakeholders' mutual understanding of the progress of achieving SDGs to support regional coordinated planning and national-level strategic decision-making.
17 个可持续发展目标（SDGs）于 2015 年被 193 个国家承诺。评估实现 SDGs 的时空进展情况有助于跟踪全球可持续发展进展，并确定关键发展问题，最终加速实现 SDGs。然而，在区域层面（国家层面以上）缺乏定量评估实现 SDGs 进展的方法，特别是缺乏可以同时评估“一带一路”沿线地区的系统方法。为了填补这一研究空白，我们将 17 个 SDGs 分为四个维度（社会、经济、环境、实施手段和合作），开发了综合 SDG 指数来代表实现 SDGs 的综合绩效。具体来说，该指数由两个子指数构成，包括用于评估四个维度 SDGs 整体实现情况的 SDG 子指数和首次用于 SDG 评估的耦合协调 SDG 子指数，用于衡量四个 SDG 维度之间的耦合协调程度。为了实施这一方法框架，我们选择了“一带一路”沿线的 15 个国家作为案例研究，并使用 108 个指标评估这些国家实现 SDGs 的绩效。最终，提出了各种国家发展模式和相关政策建议。本研究提出的方法框架中包含的三个指数可以有效地增强全球利益相关者对实现 SDGs 进展的相互理解，从而支持区域协调规划和国家战略决策。
