How can sustainable development be measured

This brings the problem and the solution into focus. It won't be possible to just take all the proposed global indicators and implement them at the national level.

National governments will also have to take the lead in identifying their own sets of indicators and aligning them with the global structure. These indicators cover many aspects of the SDGs, but only those focused on the environment.

At the provincial level, there are sustainable development and green economy strategies and indicators that include, for example, indicators from Manitoba. Of these, fewer than half directly align with the SDGs. The new Federal Sustainable Development Strategy FSDS currently open for consultation , Statistics Canada and other departments therefore must take the necessary steps to establish clear communication among the provinces and territories on the application of the Agenda to Canada.

At the very least, we need to do three things: streamline reporting systems; identify the key indicator sets that already exist, and those which need to be realigned with the SDGs; and fill in the holes where they are simply missing, either nationally or in some of the regions. Given that is the deadline, the process of implementation needs to start immediately. These national and provincial indicators are needed to create a baseline -- and to establish a roadmap toward for Canada.

The federal government has the overall responsibility to ensure Canada meets the Sustainable Development Goals and their respective targets. The responsibility of taking the lead in ensuring we have the data to guide our own efforts and to align them with others in the global community falls to them. The views expressed in this blog are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the positions of CCIC or its members.

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Food and sustainability How can we measure sustainability? Focus on indices and indicators From the definition of sustainability to the creation of sustainability indices: there are many ways of establishing whether businesses, cities and countries are complying with the principles of sustainable development and with what results.

September 13, How can we measure sustainability? Focus on indices and indicators. Sustainability indices Although there is a fair degree of agreement concerning the definitions of sustainability and sustainable development, the same cannot be said concerning the best method for measuring these parameters and finding out whether we are really moving in the right direction to guarantee economic and social growth while protecting the environment. GDP alone is not enough One thing is certain: wellbeing and sustainability are not the same as economic wealth, and therefore they cannot be measured by the same methods.

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Measuring progress on the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs is vital to determining success - or whether further work is needed. But, the volume and complexity of data needed is significantly more than for the Millennium Development Goals. Gaps remain at many levels across many countries. A possible answer is that we will lack the data to do either. There are more goals, targets and indicators to report on. Have you read? Disability inclusion isn't a tick-box exercise. It's vital to achieving the SDGs.

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