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Title Early systems change necessary for catalyzing long- term sustainability in a post-2030 agenda
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Authors Moallemi, EA; Eker, S; Gao, L; Hadjikakou, M; Liu, Q; Kwakkel, J; Reed, PM; Obersteiner, M; Guo, ZX; Bryan, BA
Title Early systems change necessary for catalyzing long- term sustainability in a post-2030 agenda
Year 2022
Published One Earth, 5, 7
DOI 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.003
Abstract Progress to date toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has fallen short of expectations and is unlikely to fully meet 2030 targets. Past assessments have mostly focused on short-and medium-term eval-uations, thus limiting the ability to explore the longer-term effects of systemic interactions with time lags and delay. Here we undertake global systems modeling with a longer-term view than previous assessments in or-der to explore the drivers of sustainability progress and how they could play out by 2030, 2050, and 2100 un-der different development pathways and quantitative targets. We find that early planning for systems change to shift from business as usual to more sustainable pathways is important for accelerating progress toward increasingly ambitious targets by 2030, 2050, and 2100. These findings indicate the importance of adopting longer-term timeframes and pathways to ensure that the necessary pre-conditions are in place for sustain -ability beyond the current 2030 Agenda.
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Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000838639500010
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF http://www.cell.com/article/S2590332222003244/pdf
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