Measurement and Assessment
Navigating the sustainability transition requires instruments that can tell us where we are with regard to our goals, where we may be headed, and what our options are.
Instruments can help us set our goals and targets, others can be used to monitor and report on progress, and some are useful in exploring alternative futures. Effective sustainable development strategies and adaptive management require robust monitoring and assessment planning. IISD works to develop, enhance and apply measurement and assessment tools and processes for navigating the path to sustainable development.
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Are We There Yet? Five criteria for successfully measuring progress on the SDGs
To measure progress, we need a starting point. Where are we with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
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Our City: A Peg Report on Health Equity
This report shines a light on the gap between the groups in Winnipeg experiencing the highest and lowest health status, and why that gap exists.
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Why Private Sector Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals is Important
Goals and targets to advance corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability have been widely embraced by the private sector.
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Inclusivity and Integration: The new Sustainable Development Goals and a second chance for Bretton Woods
The Sustainable Development Goals have been dubbed “the Bretton Woods moment for our generation.” This paper explores some of the ideas and actors that shaped the earlier vision of the first Bretton Woods system, which laid the economic foundation and institutions of the post-Second World War period.
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Global Goals and the Environment: Progress and prospects
This report provides a comprehensive overview of progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7, Ensuring Environmental Sustainability, based on...
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Sustainable Consumption and Production Indicators for the Future SDGs
The purpose of this document is to assist Member States in identifying potential indicators for targets proposed under SDG 12 (Ensure Sustainable...
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Watershed Indicators
A common barrier to effective planning In watersheds around the world is the complexity of the multi-faceted issues, incomplete and inaccessible...
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Economics and Sustainability: IISD begins work to measure Canada's wealth and continues to examine models used to count the economic costs of climate change
The Ivey Foundation has funded IISD to prepare an inclusive wealth report for Canada. This one-page document outlines the issue, and describes what the report will look like, and what its purpose is.
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Measuring Local Food Systems’ Resilience: Lessons learned from Honduras and Nicaragua
Climate variability and change are already affecting food security of vulnerable populations.Poor communities are particularly exposed to climate...
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Our City: A Peg report on Winnipeg’s well-being
Our City is Peg’s first overall well-being report to the community.It provides an overview of where we’re gaining strength and where we have more...
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