| Title | Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages |
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| Publication Title | Nature Communications |
| Date | 2024 |
| Abstract Note | There is an urgent need to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recent research has identified six critical transformations. It is important to demonstrate how these transformations could be practically accelerated in a national context and what their combined effects would be. Here we bridge national systems modelling with transformation storylines to provide an analysis of a Six Transformations Pathway for Australia. We explore important policies to accelerate progress, synergies and trade-offs, and conditions that determine policy success. We find that implementing policy packages to accelerate each transformation would boost performance on the SDGs by 2030 (+23% above the baseline). Policymakers can maximize transformation synergies through investments in energy decarbonization, resilience, social protection, and sustainable food systems, while managing trade-offs for income and employment. To overcome resistance to transformations, ambitious policy action will need to be underpinned by technological, social, and political enabling conditions.Global research has identified six critical transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Here, Allen et al model all six transformations in a national context and discuss implications for accelerating progress on the goals. |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| URL | https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/modelling-six-sustainable-development/docview/2916279975/se-2?accountid=12372 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-023-44655-4 |
| Citation | Allen, C., Biddulph, A., Wiedmann, T., Pedercini, M., & Malekpour, S. (2024). Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages. Nature Communications, 15(1), 594. Coronavirus Research Database; ProQuest Central. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44655-4
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| Link to this record | http://ikbe-library.unimelb.edu.au/bibliography/D22PWPQ3/ |