How Can We Accelerate Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Insights From the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report

This policy brief summarizes three key recommendations from the 2023 GSDR on how to accelerate progress across all SDGs: (1) we must aim for transformation in key systems where SDGs are closely interlinked; (2) we should shape interventions deliberately according to where a country is along its trajectory of transformation; and (3) we must build capacity for cohesive, forward looking and evidence-informed action. These insights can help decision-makers match actions to ambitions in the second half of the journey toward 2030. The recommendations can also help the United Nations mobilize action and investment around the six transitions that were identified as critical pathways toward the SDGs at the SDG Summit.