Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 14.7.1 was designed to monitor the progress in increasing the economic benefits derived from sustainable marine fisheries, with particular relevance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Despite its policy ambition, the indicator remains weakly used in policy practice, especially in SIDS. This article highlights practical challenges related to indicator interpretation, data and benchmark value availability, and statistical capacity, which together constrain this indicator's usefulness for decision‐making in SIDS. It argues that strengthening policy relevance does not require redesigning the indicator, but rather improving interpretation, communication, disaggregated reporting, and capacity‐building that respect the context of SIDS. Enhancing these aspects can support more meaningful alignment between global indicators and nationally/locally grounded policy dialogs and actions, especially in SIDS.
In response to the urgent challenges posed by climate change, various actions have been implemented to curb emissions and reduce the reliance on non‐renewable energy sources, among other goals. The introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid out a roadmap to be followed until 2030. However, current...
Sofia Jesus, C. Neves· Sustainable Development· 0 citations
This literature review examines the frameworks and methodological approaches developed by UNESCO and its affiliated researchers to define and organize sustainability indicators. As sustainability challenges grow more complex, the need for indicators that are both measurable and context-sensitive has become increasingly...
M. Jamil, M. U. Awan· Journal of Climate and Commu...· 0 citations
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development committed all United Nations member states to seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet the distribution of progress across developing countries remains contested and unevenly documented. This critical narrative review examines what can be defensibly concluded about...
Lauwali Barau· Asian Journal of Geographica...· 1 citation
Against the backdrop of sustainable development, the implementation of the green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) contributes to advancing the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To this end, this study constructs a comprehensive research framework encompassing “assessment-explanation-predicti...
Yuan-Yuan Ma, Yiqing Yan, Yiwen Shi· Humanities and Social Scienc...· 0 citations
Climate change poses significant challenges to sustainable development, particularly in a rapidly developing country such as India. This study assesses India’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13: Climate Action) using official indicators reported in the Sustainable Development Goals National Indic...
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