The politics of national SDG indicator systems: A comparison of four European countries.

ABSTRACT: The sustainable development goals (SDGs) constitute an ambitious comprehensive global framework including monitoring mechanisms and indicators to evaluate progress towards precise targets of sustainable development. Most European countries have adapted their national sustainability indicator systems to conform to the UN Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, introducing new indicators and monitoring frameworks and governance processes in which these are embedded. What do we know about the political processes and struggles of implementing this important global framework? How does the politics of indicators differ in national contexts? We propose a classification of national indicator systems along dimensions of indicator selection, appraisal landscape, participatory nature, and political

SUBMITTER: Lepenies R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922038 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature