Increasing policy coherence between NDCs and SDGs: a national perspective

Stockholm Environment Institute

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Abstract: The goals of the NDCs intersect both positively and negatively with the SDGs; progress on climate goals can therefore either help or hinder progress on the SDGs. The success of both can be helped by policy coherence, wherein countries promote synergies and address conflicts in the implementation of both their NDC and SDG agendas. This policy brief presents initial findings from an analysis by researchers from SEI, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Linköping University and the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. It looks at coherence in the joint implementation of the NDC and SDG agendas in six countries: Germany, Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden and the Philippines.