SDG Push



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OUR GOALS?


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An integrated approach to accelerate the SDGs.
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SDG Push is about realizing development ambition.
Comprehensive, country specific and evidence based,
it helps plan and implement SDG breakthroughs across all development contexts.

We're on a mission to accelerate progress

At the global level, the SDG progress has been stagnant since 2020 (Sustainable Development Report 2024)

Globally, only 17% of the SDG targets are on track (UNStats)

Nearly half of the SDGs targets only show minimal progress (UNStats 2023, UNStats 2024)

Over 37% of the targets reveal no progress or even regress below the 2015 baseline (UNStats - Progress Chart 2023/UNStats - Chart 2024)

If the current progress trend persists, it will take 176 years to close gender gaps (UNstats)

The number of people living in extreme poverty is on track to 575 million by 2030 (World Economic Forum)

Globally, 600 million people will live in hunger at this rate of progress (SDG Index)

Without a change in course, an estimated 660 million people will still lack electricity access (UNStats - 2024)

“Without accelerated actions, the ambitious plan that the world signed up to in 2015 will fail” (Nature, from scientists at University of Sydney)

4.5 billion people worldwide are still not covered by essential health services (UNStats - Chart 2024)

On an average day, women spend about 2.5 times as many hours in unpaid domestic and care work as men (UNStats)

Globally, over 20% of primary schools have no separate sanitation facilities for girls (UNStats 2024).

The number of forcibly displaced people has reached nearly 120 million people as of May 2024 (NStats 2024)

SDG investment gap in developing countries currently stands at $4 trillion per year (UNStats Report - 2024)

In Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the disaster-mortality rate is 170% higher than the global average (UNStats 2024)

Species extinction risk continues to worsen, as evidenced by a 12% deterioration in the Red List Index between 2024 and 1993 (UNStats 2024)

Transport accounts for 25% of global CO2 emissions. Without decarbonizing transport, by 2050, transport emissions will increase by 60% (World Bank)

Global waste is expected to grow 3 times the pace of population growth, reaching 3.9 billion tonnes in 2050 (World Bank)

Unlocking SDG Potential

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about SDG Push

The SDG Push Framework includes two flagship products:

The SDG Push Diagnostic tool combines data, AI and systems intelligence through four key features to identify SDG synergies.

SDG Push Acceleration Pathways are customized and modular and build upon the Diagnostic to co-create and model policy actions that zero-in on accelerating national development goals.




  • SDG Push Toolkit

    A collection of resources to support SDG Push assessments - with tools that help you map policy alignments, determine budget implications, and realize data enhancements to optimize the mapping of goals and targets.

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  • Why acceleration?

    SDG Push is a key flagship of UNDP’s integration role. Its acceleration approach comprises multiple stakeholders and was tested for rigor and relevance across a variety of development environments.

    Combining digital and dialogic innovation, SDG Push identifies policy ‘accelerators,’ that build common ground for development progress and policy actions that drive transformation change.

  • What are Development Pathways

    UNDP defines development pathways as integrated courses of action that countries pursue to achieve sustainable and inclusive development.

    These pathways are shaped by economic, social, environmental, and governance choices that align with the overarching goals of human development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

“Resilience, well-being and sustainability are the three vital ingredients for human development today. The SDGs are the catalyst for inclusive and low carbon growth”

Achim Steiner, Administrator

Integrated SDG Insights

90+ countries.
90+ insightful reports.
Hundreds of ways forward.

Each report stems from national priorities and challenges that countries navigate daily. The reports deliver a playbook, showing the policy choices made by governments under tight fiscal and financial constraints. Integrating multiple data sources allows for the analysis of SDG trends, national priorities, interlinkages, and potential futures, pointing to macro-patterns and SDG pathways that will endure beyond 2030.

SDG Insights

Acceleration is powered by interlinkages, and UNDP’s 95 Insights Reports use the SDG Push Diagnostic to identify policy combinations with the best potential to accelerate progress. This helps countries navigate complex and often colliding development challenges.

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NDC x SDG Insights

The NDC x SDG Insights Reports are the latest tools made available through the SDG Push initiative, explicitly built to answer the increasingly urgent need to integrate climate action with the broader development agenda.


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The insights are powerful.
The goals are still achievable.


THE FUTURE IS HOPEFUL.

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