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Global stocktake and the SDG midterm review as opportunities for integration

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Better integration of climate action and sustainable development can help enhance the ambition of the next nationally determined contributions, as well as implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Governments should use this year as an opportunity to emphasize the links between climate and sustainable development.

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Fig. 1: Change in the number and share of climate activities related to each of the 17 SDGs.

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L.H. and W.O. acknowledge support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no. 101003866 (NDC ASPECTS). The contributions of A.D. and G.I.I. were funded by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS), project no. 2020-00396.

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  3. Utrecht University Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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  4. German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, Germany

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L.H., A.D. and G.I.I. conceptualized the article. Figure 1 and the underlying analysis was prepared by A.D. and G.I.I. The initial draft was written by L.H. with contributions from W.O., A.D. and G.I.I. All authors contributed to reviewing and editing the manuscript.

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Hermwille, L., Dzebo, A., Iacobuţă, G.I. et al. Global stocktake and the SDG midterm review as opportunities for integration. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1002–1004 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01813-2

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