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The international community has committed to combat climate change and achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here we explore (dis)connections in evidence and governance between these commitments. Our structured evidence review suggests that climate change can undermine 16 SDGs, while combatting climate change can reinforce all 17 SDGs but undermine efforts to achieve 12. Understanding these relationships requires wider and deeper interdisciplinary collaboration. Climate change and sustainable development governance should be better connected to maximize the effectiveness of action in both domains. The emergence around the world of new coordinating institutions and sustainable development planning represents promising progress.
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KTH research work for this Perspective was partially funded by the Formas grant no. 2018-01253.
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F.F.N. coordinated the research team for this Perspective, designed and contributed to the expert elicitation process and wrote and reviewed the paper. B.M., B.S. and N.H. designed and contributed to the expert elicitation process and wrote and reviewed the paper. L.C., E.C., M.H., M.T., J.T. and H.Z. contributed to the expert elicitation process and to writing and reviewing sections of the paper.
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Fuso Nerini, F., Sovacool, B., Hughes, N. et al. Connecting climate action with other Sustainable Development Goals. Nat Sustain 2, 674–680 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0334-y
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