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Hacking the sustainable development goals: can US cities measure up?

Guidance and systemization of experiences

This report focuses on a particular challenge that city leaders face in hacking the SDGs—data. Gaps in data that are generated locally or disaggregated from national sources to the local level are widely perceived as one of the main obstacles for cities to engage in the SDGs. This report investigates whether data are available to measure progress on the SDGs in urban areas in the United States.

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Data Tools for The California Bay Area: Actionable Intelligence for Cities to support SDG Achievement

Available in English

For the past year, Stanford’s Sustainable Urban Systems Initiative (SUS) within the School of Engineering has been working with the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and a variety of lo...

Developed by Standfor University

Posted by Local2030

Tools : Monitoring and Evaluation

Making Global Goals Local Business: A New Era for Responsible Business

Available in English

Provides an inspirational overview of the UN Global Compact’s multi-year journey to “Make Global Goals Local Business” by driving awareness and responsible business action to support the achievement o...

Developed by United Nations Global Compact

Posted by Local2030

Guidance and systemization of experiences

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