Measuring Progress: the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals: Latin America and the Caribbean

• Main Author: United Nations Environment Programme
• Other Authors: Latin America Office
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; POVERTY; HUNGER; HEALTH; EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; FOOD PRODUCTION; LAND TENURE; GENETIC RESOURCES; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; TROPICAL DISEASES; AIR POLLUTION; MARINE POLLUTION; GENDER EQUALITY; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RESOURCE EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; MIGRATION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN LAND; URBAN RENEWAL; CITIES; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; FOOD WASTE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ECOTOURISM; CHEMICALS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; PURCHASING; PROCUREMENT; CONSUMER EDUCATION; FOSSIL FUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; MARINE FISH STOCK; FORESTS; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/34408

This report on the environmental dimension of the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to explore the relationship between the environment and the issues prioritized in each of the SDGs; present current data for the region on the environmental indicators of the SDGs to highlight progress and gaps in the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda; and demonstrate the opportunities of sound environmental management for ensuring sustainable development alternatives that do not translate into natural resource exhaustion, environmental degradation and unsustainable livelihoods.