Integrated assessment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in transformation pathways towards a resource-efficient and greenhouse-gas-neutral Germany : final report / by Mark Meyer, Alice Philippi, Britta Stöver, Martin Distelkamp (Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung, Osnabrück), Nathalie Spittler (Millennium Institute, Washington D.C., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna), Matteo Pedercini (Millennium Institute, Washington D.C), Claudiu-Eduard Nedelciu (ERASME, Clermont-Ferrand) ; on behalf of the German Environment Agency ; report performed by: Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung mbH ; edited by: Section I 1.1 Fundamental Aspects, Sustainability Strategies and Scenarios, Sustainable Resource Use - Philip Nuss

Abstract

The "SDG Pathways" research project used the iSDG model, which was adapted to German data, to develop an assessment approach for modeling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ambitious climate and resource scenarios up to 2050. The results show that an ambitious climate and resource policy improves the SDG targets overall. The study highlights the differences between dynamic and static models and emphasizes that future research projects should include the global implications of the German sustainability transformation.