Imperial College London
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DrRaphaelSlade

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Snr Research Fellow (IPCC Working Group III Head of TSU Sci)
 
 
 
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405Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Di:2022:10.1038/s41893-021-00819-y,
author = {Di, Lucia L and Slade, R and Khan, J},
doi = {10.1038/s41893-021-00819-y},
journal = {Nature Sustainability},
pages = {131--138},
title = {Decision-making fitness of methods to understand Sustainable Development Goal interactions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00819-y},
volume = {5},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) presents a challenge to implementing the 2030 Agenda. Analytical methods to support decision-makers are often developed without explicitly incorporating decision-makers’ views and experience. Here, we investigate whether existing methods are fit-for-purpose in supporting decision-makers at national and subnational levels. We identify prominent methods for SDG interaction analysis, which we then evaluate by engaging directly (via a survey and interviews) with method developers and decision-makers in Sweden. We find that decision-makers prioritize methods that are simple and flexible to apply and able to provide directly actionable and understandable results. They are less concerned with the accuracy, precision, completeness or quantitative nature of the knowledge. Prominent categories of methods include self-assessment, expert judgement, literature-based, statistical analyses and modelling. Interviewed decision-makers consider these methods in line with the features prioritized in the survey but highlight low performance on features they value highly, such as the extent to which results are actionable and overall ease of use. Methods developers have limited awareness of decision-makers’ priorities and requirements, so hindering methodological advancement. They should focus on the practical value of applications to support decision-makers, resource-constrained organizations and those seeking to evaluate multiple cases.
AU  - Di,Lucia L
AU  - Slade,R
AU  - Khan,J
DO  - 10.1038/s41893-021-00819-y
EP  - 138
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2398-9629
SP  - 131
TI  - Decision-making fitness of methods to understand Sustainable Development Goal interactions
T2  - Nature Sustainability
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00819-y
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000727129300002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00819-y
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96336
VL  - 5
ER  -
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