Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018 - Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies

Intro
 Foreword
 Acknowledgements
 Table of contents
 Abbreviations and acronyms
 Executive summary
 Chapter 1. Coherent approaches to achieving sustainable societies
 Introduction
 Coherent approaches to achieving sustainable societies
 Goal 6: Water and sanitation for all
 Water challenges
 Key interactions with other SDGs
 Policies neglecting the interlinkages between water, energy and land can exacerbate problems instead of solving them
 Adequate access to safe water and sanitation is a prerequisite to advance health targets
 Policy and governance responses Water resource management and the need for policy coherenceEnhancing policy coherence is vital to address externalities from multiple sectors and reduce negative impacts on water quality
 Ensuring access to water for all requires good governance
 Engaging stakeholders is crucial to support effective implementation of water policy
 Goal 7: Affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
 Energy challenges
 Key interactions with other sustainable development goals
 Integrated approaches to energy and water are essential to realise a range of sustainable development goals Energy is crucial for citiesPolicy and governance responses
 Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe and sustainable
 The urbanisation challenge
 The role of cities and key interactions with other sustainable development goals
 Integrated water management in cities will significantly contribute to the global goal on water
 Cities play a central role in moving the sustainable energy agenda forward
 Transport has a critical role in the global decarbonisation process
 Policy and governance responses Developing National Urban Policies is essential to achieve local, national and global goalsAligning national and subnational priorities is essential to integrated implementation
 Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
 Key challenges
 Key interactions with other sustainable development goals
 Resource efficiency is fundamental to transformation
 Improvements in water resource use efficiency and reduction of water pollution from agricultural systems and industry is critical for advancing several SDGs Transformative change in the energy sector is needed to support economic development and prosperity, social imperatives and environmental needsFossil-fuel subsidies distort energy markets, promoting inefficient use of energy and increasing CO2 emissions
 Policy and governance responses
 Strengthening public procurement systems is central to achieve sustainable results and to build effective institutions
 Engaging businesses in addressing the negative impacts of their operations is key to advance sustainable development