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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG13: Climate Action
SDG14: Life below Water
SDG15: Life on Land

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATION INDEX

The index looks at what government, society and the private sector are doing to contribute to the transformation of the environment for the benefit of ordinary citizens.  Our assessment scores these constituencies on selected key economic indicators. These indicators surface high-level environmental transformation in a country, and how this impacts ordinary citizens.

Our report presents key findings that show what government, society and the private sector can do to contribute to sustainable environmental transformation.  It also features good practice examples of what constitutes effective and sustainable environmental transformation.

Our Environment and Sustainability Transformation Index is aligned to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

  • SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG13: Climate Action
  • SDG14: Life below Water
  • SDG15: Life on Land

The index aligns to the following goals of the National Development Plan:

  • Continue to strengthen the national climate change response environment (13.1. 13.2, 13.b)
  • Revisit the water sector, stabilise the water sector institutional environment, improve water infrastructure asset management, stabilise the water sector revenue environment, improve water sector information and data management (6.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.a, 6.b, 1.1, 2.1)
  • Actively manage marine development trade-offs (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.5, 14.7)
  • Overcome data challenges in the ocean economy (14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7)
  • Mainstream ecosystems and biodiversity into national planning (15.9, 15.1, 15.5, 14.5)
  • Address programme and data gaps around energy affordability (7.b, 7.1, 7.3)
  • Fast-track off-grid electrification (7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
  • Accelerate informal settlement upgrading (11.1, 11.3, 7.1, 6.1, 6.2, 1.1)

 

The numbers in parentheses refer to the specific indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals that align with the National Development Plan.

Seven Dimensions Transformation Index

Social

Improve social protection and improve access to social services.

Social

Economy

This index racks progress towards the attainment of decent Work and economic growth.

Economy

Healthcare

Promote innovative health financing and improve frontline healthcare...

Healthcare

Innovation

Decouple economic growth from resource use and reduction in waste generation.

Innovation

Education

Promote higher quality & industry-relevant education and training.

Education

Environment

Clean water, sanitation, affordable energy, climate action & life under water and on land sustainability.

Environment

3.68

students

overall student-athelete GPA for Spring 2020

92%

class of 2020

bachelor's recipients were employed or both within six months of

95%

class of 2020

gradueates hold a position related to their degree or career objective

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