Initiatives
- Wavemaker Lab
- Frontiers in Science and Innovation Policy
- Big Pixel Initiative
- SDG Policy Initiative
SDG Policy Initiative
The SDG Policy Initiative uses the United Nations-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for bringing together policymakers and researchers to inform evidence-based solutions for a sustainable future.
Against interrelated challenges such as poverty, discrimination, climate change and biodiversity loss, achieving sustainable and inclusive growth requires developing both analytical tools that cut across disciplines and new policy-making processes that go beyond the traditional silos of governance.
The initiative leverages the global salience of the SDGs to showcase the wide range of faculty research, centers and projects at the school.
A few initiatives we are engaged in include:
- Creating programs that put the SDGs into action to guide and measure progress at all levels of government
- Working with the government of Paraguay on implementing the SDGs as a framework for sustainable growth
- Designing sustainable land-use tools for Mexico and the U.S. with evidence-based solutions
What are the SDGs?
In 2015, all 193 member countries of the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” (UN). The 17 SDGs bring together communities around a broad set of clearly defined time-bound goals by 2030.
Who We Are
The SDG Policy Initiative is housed at the Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation (CCGT), a leading research center at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy.
The initiative is led by Professor Gordon McCord, who is also a senior advisor to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations. He has an extensive background in sustainable development and works at the intersection of development economics, public health and the environment.