The Sustainable Development Goals elegantly capture humanity’s shared aspirations, but it’s at the national level where the rubber hits the road. Progress is possible across multiple goals but challenges to comprehensive achievement remain.
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Bryan, B.A., Hadjikakou, M. & Moallemi, E.A. Rapid SDG progress possible. Nat Sustain 2, 999–1000 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0422-z
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