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ArticleNature communications2024

Intranational synergies and trade-offs reveal common and differentiated priorities of sustainable development goals in China.

Qiang Xing, Chaoyang Wu, Fang Chen, Jianguo Liu, Prajal Pradhan, Brett A Bryan, Thomas Schaubroeck, L Roman Carrasco, Alemu Gonsamo, Yunkai Li and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Qiang XingInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, 100094, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0649-0904
Chaoyang WuThe Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. wucy@igsnrr.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6163-8209
Fang ChenInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, 100094, Beijing, China. chenfang@radi.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4410-7040
Jianguo LiuCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-0087
Prajal PradhanIntegrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0491-5489
Brett A BryanSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4834-5641
Thomas SchaubroeckLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
L Roman CarrascoDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-2894-1473
Alemu GonsamoSchool of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2461-618X
Yunkai LiCollege of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xiuzhi ChenCollege of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9371-4648
Xiangzheng DengThe Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7993-5540
Andrea AlbaneseLuxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Maison des Sciences Humaines, 11, Porte des Sciences, L-4366, Esch-sur-Alzette/Belval, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0003-2389-2905
Yingjie LiCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8401-0649
Zhenci XuDepartment of Geography, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4123-077X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42125101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accelerating efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals requires understanding their synergies and trade-offs at the national and sub-national levels, which will help identify the key hurdles and opportunities to prioritize them in an indivisible manner for a country. Here, we present the importance of the 17 goals through synergy and trade-off networks. Our results reveal that 19 provinces show the highest trade-offs in SDG13 (Combating Climate Change) or SDG5 (Gender Equality) consistent with the national level, with other 12 provinces varying. 24 provinces show the highest synergies in SDG1 (No Poverty) or SDG6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) consistent with the national level, with the remaining 7 provinces varying. These common but differentiated SDG priorities reflect that to ensure a coordinated national response, China should pay more attention to the provincial situation, so that provincial governments can formulate more targeted policies in line with their own priorities towards accelerating sustainable development.

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PolicySustainable DevelopmentChinaClimate ChangePoverty

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PMID38480716
PMCPMC10937989

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