Focus on Climate Action: What Level of Synergy and Trade-Off Is There between SDG 13; Climate Action and Other SDGs in Nepal?

被引:14
作者
Thapa, Prashamsa [1 ]
Mainali, Brijesh [2 ]
Dhakal, Shobhakar [3 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Future Innovat Soc, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
[2] Linnaeus Univ, Dept Built Environm & Energy Technol, S-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
[3] Asian Inst Technol, Dept Energy Environm & Climate Change, Khlong Luang 12120, Pathum Thani, Thailand
关键词
sustainable development; synergy; trade-off; climate change; energy; renewable energy; sustainable consumption; forest; Nepal; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY; FOREST; BIOGAS; PATHWAYS; EMISSION; COOKING; OPTIONS; CONTEXT;
D O I
10.3390/en16010566
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The Sixth Assessment Report of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted the urgency of accelerated climate actions harnessing synergies and minimizing trade-offs with various SDG. This calls for a clear understanding of linkages between climate goals and other SDGs at national level for formulating synergistic policies and strategies and developing different sectoral programs and coherent cross-sectoral policies. This is even more important for least developed countries such as Nepal where these linkages are less understood and development challenges are multifaceted. In this context, this paper aims to evaluate potential synergies and trade-offs among selected SDGs and their associated targets in Nepal in a linear pairwise comparison. Synergies and trade-offs related to climate action (SDG 13), access to energy (SDG 7), sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12), and life on land (SDG 15) have been evaluated using historical data for the period from 1990 to 2018 employing a mixed methods approach. Network analysis to map the conceptual linkages between the SDGs and their targets was combined with the advance sustainability analysis (ASA) to quantitatively evaluate the synergy and trade-offs between SDGs. The results illustrate the presences of a continual trade-off between emission reductions targets of SDG 13 with per capita energy consumption and share of renewable energy of SDG 7, land use for agricultural production target of SDG 12, and forest area target of SDG 15. This indicates that climate action is strongly interlinked with GHG emissions from economic activities and energy consumption. The results of the study represent a valuable input for the policy makers, supporting coherent and sustainable development planning as Nepal plans to graduate to a middle-income country.
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