From Data to Impact: Measuring Progress through Disaggregated SDG Indicators - Executive Summary

This report is the 4th edition of UNEP’s Measuring Progress series. It provides an update on global progress towards achieving the environmental dimension of sustainable development. As a special edition, it presents proposed disaggregations for the 92 environment-related SDG indicators and their relevance to national and sub-national evidence-based policymaking coupled with its potential benefits on society, the economy and the environment. Previous Measuring Progress reports stressed the need for improved data and highlighted the urgency of having disaggregated data for more targeted and localized actions and interventions. The current report outlines scientific, environment-related disaggregation that would lead to designing such interventions.