?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14567%2F&rft.title=Connecting+the+Sustainable+Development+Goals+by+their+energy+inter-linkages&rft.creator=McCollum%2C+D.&rft.creator=Gomez+Echeverri%2C+L.&rft.creator=Busch%2C+S.&rft.creator=Pachauri%2C+S.&rft.creator=Parkinson%2C+S.&rft.creator=Rogelj%2C+J.&rft.creator=Krey%2C+V.&rft.creator=Riahi%2C+K.&rft.creator=Nilsson%2C+M.&rft.creator=Stevance%2C+A.-S.&rft.description=The+United+Nations%E2%80%99+Sustainable+Development+Goals+provide+guide-posts+to+society+as+it+attempts+to+respond+to+an+array+of+pressing+challenges.+One+of+these+challenges+is+energy%3B+thus%2C+the+SDGs+have+become+paramount+for+energy+policy-making.+Yet%2C+while+governments+throughout+the+world+have+already+declared+the+SDGs+to+be+%E2%80%9Cintegrated+and+indivisible%E2%80%9D%2C+there+are+still+knowledge+gaps+around+how+the+interactions+between+the+energy+SDG+targets+and+those+of+the+non-energy-focused+SDGs+might+play+out+in+different+contexts.+In+this+Perspective%2C+we+report+on+a+systematic+assessment+of+the+relevant+energy+literature%2C+which+we+conducted+to+better+our+understanding+of+key+energy-related+interactions+between+SDGs.+Our+analysis+indicates%2C+first%2C+that+positive+interactions+between+the+SDGs+outweigh+the+negative+ones%2C+both+in+number+and+magnitude.+Second%2C+of+relevance+for+the+scientific+community%2C+in+order+to+fill+knowledge+gaps+in+critical+areas%2C+there+is+an+urgent+need+for+inter-disciplinary+research+geared+toward+developing+new+data%2C+scientific+tools%2C+and+fresh+perspectives.+Third%2C+of+relevance+for+policy-making%2C+wider+efforts+to+promote+policy+coherence+and+integrated+assessments+are+required+to+address+potential+policy+spillovers+across+sectors%2C+sustainability+domains%2C+and+geographic+and+temporal+boundaries.+%E2%80%98Doing+energy+right%E2%80%99+is+fundamental+to+the+success+of+the+SDGs%2C+and+energy+scientists+have+a+major+role+to+play+in+offering+guidance+to+the+discourse.&rft.publisher=WP-17-006&rft.date=2017-05-06&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14567%2F1%2FWP-17-006.pdf&rft.identifier=++McCollum%2C+D.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F203.html%3E%2C+Gomez+Echeverri%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F106.html%3E%2C+Busch%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F47.html%3E%2C+Pachauri%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F222.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-8138-3178+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-8138-3178%3E%2C+Parkinson%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F225.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-4753-5198+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-4753-5198%3E%2C+Rogelj%2C+J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F254.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-2056-9061+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-2056-9061%3E%2C+Krey%2C+V.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F166.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-0307-3515+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0003-0307-3515%3E%2C+Riahi%2C+K.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F250.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7193-3498+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7193-3498%3E%2C+et+al.++(2017).++Connecting+the+Sustainable+Development+Goals+by+their+energy+inter-linkages.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-17-006+++++