Cameron Allen

Biographic Data

ID	3786302
NAME	Cameron Allen
GIVEN NAMES	Cameron
FAMILY NAME	Allen
SIGNATURE	ALLEN C
AFFILIATIONS	UNSW Sydney
ORCID	0000-0001-9954-6684
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	24
TOTAL CITATIONS	49
AUTHOR COUNT	24
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1940
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	4

Understanding variation in sustainable development goal relationships across spatial scales matters for making consistent priorities
Open AccessKai Wu, Junze Zhang et al.ARTICLESustainable Production and…2026
How SDG localization interacts with existing governance contexts
Open AccessJi Xu, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEGlobal Sustainability2026
Non-Technical Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), endorsed by national governments, rely on local actors for effective implementation. While the nonbinding nature of the SDG agreement allows for adaptability, it also leads to varying localization across contexts, impacted by existing governance arrangements. This study provides a structured analysis of existing studies, discussions, and evidence that examines how SDG localization in…
Acceleration mechanisms and tipping dynamics in Australia’s renewable energy transition
Open AccessCameron Allen, Enayat A Moallemi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Sustainability2026
Non-Technical Summary Achieving sustainability and climate goals requires accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This study explores how and why Australia’s electricity transition has accelerated in recent years. By examining developments in solar and wind technologies, policies, and public attitudes, the research uncovers the feedback mechanisms and ‘tipping points’ that have driven progress and those that now risk sl…
Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025
Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025
Next Generation National SDGs Assessments
Open AccessCameron Allen, Matteo Pedercini et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2025References: 1
National efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are falling short of what is needed to meet the transformative agenda. An important implementation gap relates to inadequate national SDGs assessment and reports which have been too descriptive and lacked analytical depth and policy orientation to inform transformative action. This study addresses this gap by presenting the approach and findings from a third generation SDGs as…
Participatory modelling and scenario exploration to address the air pollution challenge in Thailand and Laos
Open AccessCameron Allen, Matteo Pedercini et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2025
For countries in South-East Asia, air pollution presents a complex challenge that has proven difficult to effectively address. Policy action needs to be informed by a clear understanding of the most important drivers and sources of air pollution in local contexts, and the costs and benefits of different measures in mitigating these sources. Here, we present the findings from a participatory system dynamics modelling study which aimed to support p…
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda
Open AccessShirin Malekpour, Rob Raven et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2024Cited by: 1References: 5
Unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin MalekpourARTICLESustainability Science2023
As we approach the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a growing sense of urgency around the need to accelerate the necessary transformations. These encompass a broad range of systems and require fundamental changes in system goals and design. In this paper, we undertake a narrative review of the literature relating to the acceleration of transformations and offer a framework for unlocking and accelerating …
Recurring patterns of SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda
Open AccessTherese Bennich, Åsa Persson et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a vision for a more sustainable world, to be realized by 2030. Progress to date is insufficient and implementation challenges are many, including the need for strategies that maximize synergies and mitigate trade-offs and conflicts among the goals. This scoping review synthesizes 51 recent scientific articles on interlinkages, with findings that can help decision-makers address this challenge. We ident…
Cross‐scale, cross‐level and multi‐actor governance of transformations toward the Sustainable Development Goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2023
The importance of governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is uncontested. However, the design of effective governance arrangements to initiate and deliver the necessary transformations is complex, multi‐scale, and multi‐actor and many knowledge gaps remain. For would‐be reformers, a fundamental challenge arises because all transformative efforts must proceed, at least initially, within existing governance arrangements wh…
Targeting 1.5 degrees with the global carbon footprint of the Australian Capital Territory
Open AccessKylie Goodwin, Cameron Allen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 5
In 2019 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government stated an ambition to prioritise reduction of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, the size of which had not been fully quantified previously. This study calculated the total carbon footprint of the ACT in 2018, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and modelled scenarios to reduce all emissions in line with a 1.5 °C target approach. This is the first time a multi-scale analysis of local, sub-…
Modelling ambitious climate mitigation pathways for Australia's built environment
Open AccessCameron Allen, Philip Oldfield et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2022
A review of scientific advancements in datasets derived from big data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Maggie Smith et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2021
Priorities for science to support national implementation of the sustainable development goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2021
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide a framework of goals, targets, and indicators designed to guide national implementation of sustainable development to 2030. Several aspects of the framework are challenging, including its complex and integrated scope and transformational character. A range of approaches developed in the sustainability sciences can assist countries to address these challenges. In this paper, we evaluate recent scien…
Delivering an enabling environment and multiple benefits for land degradation neutrality
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2020Cited by: 2References: 9
Greater gains for Australia by tackling all SDGs but the last steps will be the most challenging
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2019Cited by: 3References: 16
Assessing national progress and priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Michael Reid et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2019Cited by: 5References: 7
Initial progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2018
Prioritising SDG targets
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2018Cited by: 19References: 7
Indicator-based assessments of progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Reem Nejdawi et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2017Cited by: 9References: 2
An Iterative Framework for National Scenario Modelling for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2017Cited by: 9References: 8
The recently adopted global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to catalyse implementation of sustainable development. Their success or failure will rely heavily upon national implementation. However, the SDGs represent a broad, integrated and complex agenda that will be very challenging for countries to implement. Over the past decade, scenario analysis has emerged as a method that is particularly well suited to sustainable develop…
National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2016
The Lapidary of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Cameron AllenARTICLEItalica1940

The Lapidary of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
Cameron AllenARTICLEItalica1940
National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2016
Indicator-based assessments of progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Reem Nejdawi et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2017Cited by: 9References: 2
An Iterative Framework for National Scenario Modelling for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2017Cited by: 9References: 8
The recently adopted global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to catalyse implementation of sustainable development. Their success or failure will rely heavily upon national implementation. However, the SDGs represent a broad, integrated and complex agenda that will be very challenging for countries to implement. Over the past decade, scenario analysis has emerged as a method that is particularly well suited to sustainable develop…
Initial progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2018
Prioritising SDG targets
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2018Cited by: 19References: 7
Greater gains for Australia by tackling all SDGs but the last steps will be the most challenging
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2019Cited by: 3References: 16
Assessing national progress and priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Open AccessCameron Allen, Michael Reid et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2019Cited by: 5References: 7
Delivering an enabling environment and multiple benefits for land degradation neutrality
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2020Cited by: 2References: 9
A review of scientific advancements in datasets derived from big data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Maggie Smith et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2021
Priorities for science to support national implementation of the sustainable development goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2021
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide a framework of goals, targets, and indicators designed to guide national implementation of sustainable development to 2030. Several aspects of the framework are challenging, including its complex and integrated scope and transformational character. A range of approaches developed in the sustainability sciences can assist countries to address these challenges. In this paper, we evaluate recent scien…
Modelling ambitious climate mitigation pathways for Australia's built environment
Open AccessCameron Allen, Philip Oldfield et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2022
Unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin MalekpourARTICLESustainability Science2023
As we approach the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a growing sense of urgency around the need to accelerate the necessary transformations. These encompass a broad range of systems and require fundamental changes in system goals and design. In this paper, we undertake a narrative review of the literature relating to the acceleration of transformations and offer a framework for unlocking and accelerating …
Recurring patterns of SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda
Open AccessTherese Bennich, Åsa Persson et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2023
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a vision for a more sustainable world, to be realized by 2030. Progress to date is insufficient and implementation challenges are many, including the need for strategies that maximize synergies and mitigate trade-offs and conflicts among the goals. This scoping review synthesizes 51 recent scientific articles on interlinkages, with findings that can help decision-makers address this challenge. We ident…
Cross‐scale, cross‐level and multi‐actor governance of transformations toward the Sustainable Development Goals
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2023
The importance of governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is uncontested. However, the design of effective governance arrangements to initiate and deliver the necessary transformations is complex, multi‐scale, and multi‐actor and many knowledge gaps remain. For would‐be reformers, a fundamental challenge arises because all transformative efforts must proceed, at least initially, within existing governance arrangements wh…
Targeting 1.5 degrees with the global carbon footprint of the Australian Capital Territory
Open AccessKylie Goodwin, Cameron Allen et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 5
In 2019 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government stated an ambition to prioritise reduction of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, the size of which had not been fully quantified previously. This study calculated the total carbon footprint of the ACT in 2018, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and modelled scenarios to reduce all emissions in line with a 1.5 °C target approach. This is the first time a multi-scale analysis of local, sub-…
Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda
Open AccessShirin Malekpour, Rob Raven et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2024Cited by: 1References: 5
Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025
Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Open AccessCameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEOne Earth2025
Next Generation National SDGs Assessments
Open AccessCameron Allen, Matteo Pedercini et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2025References: 1
National efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are falling short of what is needed to meet the transformative agenda. An important implementation gap relates to inadequate national SDGs assessment and reports which have been too descriptive and lacked analytical depth and policy orientation to inform transformative action. This study addresses this gap by presenting the approach and findings from a third generation SDGs as…
Participatory modelling and scenario exploration to address the air pollution challenge in Thailand and Laos
Open AccessCameron Allen, Matteo Pedercini et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2025
For countries in South-East Asia, air pollution presents a complex challenge that has proven difficult to effectively address. Policy action needs to be informed by a clear understanding of the most important drivers and sources of air pollution in local contexts, and the costs and benefits of different measures in mitigating these sources. Here, we present the findings from a participatory system dynamics modelling study which aimed to support p…
Understanding variation in sustainable development goal relationships across spatial scales matters for making consistent priorities
Open AccessKai Wu, Junze Zhang et al.ARTICLESustainable Production and…2026
How SDG localization interacts with existing governance contexts
Open AccessJi Xu, Shirin Malekpour et al.ARTICLEGlobal Sustainability2026
Non-Technical Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), endorsed by national governments, rely on local actors for effective implementation. While the nonbinding nature of the SDG agreement allows for adaptability, it also leads to varying localization across contexts, impacted by existing governance arrangements. This study provides a structured analysis of existing studies, discussions, and evidence that examines how SDG localization in…
Acceleration mechanisms and tipping dynamics in Australia’s renewable energy transition
Open AccessCameron Allen, Enayat A Moallemi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Sustainability2026
Non-Technical Summary Achieving sustainability and climate goals requires accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This study explores how and why Australia’s electricity transition has accelerated in recent years. By examining developments in solar and wind technologies, policies, and public attitudes, the research uncovers the feedback mechanisms and ‘tipping points’ that have driven progress and those that now risk sl…