Talking past each other
A review of the quantitative study of interlinkages between the sustainable development goals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19485697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rega Sota (0009-0002-4674-3929, RWTH Aachen University, corresponding author), Sandra Venghaus (0000-0002-9352-6604, Forschungszentrum Jülich) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Energy Sustainability and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2192-0567 • E-ISSN: 2192-0567 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s13705-026-00572-0 |
| OpenAlex | W7133295480 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 103 |
Conceptual framework · Multidisciplinary approach · Operationalization · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Terminology · Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability · Human Rights and Development · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Policy
National baselines for the Sustainable Development Goals assessed in the SDG Index and Dashboards
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Mapping synergies and trade-offs between energy and the Sustainable Development Goals
Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
A Systematic Study of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interactions
Analysing interactions among Sustainable Development Goals with Integrated Assessment Models
Robust research needs many lines of evidence
Deciphering the scientific literature on SDG interactions
Spatio-temporal changes in the causal interactions among Sustainable Development Goals in China
SDG 8 and the food–energy–water nexus
A correlation study of sustainable development goal (SDG) interactions
Exploring the impact of poverty on the sustainable development goals
Handling a complex agenda
The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030
The future of ecosystem assessments is automation, collaboration, and artificial intelligence
Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages
Measuring the sustainable development implications of climate change mitigation
Untangling the interactions of sustainability targets
Examining the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus through an SDG lens for the big 5 African countries
Income-based variation in Sustainable Development Goal interaction networks
Decision-making fitness of methods to understand Sustainable Development Goal interactions
Decoupling of SDGs followed by re-coupling as sustainable development progresses
Global effects of progress towards Sustainable Development Goals on subjective well-being
Monitoring global development aid with machine learning
SDGs in action
From goals to joules
Global governance by goal-setting
Analysing trade-offs between SDGs related to water quality using salinity as a marker
Towards systemic and contextual priority setting for implementing the 2030 Agenda
Prioritising SDG targets
Where to begin? Defining national strategies for implementing the 2030 Agenda
The role of context in identifying linkages between SDG 2 (food) and SDG 6 (water)
Urban–rural linkages
Development of an SDG interlinkages analysis model at the river basin scale
Beyond synergies
Less global inequality can improve climate outcomes
Prioritising Sustainable Development Goals, characterising interactions, and identifying solutions for local sustainability
Unpacking the sustainable development goals ( SDGs ) interlinkages
A multi‐methods approach for assessing how conserving biodiversity interacts with other sustainable development goals in Nepal
Achieving the objectives of the 2030 sustainable development goals agenda
Interactions among Sustainable Development Goals
Building a unified sustainable development goal database
Interactions among sustainable development goal 15 (life on land) and other sustainable development goals
Variations in sustainable development goal interactions
Towards Integration at Last? The Sustainable Development Goals as a Network of Targets
Assessing synergies and trade-offs of diverging Paris-compliant mitigation strategies with long-term SDG objectives
Measuring sustainable development goals performance
SDG interlinkage networks
Modeling interlinkages between sustainable development goals using network analysis
Examining multidimensional poverty reduction in India 2005/6–2015/16
Blessed are the peacemakers
An empirical assessment of the effects of electricity access on food security
Disentangling the impact of a multiple-component project on SDG dimensions
Systematic prioritisation of SDGs
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |