Examples of Goals, Targets and Indicators

This section aims at bringing together a variety of papers, reports and broschures serving as examples of goals, targets and indicators for sustainable development.

Statistics and Indicators for the post-2015 Development Agenda

This report assesses the MDG indicators and recommendations for national statistical capacities and identifies challenges and opportunities with regard to the selection of indicators relevant for a holistic post-2015 development agenda, including thematic areas such as population dynamics, inequalities, the linkage of sustainability and development as well as data disaggregation. READ REPORT.

Global Sustainability Targets Building accountability for the 21st Century

Stakeholder Forum has produced this paper in an effort to provide an overview of the multitude of existing global targets for sustainable development. Please note that this document will soon be re-published with the latest intergovernmental sustainability targets. READ PAPER.

UNEP: Goals, targets and indicators for the environment

In the run-up to 2015, it has become increasingly clear that we need to put "sustainable development" into practice by setting time bound, measurable goals and targets and monitor progress towards achieving them. READ REPORT.

Bellagio STAMP: Sustainability Assessment and Measurement Principles

A set of Bellagio Principles for assessing progress toward sustainability was first published in 1996 and was subsequently used by local and international organizations in sustainability assessments. READ BROCHURE.

Goals, Targets and Indicators for the MDGs and the SDGs

This paper compiles the goals, targets and indicators of the Millennium Development Goals as well as the goals, targets and composite indicators of environmental sustainability that have been identified and quantified to date. READ PAPER.

Environmental Indicators: Typology and Use in Reporting

 Since grasping the relevance and meaning of the existing environmental indicators has become more and more difficult, given the number and diversity of indicators presently in use, this report introduces the DPSIR framework (Driving forces, Pressure, State, Impact, and Response) and the ‘Typology of Indicators’ used by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in its reporting activities. READ REPORT.

Conflict and Violence: Goals, Targets and Indicators

This briefing paper presents options for goals, targets and indicators that could help address conflict and violence as part of the post-2015 development framework. READ REPORT.