Background
El Informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible es una publicación de las Naciones Unidas cuyo objetivo consiste en reforzar la interfaz ciencia‑política en el foro político de alto nivel (FPAN) sobre el desarrollo sostenible, que sustituyó a la Comisión sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible después de la Conferencia Río+20 como plataforma principal de las Naciones Unidas a la hora de proporcionar liderazgo y orientación políticos sobre cuestiones de desarrollo sostenible a nivel internacional.
En septiembre de 2015, los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas aprobaron la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, que otorga al Informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible una función de seguimiento y examen de la nueva Agenda (párrafo 83): El foro político de alto nivel también tendrá en cuenta el Informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible, lo que reforzará la interfaz entre la ciencia y las políticas y podría proporcionar un sólido instrumento con base empírica para ayudar a los responsables normativos a promover la erradicación de la pobreza y el desarrollo sostenible.
Tal y como se señala en el documento final de la Conferencia Río+20, el FPAN debería, como parte de sus funciones, “fortalecer la conexión entre la ciencia y las políticas mediante el examen de la documentación, reuniendo información y evaluaciones dispersas, incluso en forma de informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible, a partir de evaluaciones existentes” (apartado k del párrafo 85). Por lo tanto, el Informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible adoptará un enfoque de evaluación de evaluaciones, documentando y describiendo el panorama de la información sobre determinadas cuestiones que son relevantes para las políticas en el ámbito del desarrollo sostenible. El informe no compite con las nuevas evaluaciones y otros informes y evaluaciones sustantivos que se están preparando en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y fuera de él.
El informe tendrá una cobertura global, aunque tomará en consideración las perspectivas de las cinco regiones de las Naciones Unidas. Se tratará de obtener una gran variedad de aportaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, por ejemplo, de comisiones regionales, científicos, funcionarios gubernamentales y partes interesadas a todos los niveles, como representantes de academias de ciencias, de evaluaciones internacionales clave y de grupos de expertos pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas.
En el futuro, el proceso del Informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las preferencias expresadas por los Estados Miembros en el FPAN.
Alcance y metodología
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E/2014/87: “Opciones de alcance y metodología de un informe mundial sobre el desarrollo sostenible”
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Mandates
Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation
2027 GSDR Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation
November 4th - 6th, 2025
To inform the 2027 GSDR as an assessment of assessments, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) and its UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), together with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), are organizing a GSDR regional consultation on November 5-6, 2025 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The consultation will be an opportunity for the IGS to interact with 30-40 invited participants from countries in the region to help compile evidence of key challenges to achieving the SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region, and lessons learned grounded in science that can start to inform a final push to scale up progress to 2030 and beyond.
At the consultation, the IGS will collect evidence from the region, including context-specific analysis of sustainable development priorities, challenges, and opportunities, as well as the latest analysis on practical, scalable tools to accelerate sustainable development. They will also seek the latest evidence from the natural and social sciences and community and indigenous knowledge on what has worked well to advance progress on the SDGs, and what has not been successful since 2015, to inform future approaches to sustainable development. The IGS is seeking knowledge from scientists, government officials in their technical capacities, private sector experts, members of civil society, youth, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and stakeholders at all levels. The aim will be to give shape to the 2027 GSDR, including the evidence-based policy recommendations that the Member States are expecting.
The Independent Group of Scientists would have a separate closed-door working meeting preceding the consultation on 4 November to begin preparing a zero-draft of elements for the 2027 GSDR. These preparations would enable them to test some of these elements with the consultation participants over the next two days. DESA would provide facilitation and note-taking support for this meeting.
The consultation will be guided by the following questions (subject to change with IGS review):
- In the years of SDG implementation since 2015, what does the latest evidence show about interventions that have worked in achieving the SDGs? What does it say about interventions that have not been as successful? Is there new research on synergies and trade-offs in the Asia-Pacific context that can help inform actions in the final 3 years of SDG implementation from 2027 to 2030?
- What does the latest evidence show are the main impediments to achieving desirable transformations in the entry points identified in past GSDRs? How are national systems of policy prioritization and weakening multilateralism in many areas shaping outcomes? Is there context specific analysis indicating how these impediments can be overcome, including in the areas of institutional and behavioral change?
- What are some examples of policy frameworks in the region that are aligned with the SDGs, and what are the impediments to such alignment? What is the level of capacity in the labour market for implementing the SDGs in different countries in the region, and where is additional investment needed in training and education?
- With hindsight and a greater body of analysis, what institutional, governance, and measurement innovations would need to be implemented to ensure that economic, social, and environmental sustainability are advanced holistically as called for in the 2030 Agenda in the near future and beyond 2030?
- How have the frameworks from the 2019 and 2023 GSDRs been used in policy making (VNRs, national plans, NDCs, etc.) in the Asia and Pacific Region? What are the promising lessons learned from the application of GSDR frameworks? What are the challenges in implementation?
- How could the role of science as a key means of implementation for the SDGs be strengthened to support progress on the SDGs to 2030 and beyond?
- Looking beyond 2030, what are the most crucial opportunities and challenges for sustainable development in the region? How can tools like foresight and scenario analysis help inform policy that is resilient to uncertainty and shocks?
