A Nexus Approach For The SDGs

Interlinkages between the goals and

targets*

* Goal 17 is understood to be linked to all the goals in addressing means of implementation and will therefore not be considered separately.
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Biodiversity Upgrade slums, access to
Resilience and
in poverty transport systems, reduce
adaptive capacity
reduction number of deaths by
of the poor to
strategies disasters with focus on the
climate related
(15.9) poor
extreme events
(11.1, 11.2, 11.5)
(1.5, 13.1)

Income growth at the

bottom, policies to
Access to food for the poor, achieve greater
end malnutrition, support equality (10.1, 10.4)
small scale farming, ensure
equitable use of resources
(2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5)

Equal rights to economic

resources for the poor,
support small enterprises
universal health
and entrepreneurship,
coverage, end
access to financial
epidemics
services
(3.8, 3.3)
(1.4, 8.3, 8.10)

Universal access to Gender sensitive

equitable and quality development
education strategies, equal
(4.1) rights and access to
resources and access to
services for men and drinking access to
women water energy
(1.b, 1.4, 5.1) (6.1) (7.1)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked Food production that food production systems
maintains ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for
equitable share of genetic adaptation to climate
resources, combat change
desertification (2.4)
(2.4, 2.5, 15.3 , 15.6)

Access to food for the poor,

end malnutrition, support
small scale farming, ensure Food waste and food security
equitable use of resources (12.3)
(2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5)

Access to food especially for

the vulnerable, double income
End malnutrition of small–scale food producers,
(2.2) women, indigenous, family
farmers, equal access to land
(2..1, 2..3)

Nutritional needs
adolescent girls,
pregnant and
lactating women,
increase income
female small scale water use Sustainable food
Access to quality early food producers, end efficiency and production systems,
childhood development discrimination in all water scarcity increased agricultural
(4.2) forms (6.4) productivity and income
(2.2, 2.3, 5.1) (2.3, 2.4)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

sound
management of Reduce deaths and
chemicals and injuries from traffic
wastes to accidents, reduce
minimize adverse illness from air
impact on human pollution, access to universal health coverage and
health safe transportation access to health care services
(12.4) (3.6, 3.9, 11.2) (3.8)

universal health coverage,

end epidemics
(3.8, 3.3)

sanitation and hygiene,

improved water quality
(6.2, 6.3)

Universal access to
sexual and
reproductive health-
End malnutrition care services,
(2.2) including education,
quality early Universal access to sexual and
childhood reproductive health services
development and rights
(3.7, 4.2) (3.7, 5.6)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Promote a culture of peace

and non-violence, ensure
effective and accountable
improve education and
institutions, participatory
awareness on climate change
and responsive decision-
(13.3)
making
(4.7, 16.6, 16.7)

Universal access to
equitable and quality
education
(4.1) education and information
on sustainable development
(4.7, 12.8)

Access to quality
early childhood
development
(4.2)

Skills for employment, decent

eliminate gender jobs and entrepreneurship,
disparities in reduce number of youth out of
education, education employment or education
on gender equality, (4.4, 8.6)
gender sensitive
learning
environments, Equal access for all to education,
Universal access to sexual and
literacy, end especially the vulnerable, equality of
reproductive health-care services,
discrimination opportunity, political, economic and
including education, quality early
(4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4b, 5.1) social inclusions
childhood development
(3.7, 4.2) (4.5, 10.2., 10.3)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Raise capacity
end discrimination,
for climate
reduce violence
change
against women and
planning and
girls
management
(5.1, 5.2, 16.1)
including Access to public
focusing on transport and public
women space with particular
(13.b) attention to women
(11.2, 11.7)

Gender sensitive development

strategies, equal rights and access
to resources and services for men
and women
(1.b, 1.4, 5.1)

Social, economic and

political inclusion
irrespective of sex, end
discrimination, equal
participation and decision
Nutritional needs adolescent girls, making
pregnant and lactating women, (10.2, 5.1, 5.5)
increase income female small scale
food producers, end discrimination
in all forms
(2.2, 2.3, 5.1)

Equal pay for

equal work,
eliminate gender Improve protect female
Universal access to sexual and disparities in education, sanitation and migrants
reproductive health services education on gender hygiene with workers,
and rights equality, gender sensitive special attention recognize care
(3.7, 5.6) learning environments , to the needs of and domestic
literacy, end discrimination women and girls work
(4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4b, 5.1) (6.2) (8.5, 8.8, 5.4)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Protect and restore
water-related Improve
ecosystems water quality
(6.6) by reducing
pollution Increase recycling and
(6.3) safe reuse of water,
reduce release of
chemicals and waste
into water, reduce
waste generation
(6.3, 12.4, 12.5)
access to drinking
water
(6.1)

Assure access
to drinking
water use efficiency and water
water scarcity (6.1)
(6.4)

integrated water
resource Equitable access to
Improve sanitation and management, drinking water,
sanitation and hygiene, improved hygiene with special quality, reliable, access to adequate
water quality attention to the needs of sustainable and and equitable
(6.2, 6.3) women and girls resilient sanitation and
(6.2) infrastructure hygiene
(6.5, 9.1) (6.1, 6.2)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Increase share renewables

energies, increase energy
efficiency
(7.1, 7.2)
Increase share renewables
energies, increase energy
efficiency
(7.1, 7.2)

access to energy
(7.1)

Universal access to
energy
(7.1)

Increase share renewables

energies, increase energy
efficiency
(7.1, 7.2)
Increase share renewables
energies, increase energy
efficiency, upgrade infrastructure,
increased resource use efficiency,
and clean technologies
(7.1, 7.2, 9.4)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Eliminate child labor,
effective, accountable Increase economic
and transparent benefits to SIDs and
LDCs from Decouple economic
(economic) institutions
sustainable use of growth from
(8.7, 16.6)
marine resources, environmental
promote degradation in
sustainable tourism accordance with
(14.7, 8.9) sustainable
consumption and
production framework
Equal rights to economic (8.4)
resources for the poor,
support small enterprises
and entrepreneurship,
access to financial services
(1.4, 8.3, 8.10)

Full and productive employment,

secure working environments (for
those in precarious employment),
end youth unemployment, eliminate
Sustainable food production child labor, increase income growth
systems, increased at the bottom
agricultural productivity and (8.5 8.6, 10.1)
income
(2.3, 2.4)

Inclusive and
Increase share sustainable
Equal pay for equal work, renewables industrialization,
Skills for employment, decent protect female migrants energies, access small-scale
jobs and entrepreneurship, workers, recognize care increase energy industrial and
reduce number of youth out and domestic work efficiency other enterprises
of employment or education (8.5, 8.8, 5.4) (7.1, 7.2) to financial
(4.4, 8.6) services
(9.2, 9.3, 8.3
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Resilient
Make industries sustainable, infrastructure,
increase resource –use efficiency, adaptive capacity
adopt clean and environmentally (9.1, 13.1)
sound technologies, strengthen Infrastructure with a
technological and science focus on affordable and
capacity of developing countries equitable access to all
(9.4, 9.5, 12a) (9.1)

integrated water resource

management, quality,
reliable, sustainable and
resilient infrastructure
(6.5, 9.1) Quality, reliable, sustainable
and resilient infrastructure
(9.1)

Increase share renewables

energies, increase energy
efficiency, upgrade
infrastructure, increased
resource use efficiency, and Inclusive and sustainable
clean technologies industrialization, access small-
(7.1, 7.2, 9.4) scale industrial and other
enterprises to financial services
(9.2, 9.3, 8.3
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked Inclusion, Universal access to public
fair and
equality of opportunity, spaces, access to
equitable
enhanced participation adequate, safe and
sharing of
of developing countries affordable housing and
benefits
(in global governance), basic services
from
safe migration (11.7, 11.1)
genetic
(10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7,
resources
16.8) Infrastructure with a focus on
(15.6)
affordable and equitable
access to all
(9.1)
Income growth at the
bottom, policies to
achieve greater equality
(10.1, 10.4)

Full and productive employment,

secure working environments (for
those in precarious employment),
end youth unemployment,
eliminate child labor, increase
Access to food especially for the income growth at the bottom
vulnerable, double income of small–scale (8.5 8.6, 10.1)
food producers, women, indigenous,
family farmers, equal access to land
(2..1, 2..3)

Universal
Social, economic access to
and political energy
inclusion (7.1)
Equal access for all irrespective of Equitable access
to education, sex, end to drinking water,
especially the discrimination, access to
vulnerable, equality equal adequate and
of opportunity, participation equitable
political, economic and decision sanitation and
and social inclusion making hygiene
(4.5, 10.2, 10.3) (10.2, 5.1, 5.5) (6.1, 6.2)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Inclusive urbanization, Sustainable public

capacities for transport
participatory human reduce adverse
settlement planning environmental Universal access to public spaces,
and management impact of cities, access to adequate, safe and
(11.3) improve air quality, affordable housing and basic
municipal and other services
waste management (11.7, 11.1)
(11.2, 11.6)

Upgrade slums, access to

transport systems, reduce
number of deaths by
disasters with focus on the
poor Quality, reliable,
(11.1, 11.2, 11.5) sustainable and resilient
infrastructure
(9.1)

Access to
Reduce deaths and public
injuries from traffic transport and
accidents, reduce public space
illness from air with particular assure access to
pollution, access to attention to drinking water
safe transportation women (6.1)
(3.6, 3.9, 11.2) (11.2, 11.7)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked Raise awareness prevent and
and education on reduce
Sustainable climate change marine
management and sustainable Sustainable public
pollution
and efficient consumption and transport
(14.1 )
use of natural production reduce adverse
resources (12.8, 13.3) environmental
(12. 2) impact of cities,
improve air quality,
municipal and other
Food waste and food waste management
security (11.2, 11.6)
(12.3)

Make industries sustainable,

increase resource –use efficiency,
adopt clean and environmentally
sound technologies, strengthen
sound management of chemicals technological and science capacity
and wastes to minimize adverse of developing countries
impact on human health (9.4, 9.5, 12a)
(12.4)

Decouple
economic
growth from
education and Increase recycling
environmental
information on and safe reuse of
degradation in
sustainable water, reduce release
Increase share accordance with
development of chemicals and
renewables sustainable
(4.7, 12.8) waste into water,
energies, increase consumption
reduce waste
energy efficiency and production
generation
(7.1, 7.2) framework
(6.3, 12.4, 12.5)
(8.4)
 Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Protection of forests
(15.2)

Minimize and address impacts

of ocean acidification
(14.3)

Resilience and adaptive

capacity of the poor to
climate related extreme Resilient infrastructure ,
events adaptive capacity
(1.5, 13.1) (9.1, 13.1)

food production systems

that strengthen capacity
for adaptation to
climate change
(2.4)

Raise capacity for

climate change
planning and Increase share
management Improve water quality renewables
including focusing by reducing pollution energies, increase
improve education and awareness on women (6.3) energy efficiency
on climate change (13.b) (7.1, 7.2)
(13.3)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked
Increase economic benefits to
SIDs and LDCs from
sustainable use of marine
resources, promote
sustainable tourism (14.7, 8.9)
prevent and reduce marine
pollution
(14.1 )
Fight illegal, unreported
and unregulated fishing,
accountable and
transparent institutions
(14.4, 16.6)
Minimize and address impacts
of ocean acidification
(14.3)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Protection of forests
(15.2)

Sustainable
management and
efficient use of natural
resources
(12. 2)

Biodiversity in poverty
reduction strategies
(15.9)

fair and equitable

sharing of benefits from
genetic resources
(15.6)

Food production that maintains

ecosystems, equitable share of
genetic resources, combat
desertification
(2.4, 2.5, 15.3 , 15.6)
Protect and restore water-related
ecosystems
(6.6)
Explicitly linked
Substantially linked

Fight illegal, unreported and

Inclusive urbanization,
unregulated fishing,
capacities for
accountable and transparent
participatory human
institutions
settlement planning
(14.4, 16.6)
and management
(11.3)

Promote a culture of peace

and non-violence, ensure
effective and accountable
institutions, participatory and
responsive decision-making
(4.7, 16.6, 16.7)

Promote a culture of
end discrimination, peace and non-violence, Inclusion,
reduce violence against ensure effective and equality of opportunity,
women and girls accountable institutions, enhanced participation of
(5.1, 5.2, 16.1) participatory and developing countries (in
responsive decision- global governance), safe
making migration
(4.7, 16.6, 16.7) (10.2, 10.3, 10.6, 10.7, 16.8)