Measurement, Assessment, and Modelling
Good decisions are grounded in trustworthy, robust data—both to totally understand where we are and to project where we will be tomorrow. Data tools and analyses can help people set targets, monitor and report on progress, and consider possible futures.
Effective sustainable development strategies especially require robust monitoring and assessment planning given the complex environmental, economic, and social systems involved. IISD works to develop, enhance, and apply measurement and assessment tools and processes to help people—from grassroots volunteer groups to national governments—navigate the path toward sustainable development.
Tracking Progress sites
Customizable data dashboards share key indicators of community well-being as charts, maps and graphs, allowing communities to easily track and visualize progress.
Peg
Explore the data dashboard IISD built with United Way Winnipeg for our home office city.
Comprehensive Wealth
The Comprehensive Wealth project encourages governments and citizens to move “beyond GDP” as the fundamental measure of societal progress.
SAVi
Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) combines robust science, systems thinking and financial valuation to help policy-makers and investors make informed decisions on financing sustainable infrastructure.
Articles
Moving Beyond GDP To Achieve The SDGs
World leaders increasingly believe it is time to move beyond gross domestic product (GDP) as the central measure of progress.
Moving Beyond GDP: A Stock-Flow Approach To Measuring Wellbeing For The G20
To achieve effective climate action, the G20 countries need to move urgently beyond GDP and use a comprehensive approach to assessing national progress.
Engaging Decision-Makers in Moving Beyond GDP and Toward Wealth
This brief outlines how decision-makers can be brought into the discussion around comprehensive/inclusive wealth (C/IW). The goal of this discussion is to encourage countries to move beyond GDP and begin using C/IW as a means of assessing national progress.
Experts
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Livia Bizikova
Lead II, Monitoring and Governance, Tracking Progress
Julie Dekens
Principal Researcher
Patrick Guerdat
Policy Advisor and Country Support Hub Coordinator
Stefan Jungcurt
Lead II, SDG Indicators and Data, Tracking Progress
Hisham Osman
Research Fellow
László Pintér
Senior Fellow
Joey Simoes
Hydrologist II
Robert Smith
Senior Associate
Anika Terton
Senior Policy Advisor
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress
Kyle Wiebe
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Zakaria Zoundi
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
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