Peter Hazlewood, World Resources Institute

PEP-20, Edinburgh, 27-29 May 2015Sessions on “Knowledge generation, communications and

role of networks for SDG implementation”

Introduction

From MDG-7 to the Sustainable Development Goals

What do these shifts imply for knowledge and communications?

We need knowledge and communication to…

Support more integrated and inclusive approaches to SD policy, planning and

implementation at all levels

More effectively assess synergies and trade-offs – including benefits and costs

(multi-dimensional) and distributional aspects

Empower local innovation and solutions – beyond anecdotes of ‘what works’;

success factors; barriers to formalization/scaling; bridging the micro-macro divide

Learning, connecting and influencing – to create the conditions for achieving

transformative change

What do these shifts imply for knowledge and communication needs?

New interdisciplinary frameworks/approaches – ecosystem services and well-being;

resilience of socio-economic systems; natural capital accounting…

Potential of big data and geospatial technologies to model and analyze spatial

relationships and assess options – increasingly in real time and at increasingly

higher resolution

ICT; social media; participatory methods and tools…

New knowledge and communication opportunities

Knowledge synthesizer through joint analysis/products – e.g. LPREM; climate;

health; REDD; EFR; water; inclusive green economy

Policy dialogue and awareness-raising through joint communications, special events

– i.e. 2005 World Summit; Rio+20

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A ‘network-of-networks’ – multiplier effect

PEP’s role to date

Session 7.2 Agenda

Objective: Assess new knowledge and communication needs for the SDG agenda; the changing landscape of data, knowledge and communication methods, tools and networks; and implications for making knowledge relevant and accessible for SDG implementation..

Session 8 Break-out Agenda

Objective: Develop recommendations for an action agenda on knowledge and communications for SDG implementation, and how to enhance PEP’s knowledge and communications role.