SDG Resource Centre Special Collections: 2025 In Review

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In this round up of 2025, we share the Special Collections published throughout the year to mark key UN observation days and events.

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Features

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Academia; translational research; Science, Global

Beyond 2030: The role of science, technology and innovation in achieving the SDGs

Elsevier

Drawing on insights from the United Nations 10-Member Group on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs, Beyond 2030  reviews the framework’s achievements to date and delivers critical insights into how the SDGs can guide global cooperation and decisive local action well beyond 2030.

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Reports

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Science; Technology; innovation, Global

Assessment of food and nutrition security practices of the artisanal and small-scale mining communities in Nigeria

Elsevier,

World Development Sustainability, Volume 7, December 2025

This study explores the food and nutrition security practices among artisanal and small-scale mining communities in Nigeria, revealing both strengths, such as access to local foods and purchasing power, and significant challenges, including meal skipping, poor water quality, and limited healthcare access. The findings emphasize the need for comprehensive interventions to improve nutrition, healthcare infrastructure, and social protection, which are essential for the well-being and sustainable development of these mining communities.

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Articles

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Food security and nutrition, Global

From hidden hunger to double burden: Bangladesh's urgent need to prioritize diet quality

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 41, October 2025

This viewpoint offers insights on policy to improve diet quality, that resonate not only in Bangladesh but also across other countries navigating similar transitions.

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Articles

Global

Addressing Ethiopia's grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring land-use sustainability

Elsevier,

Land Use Policy, Volume 157, October 2025

As one of the most food-insecure countries of the Global South, Ethiopia has experienced significant land-use changes driven by economic development and population growth. This study examined the dynamic land use transitions in Ethiopia during the period 2000–2020 including the socio-economic factors driving land-use transitions and grain demand. Although the sustained growth in international trade coupled with increased productivity has benefited the country's food supply, the food security situation in low-income countries, including Ethiopia, will remain critical in the context of population growth.

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Articles

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Food security and nutrition, Africa

Low-income citizens’ evaluation of policy interventions to promote healthy food choices

Elsevier,

Food Policy, Volume 135, August 2025

Low-income citizens show the highest support for food labeling and educational campaigns, viewing them as effective and less intrusive, while taxation and checkout prompts are least accepted due to perceived invasiveness. Policy support is strongly influenced by perceived effectiveness, intrusiveness, and individuals’ existing behaviors, suggesting tailored approaches are needed to improve acceptance and impact.

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Articles

Global

Climate policy, Least Developed Countries, and the Sustainable Development Goals: A critical review of SDG13 and infrastructural, institutional, and informational resilience

Elsevier, Environmental Science and Policy, Volume 170, August 2025

This article offers a comprehensive review of how climate policies in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) interact with all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on SDG13 (Climate Action). It identifies a significant research gap, showing that only 5% of relevant studies focus on LDCs, and emphasizes the need for more inclusive, context-specific data and policy analysis. The authors propose a holistic resilience framework, combining infrastructural, institutional, and informational dimensions, to guide future climate policy that supports sustainable development across all SDGs.

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Articles

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Climate Change; Global, Global

Highlights from RELX SDG Inspiration Day 2025

RELX

More than 800 people from over 75 countries came together virtually on 3rd June 2025 for the eleventh edition of the RELX SDG Inspiration Day: "The Future of Philanthropy: Stepping up for the SDGs" The annual online event brings together together business, academia, NGOs and government to explore pressing issues and inspire action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Explore highlights from the day including inspiring keynotes from Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary General of the United Nations, Sir Lenny Henry and Sarah, Duchess of York.

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Articles

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Charity; Philanthropy; Global Partnerships; corporate responsibility, Global

Women's leadership in cooperative and social movement in the issue of food waste: Evidence from Bandung City

Elsevier,

World Development Sustainability, Volume 6, June 2025

This study examines the role of women’s leadership in the Wahana Usaha Jaya Cooperative in Bandung, Indonesia, in promoting household food waste reduction and community engagement. Findings show that WUJ’s spiritually motivated and economically empowering strategies effectively encourage waste reduction, particularly among women, despite ongoing infrastructural challenges. The study highlights that women-led, community-based cooperatives offer effective, context-sensitive models for urban environmental governance and advancing food security in the Global South.

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Articles

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Food security and nutrition, Asia