Sustainable Development Goals in the Netherlands

Contents
MAIN FINDINGS
Summary 8
Sustainable Development Goals in the Netherlands 8
FULL RESULTS
1 Introduction 12
2 Existing Dutch policy targets in light of the SDGs 16
2.1 Introduction 16
2.2 Selection of environment-related SDG targets 16
2.3 Mapping SDG targets onto existing Dutch policy targets 18
2.4 Gap analysis: the Netherlands’ performance on existing policy targets 20
2.5 Conclusions 21
3 Challenges for national SDG implementation 22
3.1 Introduction 22
3.2 From global SDG ambitions to national policy targets 22
3.3 The need for policy coherence 24
3.4 The ‘energetic society’ 27
3.5 Conclusions 29
4 National SDG monitoring and accountability 32
4.1 Introduction 32
4.2 Various functions of monitoring 32
4.3 The Sustainability Monitor of the Netherlands 34
4.4 Conclusions 36
References 38
Appendix A Mapping analysis: Linking SDG targets to current Dutch policy targets 42
Appendix B Gap analysis: Evaluating Dutch policy performance on current targets 50