SDSNItalia:aNewNationalNetworktoPromotethe2030Agenda

UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is a globalinitiative launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012 with theaim to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise to promotepractical problem solving for sustainable development, including the designand implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based inNew York and Paris, the SDSN works closely with UN agencies, multilateralfinancing institutions, the private sector and civil society.

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UNSDSN

SDSN aims to enable a large number of leaders from all Regions and adiverse backgrounds to participate in the development of the network.

Through a growing number of Nationaland Regional Networks, SDSN supportsthe localization and implementation ofSDGs, develops long-term transformativepathways for sustainable development,promotes education around Agenda 2030,and launches solution initiatives.

NationalSDSN Regional SDSN

SDSNItaliaistheItalianhubofUNSDSN,createdundertheauspicesofSDSNMediterranean (hostedbySienaUniversity)andactingwithinthegeneralgovernance frameworkdesignedbyUNSDSN.

SDSN Italia is a scientific - educational, solutions – oriented, voluntary andnon-profit initiative.Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei is the hosting institution.

Officially recognized by the President of the Italian Republic in 1989, FEEMis a leading research center in the fields of sustainable development, globalgovernance and climate change, providing analysis on the interactionsexisting among the environmental, energy and economic dimensions.

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HeadquartersinMilan,VeniceandBasilicata

NetworkandHostingInstitution

Activities of SDSN Italia are aimed to:

1. Contributethroughscientificresearchtothestrategicimplementationofthe2030AgendaandrelatedSDGsandto theconstructionofamonitoring frameworktohaveafeedbackontheimplementationprocess.

2. Promoteknowledgeandawarenessonthe2030AgendathroughoutthedifferentcomponentsofItaliansocietyenhancingdissemination,education andtraining initiatives.

3. Stimulateinnovationwhileunderstandingimplicationsand opportunities,offeredbythe2030AgendaandCOP21,andproposeandrealizesolutionsforsustainabledevelopmentthroughtheengagementoftheprivatesector.

ThethreepillarsareintendedtotranslatetheAgendaintothelocalsetting.

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GeneralPurposes

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SDSN Italia will contribute to promote a national thinking, aimed atimplementing the pursuit of the 2030 Agenda and the objectives set out byCOP21 in Italy. Furthermore, it will disseminate and share scientific resultsdeveloped by the research institutions involved, promoting interaction withindifferent actors, including business, stimulate partnerships and scaling upactions in a cross fertilizer perspective.

Amongthetoolsusedandoutputsexpectedthereare:• Evaluationofscenarios ofSDGsandNDCsimplementation(e.g.throughthe

multidimensionalFEEMAPPSmodel),alsointhecontextofSDSN:TheWorldin2050andDeepDecarbonization Pathwaysprojects;

• Contributionstotheimplementationandmonitoring frameworks;• Inputs toCountryreports/analysesorspecificthemes-related ones;• Sustainabledevelopmentfinanceanalyses.

1.ScientificBackgroundandResearch

Withtheaimofpromotingknowledgeandawarenessaboutthe2030Agenda,activitieswillbeconductedincooperationwithotherregionalSDSNnetworks:

• Localisation of SDSN Youth Program;

• Production of communication tools, including website, social networksmultimedia initiatives;

• Organization of contests/involvement activities;

• Organization of education programs for schools;

• Events, seminars, divulgative publications.

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2.DisseminationandEducation

SDSNItaliawillbeactiveas:

1. research center: playing the role of “transmission chain” facilitating thetranslation of policy objectives and targets into relevant objectives forbusiness and for related stakeholders.

2. key partner in problem solving alongside business: supporting business inlinking the 2030 Agenda to local issues, thus making it relevant for localstakeholders and strengthening their motivation for sustainability-relatedchange.

3. facilitator of solution initiatives: diffusing and scaling up best practices andsmart solutions implemented by single, local actors and fostering PublicPrivate Partnerships while encourage matching within different players. Topromote knowledge and awareness about the 2030 Agenda.

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3.SolutionsforSustainableDevelopment

SDSN Italia counts on:

• Scientific robustness, due to the contribution of research and academicsinstitutions with a good track record in sustainable development;

• Multidisciplinary approach, thanks to the interaction of various disciplines(management, economics, environmental sciences, social sciences);

• Multistakeholder structure, addressing especially research and business,while boosting synergies with – inter alia - the Italian Alliance forSustainable Development and Global Compact Italian Network;

• International exposure, thanks to the linkages between local/national -regional and international dimensions.

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MainFeaturesandStrenghts

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Promozione, comunicazione ed

educazione

Honorary President: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Executive Directors: Sabina Ratti, Angelo Riccaboni

Dissemination, communication and

education

Solutions andresearch - action

Research, implementation and monitoring

NetworkStructure

HonoraryPresident:JeffreyD.Sachs

Executive Directors: Sabina Ratti (FEEM), Angelo Riccaboni (Università di Siena,Chair – SDSNMediterranean).

Leadership Council: a selection of higher representatives from Italianuniversities, research centers, business sector and - more in general - leaderswilling to implement solutions towards the enhancement of the 2030 Agenda.

ExecutiveCommittee:ExecutiveDirectorsandmembersdrawnfromtheLC.

Secretariat:workinginstrictconnectionandinsynergywiththeSDSNMediterraneanSecretariat.• ItalianmembersofSDSNMediterraneanareopt– outmembersofSDSNItaliaorvice- versa.

• MembersofSDSNItaliaareopt– outmembersofSDSNMediterraneanGeneralAssembly.

SDSNItaliaisopentoItalianentitieswillingtobeactivepromotersandimplementersofthe2030Agenda.

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Governance

FEEMisactiveinsupportingtheenhancementofthe2030Agenda,boththroughresearchprojectsandtroughtheparticipationtoSDSNinitiatives.• FEEMAPPS- Assessment,ProjectionsandPolicyofSustainable DevelopmentGoals:anexanteeconomicassessment ofthepost2015UnitedNationsDevelopmentGoalstosupportdecisionmaking.

• SDSN The World in 2050: an integrated pathway for sustainable developmentthrough to 2050 that includes achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) as interim milestones by 2030. FEEM researchers are part of the network.

• SDSN Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP): national, long-term low-emission development pathways that are consistent with the 2C target, thussupporting the achievement of SDG 13 on climate action. FEEM has developed theItalian DDP in cooperation with ENEA.

• SDGS Center for Africa: the first Africa SDSN regional network, that will belaunched in June on the occasion of the African Union Summit and will be based inKigali (Rwanda). FEEM would like to associate this project to its presence in Africa.

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FEEMforSDSNItalia

SDSNItaliawill workforthenational implementation ofSDSNinternationalpaths andprograms (e.g.SDSNYouth).Moreover, thenetworkwill belaunching specialprojects andcollective actions onkey topics forsustainabledevelopment inthecountry.Exemples are:• Urban Agenda: building a Milan-based 2030 Agenda thus contributing to the newUrban Agenda in view of the next United Nations Conference on Housing andSustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), to be held in Quito in October 2016.

• Top Management 4SEE: launching a Top Management Forum on SustainableInnovation to better align innovation for sustainability to the new Agendarequirements and scope while identifying new solutions.

• Solutions Repository: collecting and making available SDGs-related solutionsoperated by companies, also in cooperation with research institutions (e.g.agriculture and environmental management in Mediterrean area).

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ProjectAreasandPotentialActivities

SDSNItaliaLaunchEvent

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Research andInnovation forSDGs:towards anInclusiveGreenGrowth

Milan,14March2016FondazioneEniEnricoMattei

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ExecutiveAdvocacy Lunch Launch Event