On 10/12/2025, Professor Phoebe Koundouri contributed to the workshop “Thought Leadership for a Post-2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: Pathways to Impact”, organised by the SEI – Stockholm Environment Institute and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, held in Stockholm.
During the session on near-term opportunities for impact, partnerships, and collaboration, Professor Koundouri focused on the 2027 UN Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), for which she serves as Chief Scientist, underscoring its strategic importance as a key science–policy instrument for shaping the post-2030 sustainable development framework.
She highlighted three interconnected pillars that are essential for accelerating Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation at scale:
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Transformation Pathways for Sustainable Development
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Sustainable (SDG) Finance at the Microeconomic Level
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Skills for the Transition: Capacity Building as a Cornerstone for Implementing the SDGs
As the global community moves beyond the 2030 Agenda, the GSDR 2027 represents a major opportunity to translate cutting-edge scientific knowledge into actionable policy, strengthen climate–SDG synergies, and support transformational decision-making beyond 2030.
