Assess, balance and manage
The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015, set out to guide development of integrated solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Decision- and policy makers everywhere are increasingly becoming aware that investments and development interventions in one area may have unintended effects in another: food, water and energy demands are interlinked and cannot be addressed in isolation. The tools and approaches below can support decision makers to assess and manage trade-offs—balancing development and environmental preservation. This is an important prerequisite for transitioning to sustainable agricultural systems and meeting the SDGs.