SDG Models

SDG Models

Below is a list of links to system models that can be potentially used for modelling pathways towards SDGs. Please also see Allen, C., Metternicht, G., & Wiedmann, T. (2016). National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A comparative review of scenario modelling tools. Environmental Science & Policy, 66, 199-207. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.008 for further information.

  1. Low Grow SFC: A stock-flow consistent ecological macroeconomic model

  2. The Polestar System is a software tool for integrated sustainability planning and long-range scenario analysis

  3. InVEST is a suite of free, open-source software models used to map and value the goods and services from nature that sustain and fulfill human life

  4. The iSDG model enables policy makers and planning officials at all levels of governance to understand the interconnectedness of policies designed to achieve the SDGs and test their likely impacts before adopting them (article)

  5. Participatory Systems Mapping (PSM) is a participatory modelling methodology in which a group of stakeholders collaboratively develop a simple causal map

  6. SDG Interlinkages Analysis and Visualisation tool by IGES is a great interactive tool for understanding causal interactions