The Science of Localization: Why SDG Implementation Must Be Regionally Adaptive

There is a persistent tension at the heart of the global sustainability project. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are universal by design, adopted unanimously by 193 UN member states in 2015, they constitute the closest approximation the international community has achieved to a shared vision of human and planetary wellbeing. Their universality is a political achievement of genuine significance. Yet that same universality creates an implementation paradox: the goals are global, but the r