Editing IPCC:AR6/WGIII/Chapter-17 (section)

=== 17.1.3 Integrating Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Other Policymaking Processes ===

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Other non-UN-led initiatives involving international organisations or clusters of countries have also helped to raise the issue of sustainable development as a framework for mitigation. The OECD, for instance, assesses different types of investments and economic activities with reference to their significance for environmental sustainability ( [[#OECD--2020|OECD 2020]] ), while G20 countries have drawn up action agendas with sustainable development ( [[#UToronto--2016|UToronto 2016]] ). Meanwhile, the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, a political movement convened by major country-group representatives and launched in 2010 by the German government, has also called for sustainability to be an intrinsic part of the transition ( [[#UNFCCO--2020|UNFCCO 2020]] ) ( [[#BMU--2018|BMU 2018]] ).

Due in part to the shifting orientation of these international processes, there is growing evidence of action on climate change and sustainable development at other levels of decision-making. National policies often aim to implement climate change policies in the context of sustainable development ( [[#Chimhowu--2019|Chimhowu et al. 2019]] ; [[#Chirambo--2018|Chirambo 2018]] ; [[#ECLAC--2017|ECLAC 2017]] ; [[#Fuseini--2015|Fuseini and Kemp 2015]] ; [[#Galli--2018|Galli et al. 2018]] ; [[#Haywood--2019|Haywood et al. 2019]] ; [[#Ministry%20of%20Environment%20of%20Jordan--2016|Ministry of Environment of Jordan 2016]] ; [[#McKenzie--2018|McKenzie and Abdulkadri 2018]] ; [[#UNDESA--2016|UNDESA 2016]] , 2017, 2018; [[#UN%20Women--2017|UN Women 2017]] ). Some countries are adjusting their existing policies to build on themes familiar to sustainable development ( [[#Lucas--2016|Lucas et al. 2016]] ), including renewable energy and energy efficiency ( [[#Fastenrath--2018|Fastenrath and Braun 2018]] ; [[#Kousksou--2015|Kousksou et al. 2015]] ), urban planning ( [[#Gorissen--2018|Gorissen et al. 2018]] ; [[#Loorbach--2016|Loorbach et al. 2016]] ; [[#Mendizabal--2018|Mendizabal et al. 2018]] ), health systems ( [[#Pencheon--2018|Pencheon 2018]] ; [[#Roschnik--2017|Roschnik et al. 2017]] ) and agricultural systems ( [[#Lipper--2018|Lipper and Zilberman 2018]] ; [[#Shaw--2017|Shaw and Roberts 2017]] ). Cross-cutting and integrated approaches, such as the circular economy, have also been gaining traction in some European countries ( [[#EESC--2015|EESC 2015]] ) and G20 countries ( [[#Noura--2020|Noura et al. 2020]] ). Many of these efforts have also extended up to the regional and down to the local level ( [[#Gorissen--2018|Gorissen et al. 2018]] ; [[#Hess--2014|Hess 2014]] ; [[#Shaw--2017|Shaw and Roberts 2017]] ).

There has also been a shift to actors outside government aligning climate with sustainable development. An assessment by ( [[#Hoyer--2020|Hoyer 2020]] ) found that collective action against climate change by businesses, governments and civil society, reinforced through partnerships and coalitions across departments, industries and supply chains, can deliver significant development impacts. In order for this diverse collection of stakeholders to take action, a fundamental paradigm shift is needed from a linear model of knowledge-generation to an interdisciplinary model that co-produces knowledge ( [[#Liu--2019|Liu et al. 2019]] ). In fact, some have argued that accelerating just transitions for purposes of sustainable development requires the involvement of several actors, institutions and disciplines ( [[#Delina--2018|Delina and]] [[#Sovacool--2018|Sovacool 2018]] ). Not only do these roles need to be discussed more thoroughly ( [[#Kern--2016|Kern and Rogge 2016]] ); ( [[#den%20Elzen--2019|den Elzen et al. 2019]] ), but it is also important to survey different views on transitions and transformations. A variety of theories that are useful for explaining the causes and constraints regarding transitions are examined in [[#17.2|Section 17.2]] .

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