From Data to Impact
Measuring Progress through Disaggregated SDG Indicators
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Copyright © 2026 United Nations Environment Programme
ISBN No: 978-92-807-4272-5
Job No: DEW/2754/NA
DOI: https://doi.org//10.59117/20.500.11822/49264
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Recommended citation: “United Nations Environment Programme (2026). From Data to Impact: Measuring Progress through Disaggregated SDG Indicators. Nairobi.”
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Acknowledgements
Project Manager: Therese El Gemayel, Office of Science, UNEP
The drafting of this report was done by Mr. Arnaud Comolet as part of his consultancy with the United Nations Environment Programme under direct guidance from the project manager. Contributions were made by other United Nations Organizations in their role as custodian for SDG indicators (alphabetical order): Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); International Energy Agency (IEA); International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR); UN-Habitat; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United Nations- Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UN-DOALOS); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNEP – World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC); United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF); United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD); World Bank; World Health Organization (WHO); World Trade Organization (WTO).
UNEP Contributors and Support Team: Therese El Gemayel, Ludgarde Coppens (former UNEP), Brennan Van Dyke (former UNEP), Kelly West, Gaia Basinc (review), Angeline Djampou (library); Esther Francis (digital content), Dany Ghafari (data processing); Sophia Leticia Groll (review, editing, drafting, finalizing); Patryk Guenther (data processing and visualization), Sarah Sawe (digital content), Catherine Onyango (UNON, design and layout).
Reviewers: Raidan Alsaqqaf (UNDRR); Roswitha Baumung (FAO); Linda Maria Behnke (UN-DOALOS); Raymond Brandes (UNEP); Thomas Brooks (IUCN); Jessica Ying Chan (UNSD); Ludgarde Coppens (UNEP); Gerardo Escamilla (IRENA); Dany Ghafari (UNEP); Yonca Gurbuzer (FAO); Kirsten Isensee (IOC-UNESCO); Arbab Asfandiyar Khan (FAO); Lily Laugharn (UNEP); Gregoire Leroy (FAO); Nada Matta (UNEP); Bavelyne Mibei (UNEP); Dennis Mwaniki (UN-Habitat); Javier Neme (UNEP); Axel Nystroem (UNDP); Clementine O'Connor (UNEP); Ekaterina Poleshchuk (UNEP); Iulia Trombitcaia (UNECE); Francesco Tubiello (FAO).
Scientific editing: 400 Communications Ltd
Financial support from the European Union, United Nations Development Account 14th tranche (Statistics and Data Project - Resilient and agile National Statistical Systems (NSS) to meet post-COVID-19 data needs to recover better) to produce this report is gratefully acknowledged.