Criteria for Sustainable Development and how to use the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Framework: Defining criteria for sustainable development nationally and using the global SDG framework for implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

This policy brief is produced by the Sustainable Development Dialogue (‘Dialogue’) on the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process. It provides a summary of Party and stakeholder views expressed during a series of six engagement events held between January - June 2018.

Views stated in this document are those of the authors1 and do not represent any consensus among the Parties involved. The Dialogue is currently supported by Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland and receives technical assistance from UNEP-DTU Partnership and the Gold Standard Foundation.