Harnessing digital technologies for SDG modelling and reflections on SDGs to co-create post-2030 agenda

The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), founded in 2021, was established in response to the call by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 75th UN General Assembly to utilise science, data, technology, and innovation to facilitate global progress towards sustainable development. Following the UN Secretary General's congratulatory remark at CBAS' inauguration to utilize big data to address global challenges, CBAS is therefore working to establish big data ecosystems with a particular focus on Big Earth Data. The vision of CBAS is to provide a range of services essential for addressing the most challenging problems facing sustainable development, such as lack of data and technological barriers to the implementation of the SDGs, through methods like data sharing, technological solutions, decision-making support, as well as capacity building for developing countries. Towards this end CBAS is working to develop data infrastructure and information and data products; to create new knowledge for SDG monitoring and evaluation; to develop and launch a series of SDG satellites; to provide policy and advisory services through an SDG Think Tank; and to improve global capacity for SDGs in developing countries. 

Our colleague Gonzalo Parrado Hernando (University of Valladolid) has been invited to present preliminary results of an IAM COMPACT study, in which an SDG target space is modelled using the Integrated Assessment Model WILIAM coupled with Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis (SMAA) to enhance our understanding of how the scenarios rank in terms of being likely to be acceptable to the stakeholders.

The workshop is hosted by CBAS and will take place on July  17 -18, 2025 at No.9 Dengzhuang South Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, China.