Rescuing the SDGs with Geospatial Information. How geospatial information can transform the production, measurement, monitoring and dissemination of SDG indicators Issued on 2025 by UNEG

This paper aims to communicate and outline the opportunity and role for geospatial information for us all to ‘Rescue the SDGs’. It was developed by IAEG-SDGs’ Working Group on Geospatial Information via a small and focused writing team, composed of Member State representatives and supported by experts from academia, civil society, and SDG Custodian Agencies. This paper aims to highlight potential gaps in reporting and potential quick wins; strengthen the geospatial perspective to the IAEG-SDGs process – especially when discussing methodological innovations/improvements across the indicator framework and outcomes of the 2025 Comprehensive Review; and, further contextualize available resources, including the SDGs Geospatial Roadmap, global geospatial information frameworks like the United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) and the Working Group’s past reports on “Global and complementary geospatial data for SDGs” and “Specifications of land cover datasets for SDG indicator monitoring”.