Poverty-environmental relationships in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals

The interconnected relationships between the natural environment and human wellbeing and poverty have been a central theme in the environmental and development literatures. However, this has been less influential in mainstream international development policies, which often neglect the natural environment. This can have negative implications for the environment and for addressing poverty adequately in all its forms. Based on a literature review, stakeholder consulation workshops and secondary datasets, this paper (1) examines how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) might influence the framing of the environment-poverty relationships and (2) present the results of integrating environmen…