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Books that drive change: Highlights of the last 10 years

2025 marks a decade since the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, setting a global roadmap for a better future for all. To mark this milestone, explore a curated selection of impactful books that have contributed to the global conversation around the SDGs over the past ten years. These books provide comprehensive insights and diverse perspectives on the world’s most pressing challenges. Connecting policy, theory, and practice, they contribute to the efforts to achieve the SDGs.

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Books allow you to share your knowledge in depth, offering readers a more comprehensive understanding of your expertise and analysis. As a book, your work can reach a broad and diverse audience of academics, policymakers, practitioners, general public, and more. It can inform policy and action and accelerate progress on sustainable development.  

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Depending on your goals and target audience, you have several types of books to consider. You can choose to write a book as a solo author or co-author a book with research partners to amplify your collective impact. Or you might serve as the editor of a book and invite colleagues to contribute chapters.

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