Strategies for establishing priorities for the sustainability agenda by addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are prominent in the scientific literature. Some studies have suggested that sustainability will emerge from different backgrounds, such as through biosphere or societal transformations, whereas other approaches have searched for potential synergies and trade-offs between SDGs. Here, we analysed the main SDG database to investigate the caveats and cooperation opportunities to turn initiatives from local to global sustainability. We established an innovative conceptual framework to set up different sustainability trends for all SDGs and classified countries accordingly. We revealed that despite the significant advance in the last years, the sustainability agenda is still based on national rather than global performance. Consequently, the current efforts are promoting local sustainability trends with great spillover among countries. ‘Green’ SDGs 14 and 15 often had trade-offs or are uncoupled of social and economic SDGs. It suggests that the role ecosystem services play in connecting biodiversity and human wellbeing is not well incorporated into policies and practices. We argue that the world's shift towards global sustainability will depend strongly on cooperation among countries, strengthen existing synergies between SDGs and reduce negative externalities to other specific agendas.

通过解决可持续发展目标（SDG）来确定可持续发展议程优先事项的策略在科学文献中很突出。一些研究表明，可持续性将来自不同背景，例如通过生物圈或社会转型，而其他方法则在寻找可持续发展目标之间的潜在协同作用和取舍。在这里，我们分析了主要的SDG数据库，以调查将计划从本地转变为全球可持续发展的注意事项和合作机会。我们建立了创新的概念框架，为所有SDG和相应的分类国家建立了不同的可持续发展趋势。我们透露，尽管最近几年取得了长足进步，但可持续发展议程仍基于国家绩效，而不是全球绩效。因此，当前的努力正在促进各国之间巨大的溢出效应，促进当地的可持续发展趋势。“绿色”可持续发展目标14和15经常需要权衡取舍或与社会和经济可持续发展目标脱钩。它表明，生态系统服务在联系生物多样性和人类福祉方面所起的作用尚未很好地纳入政策和实践中。我们认为，世界向全球可持续性的转变将在很大程度上取决于国家之间的合作，加强可持续发展目标之间的现有协同作用，并减少对其他具体议程的负面外部影响。它表明，生态系统服务在联系生物多样性和人类福祉方面所起的作用尚未很好地纳入政策和实践中。我们认为，世界向全球可持续发展的转变将在很大程度上取决于国家之间的合作，加强可持续发展目标之间的现有协同作用，并减少对其他具体议程的负面外部影响。它表明，生态系统服务在联系生物多样性和人类福祉方面所起的作用尚未很好地纳入政策和实践中。我们认为，世界向全球可持续性的转变将在很大程度上取决于国家之间的合作，加强可持续发展目标之间的现有协同作用，并减少对其他具体议程的负面外部影响。