What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals and why do they matter . . . At the heart of this plan are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) From ending poverty to reducing hunger, from improving access to education and healthcare to fighting against inequalities, the SDGs are “an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership,” the UN says
3 challenges facing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals In September, the United Nations’ General Assembly is set to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a highly anticipated event in global development The Open Working Group has been crafting a comprehensive package of goals and targets that can drive global efforts towards a sustainable and poverty-free world by 2030
Sustainable Development Goals: A positive report on progress | World . . . Success stories in our fight against COVID-19, for example, and subsequent progress in the area of SDG 3 – ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages – has led the way towards progress on SDG 11 – sustainable cities and communities – as the need to urgently treat those suffering from COVID-19 infection has led to the creation of medical centres and new
Agenda 2030: Why civic participation is key to meeting UN . . . UN Chief Antonio Guterres will release the latest Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) progress report this week This year’s report is especially crucial as we’re nearing the halfway point of Agenda 2030 – arguably the greatest-ever human endeavour undertaken to create peaceful, just, equal and sustainable societies
How you can help meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals | World . . . Created five years ago, the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were intended to be a “shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world's leaders and the people” Focusing on the gaps in development, and giving a helping hand to those left behind, they were designed not just to motivate policy-makers but citizens
What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – part of a wider 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) These eight goals, set by the United Nations back in 2000 to eradicate poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease, expire at the end of this year Figure 1: The Millennium Development Goals
10 facts about the Sustainable Development Goals The idea came from the Rio+20 Summit in 2012 – the largest summit in UN history Columbia and Guatemala proposed goals to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals, set up in 2000 to halve poverty by 2015 Poverty, as measured by living on less than $1 25 a day, has halved
What is the UNs Summit of the Future in 2024? | World Economic Forum The Summit came at the start of the UN General Assembly's High-level Week It follows last year's SDG Summit in September 2023, which marked the halfway point to the 2030 deadline for meeting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and resulted in the adoption of the SDG Political Declaration
Companies can make the UNs SDGs their own — heres how The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are moving us toward a prosperous, equitable and sustainable world — but the road is not easy To meet these lofty goals, the private sector must play a key role A growing body of research is uncovering how the world's top companies are already aligning with the SDGs — and how others can follow
Top universities delivering UN Sustainable Development Goals The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assess universities based on their contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The Impact Rankings include rankings for each one of the UN’s 17 SDGs and an overall ranking on top, highlighting high-impact universities