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1. UN Chief Points to Fragility and Conflict as Major Obstacles to Sustainable Development Goals

(Poverty)

... two principles enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals," accentuates the UN Chief. First, interdependence. The 2030 Agenda recognizes that there can be no sustainable development without peace ...

Created on 08 January 2021

2. The Rich-Poor Gulf Widens 5 Years After Adoption of Sustainable Development Goals

(Health & Well Being)

... first time in decades, and pushed back the United Nations efforts to create more equitable societies jeopardising the Sustainable Development Goals universally agreed in September 2015. By early December, ...

Created on 30 December 2020

3. Japan's Longest-Serving Prime Minister Failed to Achieve Most of His Goal

(OPINION)

... failure’. His second term of office was admittedly long and delivered political stability but even in the many years since 2012, the Prime Minister has barely achieved any of the goals he had set out ...

Created on 06 September 2020

4. UN Avails of Famed Literature Festival to Achieve Global Goals

(Climate Action)

By Devinder Kumar JAPIPUR (IDN) – As part of a Decade of Action for accelerating sustainable solutions to all the world’s biggest challenges — ranging from poverty and gender to climate change, inequality ...

Created on 04 February 2020

5. UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Remain Largely in Limbo

(UN INSIDER)

By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (IDN) – When a High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) concluded its four-day ministerial meeting assessing the current status of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one ...

Created on 23 July 2019

6. New Report Calls for Breathing Life into Global Goals

(UN INSIDER)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – A new report finds that while the global community talks a lot about sustainability goals, it does not invest enough in implementing them. The industrialized countries ...

Created on 08 July 2019

7. Serious Doubts about Sustainable Development Goals being Achieved by 2030

(UN INSIDER)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – Since the international community started implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), efforts on some of the Goals have been successful “in a number of areas”, ...

Created on 01 July 2019

8. Unlocking Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Global Goals

(Peace & Justice)

... of new ideas, inventions and solutions to diverse global challenges, and are therefore vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), says its ...

Created on 31 May 2019

9. Asia-Pacific Failing on Achieving Global Development Goals

(Asia-Pacific)

... it will not achieve any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The report reveals that for more than half the SDGs, progress has stagnated or is heading in the “wrong direction”. The ...

Created on 31 May 2019

10. Inadequate Funding Threatens Sustainable Development Goals

(UN INSIDER)

... to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals remain underfunded and parts of the multilateral system are under strain, warned a new report as the fourth Forum on Financing for Development opened on April ...

Created on 15 April 2019

11. A 'Level Playing Field' for Women and Girls Key to Achieving Sustainable Development Goal

(Gender Equality)

By Caroline Mwanga New York (IDN) – UN Member States have agreed to safeguard and improve women's and girls' access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure, ensuring ...

Created on 23 March 2019

12. UN Keen To Progress Towards 17 Global Development Goals

(UN INSIDER)

... seize the momentum to implement the 2030 Agenda and use this opportune year to assess progress and to strengthen our political will to act to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in all regions," ...

Created on 04 January 2019

13. Decline in External Finance to Developing Countries Endanger Global Goals

(Global Partnerships)

... in external finance to developing countries from 2013 to 2016, a decline that casts serious doubt on the world’s ability to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The Outlook makes recommendations ...

Created on 12 November 2018

14. Space Science Vital to Achieving Global Development Goals

(Poverty)

By Justus Wanzala NAIROBI (ACP-IDN) – Space science and earth observation are some of the key pillars in the attainment of most of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according ...

Created on 27 August 2018

15. UN Conference Warns Of Huge Backlogs Before Achieving Global Development Goals

(UN INSIDER)

By Ramesh Jaura UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Three years since the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the UN, at first glimpse progress seems to have been made in "transforming ...

Created on 24 July 2018

16. Asia-Pacific May Achieve Only One Out Of 17 Goals By 2030

(Asia-Pacific)

... sprang a surprise when it admitted that at the current rate of progress in the region only one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Goal 4 on achieving quality education and lifelong learning ...

Created on 17 July 2018

17. Worldwide Shipping Could Jeopardise Climate Goals

(Climate Action)

... agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships and whose work supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – ...

Created on 08 July 2018

18. Parliamentarians Agree on Concrete Goals of Future ACP-EU Partnership

(ACP Group of States)

By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (IDN) – Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their counterparts from 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have adopted a series of far-reaching resolutions ...

Created on 21 June 2018

19. Kazakhstan Promotes Sustainable Development Goals in Global Diplomacy and International Activities

(Central Asia)

...  to Sustainable Development Goals. Highlighting another key issue of debates at the UN In New York, the Kazakh leader said, growing global population and longer life expectancy achieved with progres ...

Created on 21 May 2018

20. Wanted Urgent Action on Energy to Achieve Global Goals

(Affordable Clean Energy)

... Affairs (DESA) has called for urgent action. Without such action, the world will fall short of its 2030 energy targets and, consequently, fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Launched ...

Created on 21 April 2018

21. Social Development Commission Stresses Global Goals

(UN INSIDER)

By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – While progress has been achieved in realizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed ...

Created on 25 February 2018

22. UN Turns To 'Unite Ideas' In Support Of The Global Goal

(Clean Water & Sanitation)

... to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for accessing relevant knowledge on science, technology and innovation. The UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) announced ...

Created on 19 February 2018

23. Transformation of Agri-Food Systems Crucial for FAO in 2021

(Food security, nutrition & sustainable agriculture)

... their priorities. Such an initiative will enable FAO to better assist its Members towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He said that FAO was entering the historic year of 2021 ...

Created on 19 January 2021

24. One Planet Summit on Biodiversity Pledges Action Commitments

(Health & Well Being)

... that agroecology helps preserve biodiversity while addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and creating jobs, this One Planet Summit decided to make it a key aspect of international efforts. ...

Created on 18 January 2021

25. Watchdog Indicates Barriers to UN Ban on Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Weapons)

... and analysis of the key challenges. Its central purpose is to highlight activities that stand between the international community and the fulfilment of one of its most urgent and universally accepted goals: ...

Created on 13 January 2021

26. Humanity Needs to Take a Course That Does Not Conflict with Nature

(UN INSIDER)

... Goals (SDGs) and integrate the goal of carbon neutrality into all economic and fiscal decisions.” The UN chief also urged support for the most vulnerable, who are already suffering the effects of climate ...

Created on 12 January 2021

27. Why We Care

(OPINION)

... UN Secretary-General will convene this Summit to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, delivering progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Credit: ...

Created on 09 January 2021

28. Clean Energy Set to Grow in 2021

(Affordable Clean Energy)

...  Yet despite progress, we are not on track to meet our climate goals and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 – universal access to clean, affordable and reliable energy. Much more needs to be done. ...

Created on 03 January 2021

29. UN Assembly President Calls for Working Together for A Better Tomorrow

(UN INSIDER)

... we can build peace around the world, uphold the human rights, and inherent dignity of every person, and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Mr. Bozkir, a veteran Turkish diplomat, also ...

Created on 31 December 2020

30. Sufficient Uranium Resources Exist to Support the Sustainable Use of Nuclear Energy

(Peace & Justice)

... science and technology, contributing to international peace and security and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2020 edition of the Red Book presents the most recent review ...

Created on 24 December 2020

31. Iran Joins China, Russia, EU, France, Germany and UK in Reaffirming Commitment to 'Nuclear Deal

(Nuclear Weapons)

... “criminal” by the European Union and condemned by Agnes Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, achieved their goals? No. Because "Iran’s nuclear advances went on, ...

Created on 23 December 2020

32. Mabwepande Green Village: Model for a Sustainable Future

(Africa)

...  “In order to achieve our goals of establishing a successful green village, it is important to come together and exchange our ideas,” says Reeves Ngalemwa, the chairman of the Mabwepande green village ...

Created on 22 December 2020

33. A New Handbook on Parliamentary Action for Disarmament

(Nuclear Weapons)

... This Handbook is an excellent resource, highlighting the many ways that Parliamentarians, both as advocates and lawmakers, can make decisive and catalytic contributions in achieving disarmament goals.” ...

Created on 20 December 2020

34. UN Chief Appoints an Eminent Indian National as Resident Coordinator in China

(UN INSIDER)

... 23 UN Agencies to support the Government of Kenya’s development agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. He is a champion for gender equality and outspoken on the prevention of ...

Created on 17 December 2020

35. Pacific SIDS Champion Oceans and Blue Economy Preparing for COP 26

(OPINION)

... is genuinely grounded in UN Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are holistic, indivisible and interconnected in order to serve today’s needs and not compromise the means ...

Created on 13 December 2020

36. Climate Action: UN Insists on Developed Countries Meeting 100 Billion Dollar Annual Pledge

(COVID-19)

... particularly Multilateral Development Banks, to ensure that their lending portfolios and operations are in line with achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, which ...

Created on 12 December 2020

37. How Nigerians Remember Maradona

(OPINION)

... He scored a harvest of goals during that competition and topped it off with a virtuoso display in Argentina’s 3-1 win over the Soviet Union in the final match. Maradona’s performance at the World Youth ...

Created on 10 December 2020

38. Pacific Ocean’s Delicate Ecology Under Threat

(Climate Action)

... across the planet, showing it’s possible to radically slash our production of CO₂. If the world meets the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement and keeps global temperature increases below 1.5oC, ...

Created on 09 December 2020

39. Vanuatu's Development Success Overshadowed by COVID-1

(OPINION)

...  Yet despite these development successes, accelerated actions are urgently needed to ensure Vanuatu can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Upon graduation, Vanuatu will no longer be ...

Created on 08 December 2020

40. China to Add Long-Range Bombers and Other Arsenal in the Next Five Years

(Asia-Pacific)

... defence and armed forces in the next five years" one of the main goals for the development of the economy and society in the 14th Five-Year Plan. It stresses that the development of the economy should ...

Created on 25 November 2020

41. A Global Summit Calls for Transition to the Bioeconomy

(Food security, nutrition & sustainable agriculture)

... system that is far superior to today’s: one that strives for achieving the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals and one which is based on sustainable economic ...

Created on 24 November 2020

42. RCEP Augurs Hope for 10 ASEAN States and Their 5 Partners

(Asia-Pacific)

... and sovereignty. Indeed, multilateral arrangements can always been worked out which will help nation-states to achieve their economic goals while strengthening their autonomy and independence. More than ...

Created on 23 November 2020

43. COVID-19 Shatters Hopes for Industrial Advance in Africa

(Africa)

... where previous initiatives failed? Both the domestic and international context have changed radically over the past two decades. The goals of IDDA III are not only supported by UNIDO and the African ...

Created on 21 November 2020

44. UNAI Celebrates 10th Anniversary Stressing Partnership with Universities Worldwide

(UN INSIDER)

... educating the next generation of global leaders. The work of these institutions is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as they serve as incubators of new ideas, inventions and ...

Created on 19 November 2020

45. Russia Expanding Its Military Bases in Africa

(Russia)

... to the Russian government’s legal information web portal. There was also a preliminary agreement on the part of Sudan. According to a draft of the agreement, the facility “meets the goals of maintaining ...

Created on 18 November 2020

46. The Five-Nation BRICS Finds Unity in Cultural Diversity

(Russia)

... these in practical terms? JM: The main challenge is support and funding and some of the laws that make it difficult to achieve the goals. The participants made relevant recommendations that will address ...

Created on 13 November 2020

47. Corporations Morally Obliged to Protect Biodiversity

(UN INSIDER)

... sectors.UEBT is internationally recognised for its work advancing business contributions to sustainable development goals. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened for signature at the Earth ...

Created on 11 November 2020

48. Faith-based & Other NGOs Look Forward to Entry into Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Weapons)

... to raise the awareness of the importance of the treaty for world peace and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals. Blue Banner was established in 2005 to promote nuclear non-proliferation and Mongolia' ...

Created on 10 November 2020

49. A Rallying Call for Nuclear Weapons Elimination By 2045

(Nuclear Weapons)

... theme. The other dominant theme is sustainable development. In fact, the sixteenth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focuses on Peace and Justice, added IDN's Jaura. He pointed out that the ...

Created on 05 November 2020

50. Sustainable Development Goals

(Tags)

Sustainable Development Goals

Created on 28 February 2016