Tag: SDGs

UNDP Launches New Initiative To Address Issues Related to Global Pandemic

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have announced the establishment of the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility, a global initiative and collaboration bringing… Read More

UN Secretary Reiterates Importance of Sustainable Development Goals

I call for renewed ambition, mobilization, leadership and collective action, not just to beat COVID-19 but to recover better, together.

All Global Sustainability Is Local

“We have learned that sustainability’s progress is dynamic, and that sometimes gains in one important area can come at costs to another area, tradeoffs that can be difficult to understand but can ultimately hobble progress.”

EU Releases 2020 Report on Sustainable Development Goals

While it is based on pre-pandemic data, the 2020 report shows that the EU made progress on the SDGs between 2015 to 2019.

UN Secretary-General Says COVID-19 Marks Earth Day with a ‘Wake-Up Call’

“The current crisis is an unprecedented wake-up call,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to do things right for the future.”

Federation of Sustainable Development Organizations Member Directory Now Live

The Federation of Sustainable Development Organizations Member Directory is now live online. The directory can be searched and sorted by type of organization, sustainable development goals and/or country.

UN Secretary General Calls for Science and Solidarity in the Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for the world to act in solidarity and turn this crisis into an impetus to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainability Includes the Fight for Basic Human Rights

Human rights are our ultimate tool to help societies grow in freedom, and we must rid the world of abuse, exploitation, marginalization, racism, torture and all exclusion.

Life on Land Is Threatened by Over-Development and Extinction

We must move from the very real incremental change that we have created to a model that continues to push incremental wins while also fundamentally reaching for transformational change

Life Below Water Is Essential to Life on Land

The ocean produces half of the oxygen we breathe and provides food for 3.2 billion people around the world.