The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Marshall Plan to address the issue of poverty is a clear sign that the Government is committed to eradicate absolute poverty said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr E. Sinatambou during the launching of the UN Global Goals Campaign on 25 September at the …
The Global Strategy (2016-2030) is a roadmap to achieve right to the highest attainable standard of health for all women, children and adolescents –to transform the future and ensure every newborn, mother and child not only survives, but thrives. The new Strategy - updated through a process of collaboration with …
As world leaders prepare to formally adopt a roadmap to a fairer and safer world, there is growing concern that the drive to end extreme poverty and inequality will fail without major changes to the way aid is delivered and a massive push to improve the data used to measure …
Instead of going to the pub in the evening, German student Christian Klinge puts on his old sneakers and sets off to forage through bins behind supermarkets and restaurants in Berlin to find food that can still be eaten. The 22-year-old is part of a growing movement of people in …
This paper examines selected policy issues of importance for achieving individual SDGs, drawing on recent analytical work conducted at the IMF. The topics examined include: how to achieve sustained economic growth in developing countries; how to ensure that economic growth is inclusive, reducing inequalities while benefiting all; and how to …
Fifteen years after the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and a decade after G7 leaders gathered in Gleneagles to promise to ‘make poverty history’, the end of extreme poverty is within reach. Later this week at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, …
Without increased effort, none of the 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be met, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). However, if countries emulate the performance of the top-performing countries “there is much to be hopeful about," it says. The report recommends early action to …
The SAARC Development Goals consisting of 22 goals & 67 indicators representing the status of social development in the country.The present report gives the statistical appraisal of the achievements made on the SAARC Development Goals in India. In addition to the mutually agreed 67 indicators, some additional indicators have also …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named one of the winners of the United Nations’ highest environmental accolade for taking steps to address climate change. The premier will accept the prize, the Champions of the Earth Award in the Policy Leadership, at a ceremony in New York on September 27, …
The United States ranks among the world's nations least likely to achieve the set of global goals aimed at ending poverty and combating climate change that are due to be adopted this month by the United Nations, a study said on Tuesday. The Scandinavian nations of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and …
Nairobi — 2015 SEED Awards Honour African and Women-Led Enterprises As the world gears up to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) later this month, 27 trailblazing eco-enterprises are recognized at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium in Nairobi for employing business models that bring social and environmental benefits to local …
The world's first comprehensive stocktaking shows that most industrialized nations are a long way from serving as role models for sustainable development. Most industrialized countries in the OECD are not yet ready for the international community's new sustainability pledge. Many are nowhere near achieving the global policy objectives that are …
A new UNCTAD Policy Brief addresses the relationship between trade and climate change policy as it enters a new phase in 2015, with significant changes in the policy landscape emerging from the adoption by the United Nations of a universal post-2015 development agenda, sustainable development goals and a climate change …
In 2015, global leaders aspire to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, a financing framework to support them, and a framework agreement on climate change. Youth engagement throughout the design and implementation process is critical for success. World Bank Group and Wharton Business School jointly launched a youth finance competition in …
Sustainable development is a fundamental and overarching objective of the European Union, enshrined in the Treaty. The EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS) brings together the many strands of economic, social and environmental policy under one overarching objective — to continually improve the quality of life and well-being for present …
The year 2015 may well go down as a landmark year, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and some agreements at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21. Expectations from both are huge. Knowledge exchange and transfer will be key for achieving the expectations of both. For this, …
The Stockholm World Water Week’s focus on “Water for Development” comes at an opportune time. Water as a sector in world affairs is reaching a tipping point. Over the next two decades and more, the global push for food and energy security and for sustaining urbanization will place new and …
The report "Water for Development – Charting a Water Wise Path" is the main input for the 2015 World Water Week and was authored by a range of global experts in the field of water and development. Among the topics addressed by the report are: the role of water in …
Today, the world leaders will adopt the new 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Read the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development The final version of the draft post-2015 development agenda, titled ‘Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,' was adopted by acclamation at the conclusion of an informal plenary of …
In this paper, ACFID argues that Australia must take action on climate change to play a fair and effective role in reducing poverty and inequality and promoting sustainable development. Strong international action on climate change is vital to the developing countries and poor communities that are being hardest hit by …
