The Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides the framework that all United Nations (UN) member states have pledged to fulfill. The achievement of this agenda crucially depends on whether humankind will be able to maximize synergies and resolve existing trade-offs between...
We report on a national South African multistage cluster sampling survey of early development in 5,222 children aged 50-59 months enrolled in preschool pro
“While some countries have proven to be better than others at long-term planning and implementation, all countries need to improve their public policies if they are to achieve all the SDGs within the next 12 years. Success will require massive innovation, learning, and sharing of...
The media must have both the freedom and the responsibility to monitor development activities, says Damakant Jayshi.Additional informationAuthor informationDamakant JayshiDamakant Jayshi is Executive Director of Panos South Asia, a media development organisation headquartered in Kathmandu.Damakant...
The United States Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal seeks to reduce national food waste by 50%, down to 74 kg per capita, by 2030. Here we investigate state policies’ alignment with the federal goal across four policy categories. We develop a policy
If it can get the international community on board, we may yet have a chance of securing the resources needed to achieve the SDGs.Yu Yongding, a former president of the China Society of World Economics and director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of ...
Are we on the right path? Or, are we quite close to achieving these SDGs and only need to make a few critical policy choices to get us to the right path? Or, are we badly off track to achieve the SDGs with few options to bridge the gap between current levels and indicator goals?
Compact and Accenture shows a lot more needs to be done. Many CEOs say business contribution to SDGs is not on track. The study polled more than 1,000 tech CEOs from global organizations and finds they are failing to deliver the tipping points required to achieve the global sustainable goals...
strategy, and possibly with national sustainability agendas too. Railway companies that have ESG strategies in place often begin by using their purpose statement or vision as a foundation for choosing ESG dimensions, and link these to any UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they wish to pursue...
Focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions — doesn’t consider other sustainability issues Lack of urgency has been critiqued in the SBTi’s approach to the climate crisis UN SDGs - United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), established...