More and more countries are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the heart of their own national development plans, according to a new report that was issued at the United Nations on November 7. To date, 64 countries have voluntarily reported on their implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, Continue Reading
Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Change
Progress of Goal 13 in 2017 A report of the UN Secretary-General “Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals“, published in July 2017, confirmed continuing global warming in 2016. This report builds on the Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2016 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which confirms 2016 as the warmest year on record, with Continue Reading
Sustainable Development: new UN report on importance of rural areas in developing countries
A new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified rural areas as key to economic growth in developing countries. “Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is where most of the poor and hungry live,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his foreword to the report. Continue Reading
