The Sustainable Development Goals are embedded in the 2030 Agenda, a framework developed by the UN and officially launched during the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The 2030 Agenda sets out ...

The Secretary-General has today appointed an independent High-Level Expert Group to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The appointment of ...

A new opinion piece published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that commercial satellite image ...

The new Agenda calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ... told Member States today as he opened a High-Level Event on Climate Change convened ...

Since 2015, when the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were introduced ... Instead of relying on outdated industries or gambling on high-risk ventures, it structures ...

Children living in poverty often suffer from anemia, a condition linked to serious health risks. A research team led by ...

The US government has long dragged its feet on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since these goals were adopted in 2015, 190 of the 193 United Nations member states have put ...

The theme of this year’s celebration is "Unleashing the power of engineers to advance the Sustainable Development Goals’’. This global gathering ... UNESCO is placing a high priority on activities ...

Shutterstock Pakistan’s track record on global development commitments is becoming a cautionary tale. With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG ... has remained high for more than three ...

What Are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015 the United Nations created a ... and maintain food quality and safety. High-yield seeds in combination with new approaches to fertilization ...