What Are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015 the United Nations created a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and ...

Just 12 per cent of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track at the halfway mark to the 2030 deadline. The seven-year action plan released during India’s G20 presidency aims to hasten the ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...

Water, energy and food are central to sustainable development, socio-ecological and economic sustainability, healthy ecosystems and improved livelihoods. The three resources are key to climate change ...

The Bank helps countries work toward their development goals through a combination of data and analytical work, policy advice, financing, technical assistance, and convening power. Our experience on ...

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will convene this week for high-level talks in New York City, with representatives from around the world meeting to address a range of global challenges.

Much angst is being expressed over the fact that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off track. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres sounded the alarm in July: “Halfway to ...