A global alliance of the world’s universities, colleges and sustainability networks have released the second annual SDG Accord report; ‘Progress towards the Global Goals in the University and College sector’. Presented at the UN High Level Political Forum in New York, the research shows increasing...
The world is off-track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Most governments have failed to turn the transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real transformational policies. Even worse, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise in a growing number of countries.” “The...
Hot off the press: Transforming our World in Harmony with Nature. Integrating Nature while Implementing the UN’s 2019 Sustainable Development Goals. This inspiring book offers new insights on how to living in balance with nature and align practices with the SDGs. Check it out...
Language can play a descriptive role in defining things, but at the same time it also influences the way we perceive and interact with the world. In this blog article, Paul Gallagher states that to align with working towards achieving the 2030 Agenda, it is thus vital for us to also critically...
The content, written and narrated by Fritjof Capra, PhD, a world-renowned physicist, systems theorist, educator and author, shows how our global problems are systemic problems — all interconnected and interdependent — and that the SDGs, therefore, must also be seen as systemically interconnected....
The UN Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development has released the fourth edition of the “Financing for Sustainable Development Report”, which provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of sustainable finance in 2019. The report puts forward a set of policy...
A group of researchers from the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) have developed a new environmental classification system to fully categorize the renewable and non-renewable natural resources that underpin our economies. This represents a critical first step in being...
The guide is a searchable online database illustrating the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and the human rights and labour laws. To help development professionals navigate this human rights framework, the Danish Institute for Human Rights has designed the Human Rights Guide to the...
A new report from the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) – the global network of over 140 science, engineering and medical academies – is designed to mobilise its members and the growing number of young academies around the world to engage with the SDGs more effectively. The report is the...
Our mission is to help local governments build more resilient, environmentally conscious, economically secure, and socially equitable communities. Our recommendations are structured around 32 subchapters that focus on different sustainable development challenges. On May 15 we will launch two fully...
The Global Green Economy Index™ (GGEI) measures the green economy performance of 130 countries and how experts assess that performance. The GGEI performance index uses quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure how well each country performs on four key dimensions: leadership & climate...
Explore the interactive map that shows how addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality education, may result in a positive impact on many of the other goals. “Education plays a key role in building sustainable and resilient societies,” asserts Michael Ward, Senior Policy...