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Despite falling short so far, the world wants to save humanity in the next twenty years
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need a “global rescue plan”. “Unless action was taken now the Agenda would become an epitaph for a world that could have been,” he added. Guterres proposed that funding for SDGs increase by at least $500 billion to reach the goals as well as other…
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Science funding needs to align with the goals of the world
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres on Monday said that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “need a global rescue plan”. He added that the UN is still making the mistake oftreating sustainable development and climate as separate issues, including by holding separate summits in New York this week. Guterres also proposed an increase in funding for sustainable…
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The story of how theSDG came to be was extraordinary, bucking the system
As many as 15 out of the 14 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have not been achieved by the deadline, the UN said. This includes the 17 SDGs to end poverty and protect the environment. The goals were signed by world leaders in 2015, with a goal to achieve them by the end of the year…