“Three years after its adoption, most governments have failed to turn the vision of the 2030 Agenda into real policies. Even worse, policies in a growing number of countries are moving in the opposite direction, seriously undermining the spirit and the goals of the 2030 Agenda”, – saysthe Sportlight Report 2018: Exploring new policy pathways. …
There is a growing recognition that universally adopted SDGs can only be achieved through an unprecedented transformations of technologies, economies, and societies worldwide. According to the Report issued by the “World in 2050 initiative” (TWI2050), six Transformations needed to Achieve SDGs, long term sustainability and beyond: i) Human capacity and demography; ii) Consumption and production; …
Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) member states met in Argentina on 27-28 July to reflect about the role of G20 countries in the global food system and tackle the issues on responsible soil management, food waste reduction and technology in agriculture. The latter one has a potential to make production more attractive …
During his closing Remarks on the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the UN Secretary-General announced a high-level meeting, dedicated to financing the 2030 Agenda. The meeting will be held on September 24, 2018 in New-York. It aims at discussing a new vision for financing the SDGs that “extends beyond short-term political cycles and …
The Report “The Human Rights Opportunity: 15 real-life cases of how business is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals by putting people first”, launched by Shift in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), seeks to inspire transformative business action, that goes beyond the “do not harm” principleand invites private sector to …
Two most ambitious global agendas – Paris Agreementand Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development– aimed at achieving climate-resilient, sustainable development by 2030 and carbon neutrality by the second half of the century face significant challenges in implementation. In its recent study “Connecting the Dots: Elements for a Joined-Up Implementation of the Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement”, …
The Declaration of the 2030 Agenda calls to “strengthen the productive capacities of least developed countries in all sectors, including through structural transformation”. dddddddddddddddddd Read the full report By Katsiaryna Serada
The loss in biodiversity is unprecedented. Without more ambitious policies, biodiversity is projected to decline by a further 10% globally by 2050 (OECD). The increasing loss in biodiversity is driven by the anthropogenic factors – climate change, unsustainable land-use management, commercial forestry, infrastructure development, pollution, habitat encroachment and fragmentation. The existing approaches of the legally …
The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)heldin Montreal July, 9- 13. This year the SBI2 reviewedthe progress in the implementation of the CBD, the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020towards the achievement of the Aichi targets; assessed and reviewedthe effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol; examined …
The UNCTAD has reafirmed its earlier statement made in the 2017 Report “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Consumer Protection” that “consumer protection can be a major contribution to meeting the SDGs. Many emerging technologies have the potential to make a major contribution towards achieving the SDGs across multiple areas, but require unprecedented resource mobilization, …
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