For the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, their inclusion and mainstreaming into national policies, plans and strategies will be crucial. Without a doubt, the fulfilment ...

A Sub-Group of the IATT on Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) was formed in 2018 with the purpose of increasing synergies and collaboration among the UN, its agencies, funds and ...

Global poverty reduction is a story of success. The proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty decreased from 15.7% in 2010 to 10% in 2015. However, the pace of reduction has been ...

The Baha'i International Community , alongside a number of cosponsors, is hosting a film screening side event during the High Level Political Forum focused on local ownership of global processes. An 8 ...

World Animal Net, Inc with Born Free Foundation and Animal Issues Thematic Cluster (within NGO Major Group) We must urgently improve our relationship with animals and nature to tackle the global ...

The COVID-19 global crisis has exposed the systemic weaknesses and the high degree of vulnerability of our peoples and its serious consequences on all the sectors of society, and their most basic and ...

1. The Rio+20 outcome document, The future we want, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an Open Working Group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate ...

Western diets, primarily responsible for rapid deterioration of ecological and human wellbeing, encourage ever-increasing production and consumption of meat one of the greatest sustainability threats.

In 2015, world leaders made a commitment to end all forms of violence against children by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This moment presents an historic opportunity to ...

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are three interlinked emergencies driven by human activities. Despite a temporary reprieve due to the pandemic, preliminary data shows that ...

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United Nations Conference on Environment and ...

Poverty and hunger are on the rise after years of decline, a trend exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and past progress in many areas of eliminating poverty in all its dimensions is facing ...