Sustainable Development Goals

• [New] Unprecedented crisis response measures provide a unique opportunity to change course and put the world on a more sustainable, inclusive and risk-informed development trajectory.
• [New] The food and drink sector has long been committed to support the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 to halve food waste by 2030.
• [New] While greatly facilitating societal applications via the unlimited use of free satellite Earth Observation data, the Armenian Data Cube will support the achievement of SDGs at national level.
• The resources from Embassy of Ireland funding will allow applicants to build dairy production systems aimed at transforming the livestock sector and help build progress towards Sustainable Development Goals targets on poverty, hunger/food security, climate change.
• Curbing illegal financial flows could almost cut in half the annual financing gap of US$ 200 billion that Africa faces to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Gender equality and women's full and equal participation in all areas of life, especially decision-making, are integral to the Decade of Action and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
• The situation in the world's poorest countries is deeply troubling, and could push the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals another 10 years further into the future.
• United Nations has recently come up with a strategic and progressive effort by introducing The support plan for the Sahel which is in consonance with the sustainable development goals and African development goals to be achieved by 2063.
• Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed in the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will take over US$ 5 trillion per year investment with the current financing gap standing at around $2.5 trillion per year.
• To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals targets and the United Nations High-Level Meeting commitments by 2030 and 2022 respectively, governments must accelerate their investments and actions to ensure access to quality TB prevention and care.
• The next decade will be crucial to stave off the risk of catastrophic climate change and meet the 2030 milestone to achieve sustainable development goals laid out by the UN.
• China will set up a UN Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Center and an International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals to facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• Extending the supply of drinking water to Niamey will accelerate the achievement of the sustainable development goals in Niger.
• To deliver universal access to safe water and sanitation services under the Sustainable Development Goals, current investments in infrastructure will need to increase three-fold to reach the estimated requirements of $114 billion per year.
• With more nations pledging on collective multilateralism to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals, the world could witness more green recoveries in the future.
• Government's have an important role to play if the world is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030.
• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warns that the global financing gap for developing nations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals could grow by as much as 70% to $4.2 trillion because of Covid-19, erasing decades of development progress.
• There is scientific evidence and an economic case demonstrating that by 2030, changes to food and land use systems can help bring climate change under control, and play a role in meeting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement targets on climate change.
• Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 - which is estimated to cost about USD 1.3 trillion a year - will depend on innovative financing, private investments, and financial support from donors.
• Global funds targeted at accelerating developing countries' transitions to low carbon energy and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7, such as the Green Climate Fund, could play an important role in unlocking capital for fragile states.
• Bauxite mining in Atewa would threaten species with global extinction, undermining the Convention on Biodiversity and the Sustainable Development Goals that both set clear targets to stop extinctions.

Last updated: 11 April 2021