Our Scans · (ZY.4.28) Sustainability Studies · Weekly Summary

• [New] Without faster progress, full-service coverage without financial hardship will remain out of reach for many: the global SCI is projected to reach only 74 out of 100 by 2030, with nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide still facing financial hardship at the end of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era. World Health Organization: WHO
• [New] India addresses waste through initiatives like the Swachh Bharat Mission and promotes safe food sharing via the Indian Food Sharing Alliance, aligning with its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 to halve per capita food waste by 2030. Towards FnB
• With transport demand set to more than double by 2050, choices we make this decade, can unlock sustainable development pathways. UN DESA VOICE
• As the world continues to grapple with environmental challenges, the potential for AI to drive sustainable development becomes increasingly evident. Ryz Labs
• Family-owned Piatt Companies, based in western Pennsylvania, is developing the major, mixed-use, sustainable development project on 15 acres of post-industrial brownfield sites and expects it to be completed in 2029. PA Department of Community & Economic Development
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank committed $5 billion to support Turkey's climate resilience and sustainable development projects from 2025 to 2027. Belfer Center
• India's increasing focus on green jobs and climate-resilient livelihoods - from renewable energy to community-based conservation - aligns economic opportunity with environmental stewardship and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Hindu
• The decade since the adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals has seen meaningful progress in health, energy access and digital inclusion. ImpactAlpha
• In 2025, contemporary agronomic approaches blend traditional knowledge with advanced technologies, offering new opportunities and solutions to elevate the impact factor in sustainable development. Farmonaut
• The pace of Arctic warming and ice melt make it unlikely that we can fulfill the Paris Accords goal to limit temperature rise to no more than 1.5-2 degrees Celsius by 2100, and it is unlikely that humanity can meet all, or perhaps any, of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Arctic Circle
• Telangana Rising 2047 outlines a bold and future-ready vision for transforming India's youngest state into a $3 trillion economy by 2047, contributing 10% to the national GDP while remaining firmly aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. The Hans India
• The deterioration in access to land, services, and resources due to violence and violations severely threatened the rights of Palestinians to housing, work, and sustainable development, and weakened their resilience and connection to their land. Question of Palestine
• One of the most serious hazards to world stability and sustainable development is transnational organized crime. NGOFeed
• An important measure that could both support small-scale fisheries and contribute to countries' contributions under global frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is the formal exclusion of destructive industrial fishing from nearshore waters. Yahoo News Canada
• Without progress on diet, the world is at risk of failing to meet the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Food Tank

Last updated: 15 December 2025