Geopolitics
New York : Action to reverse the depletion and degradation of the environment across Asia and the Pacific is a top priority if the region is to stay on course to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new United Nations report launched online, for the first time, on Tuesday. more
Global Goals offer ‘special opportunity’ to change course of development, Bosnian leader tells General Assembly

New York: The world now has “a special opportunity to change the course of development”, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina told the UN General Assembly& ...

‘Embed the essence of 2030 Agenda into everything,’ UN chief urges at close of Global Goals forum

New York: As the eight-day High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) drew to a close on Wednesday, the United Nations chief called on everyone to support the 2030 Agend ...

‘Unlock full power of business’ to achieve Global Goals, UN deputy chief tells forum

New York: Businesses can contribute in important ways to the realization of a world free of poverty and hunger by 2030, including through job creation, technological innovation and the pr ...

UN Forum examines three pillars of 2030 Global Goals

New YorK: The first week of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded on Friday at United Nations Headquarters in New York, with a review of the progress ...

Consuming and producing sustainably, a ‘cornerstone’ for reaching 2030 Global Goals, UN Forum stresses

New York: A reckoning on the importance of maximising the world’s resources is taking place across the world, and achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 depen ...

Anaemic economic growth in some regions hampers progress on Global Goals, UN report finds

New York, May 17(Just Earth News): Over the last six months, global economic progress has predictably picked up, but low-level growth in some regions has tempered efforts to meet globally ...