23/05/2022 Eurostat issues today the publication ‘Sustainable development in the European Union — 2022 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context’, which provides a statistical overview of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU.The EU made progress towards most goals over the last five years of available data.…

Data ecosystems enhance the efficiency, accountability, and impact of humanitarian, development, and domestic spending and thus drive a diverse range of economic, social, environmental, and institutional benefits for individuals and communities.The UN Complex Risk Analytics Fund and World Bank Global Data Facility are pooled funds that have been designed to harmonize and catalyze investment in…

Applying the MIT Practical Impact Alliance model, members of the Geneva SDG Community mapped the different roles they play vis-à-vis three missions related to enabling SDG implementation: leveraging sustainable finance for the SDGs; enhancing the use of quality data for SDG action; and harnessing the positive potential of digital technology towards SDG impact.The exercise resulted…

At the current pace of progress, SDG 5 (gender equality) will not be achieved by 2030.Only 48% of data required to track progress on SDG 5 are currently available, rendering many women and girls “effectively invisible”.Cooperation, partnerships, and investments in achieving gender equality, including through increased global and national funding, “are essential to correct the…

Japan 2 Earth’s tagline is ‘Sparking a Transition to the Future’.The website’s logo is a green pheasant – the national bird of Japan – matching the colors of the SDGs.Its content will cover the focal areas of Japanese technology, Earth’s diversity, climate change, and clean energy.JAPAN Forward association, Inc. has launched ‘Japan 2 Earth’ –…

The interactive event featured two panel discussions where sustainable development experts and innovators shared perspectives on how to protect marine and terrestrial biodiversity, our forests, and our oceans.Participants discussed the latest data on the state of forests and the ocean and how to mobilize innovation and build new public-private partnerships for biodiversity.The UN Department for…

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Although the pandemic has set back progress on the SDGs, it has also shown us just how interconnected the Goals are.The UK has fallen behind in its SDG leadership, compared with the countries who presented VNRs in 2021.Now is the time for the UK to step up and start delivering.By Alice Whitehead, BondThe UK played an…

An integrated approach will deliver SDGs  New Straits Timessource

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund Joint Programme “Resilient livelihoods and food security through data, digitalization and sectoral linkages” has been approved for implementation in the Commonwealth of Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.The Joint Programme will be led by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and implemented…