The United Nations’ sustainable development goals declare lofty ambitions. The 17 SDGs - and the hundreds of targets they encompass - aim to “free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want ...

South-South cooperation (SSC), born out of shared experiences and based on solidarity, positions developing countries to effectively mitigate and adapt to climate disruption, address global health ...

Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities! During the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, Member States agreed to launch a process to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AI researcher working with the UN and others to drive social change. We are in the final stretch of Agenda 2030 – and a sobering ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...

In this episode, Ado Shaibu, chairperson of Local Authorities Accounts Committee of the Tanzanian parliament, said the advantage of Chinese-style democracy is that it is closely linked with national ...

Much angst is being expressed over the fact that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off track. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres sounded the alarm in July: “Halfway to ...