From Pakistan to Brazil, the UN is helping to embed the SDGs into national and subnational policymaking
The African Union played a key role in drafting the SDGs. It has now integrated global and African priorities into a single agenda that will help the continent to navigate challenges such as food security and resource mobilisation
Businesses are critical to achieving the SDGs. We need industry leadership, government regulation and civil-society activism if they are to deliver for people and planet, as well as for profit
The SDGs must be grounded in a ‘capability approach’ – where ‘success’ is measured not by economic indicators but by people leading meaningful, fulfilled lives
When faced with the complexity of the Sustainable Development Goals, we need a digestible, precise way of measuring progress
The UN urgently needs to reform to be fit to support its Member States in realising Agenda 2030
The partnerships driving success in the health sector, such as Gavi and the Global Fund, hold lessons for achieving Agenda 2030
The SDGs have provided an ideal framework for the growing number of investors looking to ‘do the right thing’. But how can investors gauge the SDG impact of investments?
Economic disempowerment is just one of the many inequalities women face around the world. Addressing it will boost many of the Global Goals
The University of Brescia has a comprehensive programme supporting Agenda 2030 and the SDGs
International trade has brought great benefits, but also inequities. By incorporating the philosophy of the SDGs into trade agreements, trade has the potential to benefit all
Current economic models rely on a level of resource consumption that will rapidly destroy the ecosystems on which we depend. We must now design circularity into all that we do
By acknowledging the true value of our natural resources, we will be able to direct development so that it supports economy and environment
Does our global system of rules help or hinder global progress, as measured by the implementation of the SDGs?
To create better resilience and response to disasters, international organisations must ensure their efforts are designed around and work with local communities
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Water Aid Foundation, Suqia, plays a leading role in the UAE's support for the SDGs