This article is published in association with United Nations. Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent action to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals and revive international cooperation. Speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres, General Assembly President Philémon […]UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals
April 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent action to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals and revive international cooperation. Speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres, General Assembly President Philémon […]Youth digital engagement crucial for achieving SDGs: Guterres
August 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the world celebrates International Youth Day on Monday, the UN chief is emphasising the importance of empowerment and equality for young people to reach the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Under the theme, From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development, the Day focuses […]UN forum on sustainable development concludes with renewed commitment, call for urgent action
July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development concluded on Wednesday, with nations reiterating the need for renewed impetus and accelerated actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. Held under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Forum […]Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future
July 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. How can we get closer to achieving UN Member States’ detailed plans to make the world a better place within the next six years? A two-week event starting on 8 July at UN Headquarters will attempt to answer that crucial question. The 2024 High-level Political Forum on […]World getting a ‘failing grade’ on Global Goals report card
July 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With just six years remaining to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global progress is alarmingly insufficient, with a mere 17 per cent of the targets currently on track, according to a new UN report released on Friday. The 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report highlighted that nearly […]Why trillions more are needed to bridge the SDG financing gap
September 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: James X. Zhan, Senior Director, Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Bruno Casella, Senior Economist, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Reuben Wambui, Research Consultant, United Nations Conference on Trade and […]How much progress is being made on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
September 12, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rebecca Geldard, Sub-Editor, Forum Agenda, Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article has been updated. It was first published in September 2022.Multiple global crises continue to put the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals ‘in peril’, the UN says.Its […]Eurostat report shows EU’s progress on Sustainable Development Goals
May 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published today the ‘Sustainable development in the European Union — monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context, 2023 edition‘, which provides a statistical overview of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]Why we can’t meet the SDGs without ending the digital divide
March 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Christopher Worman, Co-Founder, Chief Partnership and Strategy Officer, Connect Humanity On 1 January 2016, the world’s nations put forward a to-do list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a fairer, healthier, more sustainable world by 2030. It […]How scaling up investment in fragile states can help achieve SDGs
January 10, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael Jongeneel, Chief Executive Officer, Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) With inequality on the rise and the climate crisis raging across our planet, time is running out to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We believe in a world […]Can technology play a more meaningful role in meeting the SDGs?
August 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Chaesub Lee, Director, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau It is becoming clear that technical standards will play a key role in addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and some of the most pressing needs of the planet, like […]The Biscay Model: innovation in taxation could advance the SDGs. An expert explains
March 4, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Roll, Lecturer in Innovation Development and Public Policy, IIPP, University College London (UCL), Abhinav Chugh, Content and Partnerships Lead, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum Tax systems are a powerful tool to help finance advancement of the SDGs […]Could blockchain be the key that unlocks the SDGs?
October 18, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rodney Prescott, Strategy Consultant, IO Global & Leon Molchanovsky, Managing Director, IO Global & Kaj Burchardi, Managing Director and Head of Platinion Netherlands, BCG Platinion Although much effort has gone into meeting the SDGs, significant barriers remain – […]2030 SDGs: The change must come from the US
September 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Otumara Urowoli Jessica, a 5th year medical student currently studying in Sumy State University, Ukraine. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily […]Changing the face of medicine: Why social accountability and Sustainable Development Goals are so important?
September 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Maria Eduarda Mesquita, a final year medical student in Brazil and currently specializing in Health Education. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not […]Just nine years to go in order to achieve the 2030 agenda, will we?
September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Ekpe Onyinyechi Pecae Ibitoru, currently a 5th medical student of Sumy State Medical Institute, Ukraine. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily […]UN SDGs and healthcare
September 11, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Ándrew Suguru Sato, a 22 years old and a second-year medical student at Unicesumar, Maringá, Brazil. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do […]How collaborations with social entrepreneurs are helping to make the SDGs a reality
June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kristine Pearson, Founder and CEO, Lifeline Energy & Colin McElwee, Co-Founder, Worldreader Social innovators are tackling some of the world’s greatest threats – and by working more collaboratively, are shifting the entire landscape of the social change sector.This […]The final countdown towards achieving 2030 Agenda
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This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Mirza Zain Baig is a 3rd Year MBBS student in Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat and a member of IFMSA, Pakistan. He is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly […]These universities top new rankings for their commitment to SDGs
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, Times Higher Education New impact rankings highlight the transformational achievements of universities that actively support the Sustainable Development Goals.The results reveal that traditional measures of institutional prestige are not always aligned with social […]Here’s how governments can mobilize technology for the SDGs
January 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Celine Herweijer, Global Leader, Innovation and Sustainability, PwC & Antonia Gawel, Deputy Head of PGPG; Head of Circular Economy and Innovation; ExCom Member, World Economic Forum& Jessica Shannon Global Government & Public Sector Leader, PwC COVID-19 has shown […]The United Nations, 75 years young: Engaging youth social entrepreneurs to accelerate the SDGs
October 25, 2020 by 2 Comments
This article was written for The European Sting by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The opinions expressed in this article belong to our distinguished writer. This year, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary – a milestone […]How the media can be a meaningful stakeholder in the quest to meet the SDGs
January 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Yoichi Nishimura, Managing Director, Asahi Shimbun News media can play an important role in raising awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 84 news organizations from around the world – including 11 from Japan – joined the SDG […]We’re all in the same boat on the SDGs. Here’s how we steer a course
September 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Diana Guzmán, Regional Acceleration Lead, SDIP, World Economic Forum This week, the international community is once again assembled in New York for a series of important discussions about climate change and sustainable development. This time they will be watched […]Sustainable development funding is broken. Here’s how to fix it
August 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an urgent call for action to end poverty and reduce inequality, while protecting our planet, […]The UN has a 17-point plan to save the world. So how’s it doing?
August 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content In 2015, the United Nations wrote a to-do list to address the world’s biggest problems – designed to tackle everything from poverty to the oceans – and lift people up by 2030 without […]Is 2019 the beginning of the end for coal in Europe?
August 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Formative Content Coal generation in Europe fell by a fifth in the first half of this year, with almost every coal-burning country cutting back. Western Europe saw particularly dramatic drops in production – up to 79% in Ireland, […]Illicit trade endangers the environment, the law and the SDGs. We need a global response
July 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) & Jeffrey HardyDirector-General, Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade A dark side to globalization has been the alarming emergence of illicit trade, […]How fixing broken food systems can help us meet all the SDGs
July 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Paul Stokes, Co-founder, Managed Security Forum, Prevalent AI Global leaders have set themselves a series of ambitious goals and targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ending hunger by 2030 (SDG 2) or reducing premature mortality from […]There isn’t a single country on track to make the UN’s targets for gender equality
June 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Formative Content There isn’t a country in the world that’s currently set to achieve gender equality by the UN’s target of 2030. Not a single nation is doing enough to improve the lives of women and […]
This is how Copenhagen plans to go carbon-neutral by 2025
May 22, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Brian Vad, Mathiesen, Professor, Aalborg University Ida Auken, Member of Parliament, Parliament of Denmark (Folketinget), Jens Martin Skibsted, Partner, Skibsted Ideation Aps EnergyLab Nordhavn will be completed this year – the Danish smart energy lighthouse project that will integrate […]Advanced economies still have plenty of work to do to reach Sustainable Development Goals
May 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with OECD. With only 11 years left to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, some of the most economically advanced countries have still not met targets in areas like poverty reduction, youth employment, education and training, gender equality and numerical literacy, according to a new OECD report. Measuring […]4 key ways countries can finance their SDG ambitions
April 12, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gavin E.R. Wilson, Co-Chair, Global Future Council on Development Finance A new global framework for financing sustainable development was established in 2015. Every country on earth signed up to the Global Goals, having recognized the critical importance of attracting […]
