What Are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015 the United Nations created a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and ...

With only five years until the 2030 deadline for achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new international ...

In 2015, the seventieth UN General Assembly adopted an ambitious set of development goals for improving economic, environmental, and social conditions worldwide by 2030. The seventeen Sustainable ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, recognizes not only that peace and security are prerequisites for achieving ...

This article was written by Olivia Marín Álvarez for Periodismo de Barrio and published on January, 22. An edited version is republished on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. In 2015, ...

The world is rapidly advancing towards becoming a fully digital society. At a global level, the amount of data is projected to increase more than fivefold, rising from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 ...

Heritage was long absent from the mainstream sustainable development debate despite its crucial importance to societies and the wide acknowledgment of its great potential to contribute to social, ...

Sustainable investing, also known as socially responsible investing (SRI) or environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, may appeal to investors who want their portfolios to reflect their ...

Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...