A global roadmap for recovery
Global governance — Global
The SDGs provide a ready-made plan for tackling humankind’s two greatest threats: COVID-19 and climate change. The solutions are within our reach
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Fairer finance for development in LDCs
Development in low-income countries is too often thwarted by lack of access to finance. The Decade of Action demands that we connect promising projects in these nations with the capital lifeline they need and deserve
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COVID-19: overcoming health disparities and building universal healthcare
The pandemic has cruelly exposed social inequities and set back progress on the SDGs. But it also gives us critical insights on what must change in our global mission to build a more just, secure, and sustainable future
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Achieving equality for women: COVID-19 and beyond
The pandemic is negatively impacting women more than men, by exacerbating already entrenched inequalities. We need bold, transformative action to dismantle the barriers to women’s progress if we are to achieve SDG 5 by the end of the decade
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Global ambition: a collective response to climate change
With a stronger concentration of national leaders who recognize the need to act, what can we now realistically hope to achieve on climate action?
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Food and the SDGs
The health of our food systems underpin the SDGs, affecting the health of our bodies, as well as the health of our environment, our economies and our cultures. However, many of the world’s food systems are fragile, unexamined and vulnerable to collapse, as millions of people around the globe have experienced first-hand during the COVID-19 crisis.
The UN Food Systems Pre-Summit will be held in Rome, 26-28 July
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Better living through nutrition: how tackling malnutrition can transform Africa’s development
Despite the will, many developing countries lack the resources to deal with a problem that ravages at both the national and individual level. We need smarter, context-specific solutions on nutrition that can catalyze sustainable change
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Tackling poverty and hunger within planetary boundaries
To balance the combined pressures of climate change and growing populations, we need to re-evaluate what we eat and where and how it’s grown
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Helping Italian farmers adapt to climate change through innovations in insurance
The Life ADA project, launched in Italy in autumn 2020, will provide practical support to the sector to face the challenges of climate change
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Cities as vanguards for action
The future of our planet and its people rests significantly on cities. This decade, we must transform how cities operate to drive global efforts on sustainable development, climate action, and recovery from COVID-19
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COVID-19 strengthens the case for universal health coverage
With the pandemic demonstrating that ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe’, the case for universal health coverage has never been clearer. How do we achieve it?
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The world needs a new, constructive multilateralism to achieve the SDGs
The last four years have seen a fractured and antagonistic approach to global affairs. What are the prizes to be gained from global leaders working together towards common goals? Is a new era possible?