COVID-19 strengthens the case for universal health coverage
Health — Global
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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For the world’s growing urban populations, the ‘new normal’ must mean better and sustainable places to live and work, and ways to travel, for all – not just a privileged few
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Space-D: Innovation for the SDGs
Data and monitoring — Middle East and Northern Africa
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is harnessing the power of space
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Building a more equal world
Economic development — Global
Coronavirus threatens to push already damaging levels of inequality to new extremes. Post-pandemic, we must go beyond lifting people out of poverty and tackle the deeper structural causes of inequality at all levels
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Are nations thinking, and acting, for the long term?
Data and monitoring — Global
Six years after signing up to sustainable development and climate action, are countries’ plans fit for purpose to make long-term change?
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Climate is just one of nine identified ‘planetary boundaries’, beyond which humanity’s future comes under threat. We must ensure the SDGs succeed within these critical limits
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Weaning the world off fossil fuels
Energy — Middle East and Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
What is holding up progress on the transition to carbon neutrality, and what must we do to speed it up?
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A new approach to waste can advance the circular economy
Cities — Global
We must urgently find ways to turn burgeoning waste from cities into a resource
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Tackling poverty and hunger within planetary boundaries
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Asia (Central, Eastern and Southern), Global, Sub-Saharan Africa
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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Tackling the fake news ‘infodemic’: COVID-19 and beyond
Data and monitoring — Europe, Global, US and Canada
Improvements in technology have made information more accessible than ever. Then why has public debate in recent years been overrun with false narratives, and what can be done?
