Governance through goals: the benefits of target-setting for the SDGs
Data and monitoring
Setting long-term goals and targets towards achieving sustainability can induce more immediate advantages too
SDG 16
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Communities must drive climate action
Climate — Global
Communities, not bureaucracies, will be the driving force to turn the aspirations of the Paris Agreement into reality
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Healing people and planet in the wake of COVID-19
Pandemic recovery — Global
The pandemic makes the SDGs even more relevant, even more critical to ensure that we leave no one behind
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Reinventing capitalism: a mindset shift to transform everything
Financing — Global
We need a new form of capitalism, one that values and rewards sustainable practices and gets us on the path to 1.5°C. Business leaders are rising to the challenge and rallying behind a bold agenda for business action and long-term value creation, fully aligned with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement
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Cities as vanguards for action
Cities — Global
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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The world needs a new, constructive multilateralism to achieve the SDGs
Global governance — Global
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?
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Achieving equality for women: COVID-19 and beyond
Gender — Global
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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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?
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Global governance needs reshaping if we’re to achieve the SDGs
Peace and security — Global
The pandemic has painfully exposed many societies’ inability to deal with crises. We must urgently innovate and democratize our governance structures if we’re to thwart the existential threats facing humankind
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Exposing destructive sources of finance
Financing — Sub-Saharan Africa
From illegal pollution to terrorism, one critical way to curb nefarious action is to identify and cut off its finance. How can we do this for abuses that threaten the SDGs?
