Fostering innovation
Economic development
The Decade of Action demands rapid and impactful innovation in all areas to make Agenda 2030 a reality. How can we achieve this?
SDG 8
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Achieving the just transition to a sustainable future
Climate — Global, US and Canada
The phasing out of fossil fuels must be fair to all, including those communities dependent on polluting industries. Yet policies to achieve this ‘just transition’ remain weak and scattered. What must governments do to strengthen them?
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Who rests, rusts
Financing — Europe, Global
Liechtenstein banks aspire to play a creative role in developing a more sustainable global economy and inclusive society. The theme of our Roadmap 2025 is growth through innovation and sustainability
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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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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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Better living through nutrition: how tackling malnutrition can transform Africa’s development
Health — Middle East and Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
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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Helping Italian farmers adapt to climate change through innovations in insurance
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Europe
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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Coordinating disparate sources of finance to achieve the SDGs
Financing — Global, Latin America and the Caribbean
If generating the finance to achieve the SDGs seemed a tall order pre-pandemic, it looks much harder now. We must rapidly accelerate the take-up of financial instruments for sustainable development, and attract a wider range of investors, if we’re to meet the 2030 deadline
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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
