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Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Today, the world leaders will adopt the new 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Read the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Publication Date: 
01/08/2015
United Nations
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Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty, Food Security, Health, Education, Water Supply, Sanitation, Energy, Economic Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity
Climate Change

Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development

In this paper, ACFID argues that Australia must take action on climate change to play a fair and effective role in reducing poverty and inequality and promoting sustainable development.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
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Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Australia, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Finance, Climate Impacts, Renewable Energy, REDD, Climate Adaptation
Health

How AIDS changed everything—MDG 6: 15 years, 15 lesson of hope from the AIDS response

The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
UNAIDS
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AIDS, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Epidemics, Health Effects, India, Global, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Women, Children
Economy

Multilateral Development Banks and the IMF Announce $400 Billion to achieve sustainable development goals

The multilateral development banks (MDBs) and IMF today signaled plans to extend more than $400 billion in financing over the next three years and vowed to work more closely with private and public

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
India Environment Portal
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, Global, Climate Change, Health, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economy
Environment

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: from agenda to action

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the centrepiece of a new global agreement on what society seeks to become over the next fifteen years.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2015
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Tags:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Governance, Environment, Energy, Biodiversity, Forests, Poverty, Water Resources
Energy

The role of biomass in the Sustainable Development Goals: a reality check and governance implications

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals entails an immense demand for natural resources. This could threaten global ecological development, a new study warns.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2015
Alexander Müller, Jes Weigelt, Ariane Götz, & et al
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
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Biomass, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Governance, Ecosystems, Climate Mitigation, Food Security, Land Use, Food Supply, Biofuel, India, Global
Water Supply

Water's Promise

Water today is undervalued, misused and misallocated. Too many of us take it for granted - we turn on the tap and it flows. But did you know only 4% of Earth’s water is freshwater and only 0.5% of that is safe for human consumption? As shocks of drought and deluge unleash their devastation, water has forced itself to center stage. It demands that we change fundamentally; it asks that we value it profoundly.

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Water Resources, Water Supply, Drinking Water, Global, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Africa, Drinking Water Scarcity

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