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2025 Development Cooperation Forum reimagines global cooperation to deliver a sustainable future, amid growing challenges

With nearly 600 million people projected to remain in extreme poverty by 2030 and the gap to finance the SDGs expected to widen to $4 trillion annually, the 2025 Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) ...
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Fast Facts – What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development is how we must live today if we want a better tomorrow, by meeting present needs without compromising the chances of future generations to meet their needs. The survival of our ...
The Conversation

GDP is not enough to measure a country’s development. What if we used the Sustainable Development Goals instead?

Cristina D'Alessandro is currently an officer at the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, mentioned in the article, but in a different field to the one covered in the text: she deals ...
The Conversation

Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track

Cameron Allen receives funding from the Australian Government. Shirin Malekpour receives funding from the Australian Government. This week world leaders are gathering at the United Nations (UN) ...
The Heritage Foundation

The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals Fall Flat

Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...