Category: SDGs

Scaling up or losing steam? Parliamentarians debate the future of the SDGs

United Nations Parliamentary hearing at the United Nations. As the clock ticks toward 2030, parliamentarians gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday to assess the state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and the verdict was anything but unanimous.  Amid deepening global debt, taxation disputes and a widening gap between ambition and […]

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’

UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | Wide shot of the plenary hall at the UN climate conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.   Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought […]

COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’

UNFCCC/Kiara Worth | Midway point press conference in Baku on Monday, 18 November, with COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev (far left), and the Executive Director of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell (second from left). The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to […]

Communique from the UNAA Summit of the Future Roundtable

Below is a communique published by United Nations Association of Australia, orginally published here Heads of state and government, through the General Assembly of the UN, are taking action to safeguard the future for present and coming generations. Our Action We collaborated with the Initiative for Peacebuilding of Melbourne University and the ACT Chapter of […]

UN deputy chief demands bold policies, innovative solutions for SDGs

UN Photo/Loey Felipe | UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the opening of the High-level Political Forum 2024. By Vibhu Mishra The international community must urgently summon the commitment and investments needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline, the UN Deputy Secretary-General stressed on Monday. Addressing the opening of the 2024 High-level […]