271 datasets found

The article speaks to the transition of the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The authors provide solid evidence on the need to transition to more ‘resource-smart food systems’, an imperative for the achievement of at least 12 out of the 17 Sustainable De...

During the September 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, hunger and food insecurity was one of the key topics of discussion, producing the SDG 2 – End Hunger and Achieve Food S...

The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has had considerable success with the MDGs, particularly in reducing levels of poverty. Nevertheless, the region is off track when it comes to...

The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...

This publication is a contribution of UN Women to the UN in Viet Nam. The report examines 17 sustainable development goals from a gender perspective and indicates that gender in...

The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then establis...

This is a presentation delivered by H.E Paris Chuop, PhD: Deputy Secretary-General, National Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia at the CLMV C...

This is a powerpoint prepared by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) and delivered at the National Policy Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in...

Universal call upon concert actions regarding ocean-related sustainable development have been requested to be applied and implemented at all levels form local and national to re...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) list the 17 key areas that must be included in national and international policy-making, in order to reduce poverty, fight inequality an...

Despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the past 50 years, there are still 750 million illiterate adults around the world, most of whom are women. These numbers produced ...

Despite considerable advances in disaster risk management (DRM) understanding and know-how over the past few decades, there has been no evidence of a long-term decline in loss o...

To promote more effective applications in the field of sustainable development, sharing best practices is very important. This report provides an overview of the space technolog...

The commitments that the Government of Thailand has made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20-25% from the business-as-usual scenario by 2030 requires concerted actions for ...

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based pove...

To ratify the strategy for sustainable development in Vietnam in the 2011-2020 period with the following principal contents: i. Perspectives, objectives and priority orientatio...

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/1, the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the United Nations system, has the honor to submit the report on progress towards the S...

The SDG Index and Dashboards Report provides a report card for country performance on the historic Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The annual report sh...

The UN list of least developed countries (LDC) is updated periodically based upon General Assembly meetings.