As of 2019, the United States was not on track to achieve a single Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) by 2030. Trends across multiple indicators linked to SDG targets, such as maternal mortality, ...

Armed conflicts are slowing progress. For example, ScienceDirect finds conflicts set back more than half of the SDGs by more than 5%, with education (SDG 4) and infrastructure (SDG 9) losing over 10%.

Human rights and the rights of nature are the two missing links in the international community’s efforts aimed at achieving ...

3 October 2024 - Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, the sixth joint publication by UN DESA and UN Women, was launched during the Summit of the Future week. The ...

With only five years until the 2030 deadline for achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new international study reveals uneven progress in achieving the goals since their adoption ...

More of the same model would fail us even more on sustainable development goals and targets. With 58 months left to deliver on SDG goals and targets for 2030, the pledge of “leave no one behind” would ...

The latest report from UN Women presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, highlighting the progress made since 2015. The pandemic has tested and even reversed progress in ...