‘Green industrial age’ can be sustainable development breakthrough

‘Green industrial age’ can be sustainable development breakthrough

Amid growing food and energy crises stoked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an uncertain global economic outlook, and the escalating impacts of climate change, the 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations, says that “urgent, massive investment” is needed to accelerate positive transformation of the electricity supply industry, farming, transportation and construction. There are signs of…

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Elon Musk's demand to stop the development of 'artificial intelligence'

Elon Musk’s demand to stop the development of ‘artificial intelligence’

Elon Musk, file photo Elon Musk, the founder of the well-known American company Tesla, called on experts to stop further development of AI technology. In a letter Elon Musk and artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders identified potential threats to society and humanity, calling for a 6-month gap to develop artificial intelligence systems more powerful…

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The LDC graduation pathway must not disrupt overall sustainable development, says UN deputy chief

The LDC graduation pathway must not disrupt overall sustainable development, says UN deputy chief

She was speaking during the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), in Doha, Qatar, where other participants stressed that graduation from LDC category must be sustainable and irreversible.  Speakers argued that the appeal for continued and innovative financing and support measures “has fallen on deaf ears”, as the LDC5 held the last…

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Solidarity, leadership and commitment needed to reach 2030 development goals: Mohammed

Solidarity, leadership and commitment needed to reach 2030 development goals: Mohammed

As the continent weathers the full impact of fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine, she underscored the need for greater action to achieve UN and African Union roadmaps that promise an inclusive and sustainable future for all.  Countries off track  “At the mid-point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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1.5 million now homeless in Türkiye after quake disaster, warn UN development experts

1.5 million now homeless in Türkiye after quake disaster, warn UN development experts

“This makes this clearly the largest earthquake disaster in Türkiye’s history and perhaps the largest natural disaster the country has ever faced,” said Louisa Vinton, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Türkiye Resident Representative.  Two further earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.8 on the Richter Scale killed six more on the Türkiye-Syria border on Monday, with “another 294…

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Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development

Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development

So far, the global financial system has failed to effectively cushion the impacts of current crises impacting the Global South the most: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing climate emergency. “Today’s poly-crises are compounding shocks on developing countries – in large part because of an unfair global financial system that is short-term, crisis-prone,…

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‘Put people first’ in drive to realize Sustainable Development Goals

‘Put people first’ in drive to realize Sustainable Development Goals

“Putting people first means we must create opportunities for young people to accumulate knowledge and skills relevant for the labour market through education, training, and early work experience,” Lachezara Stoeva said. The current dim projections for global economic growth simply require it. Amid multiple global interconnected crises, advancing efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for…

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Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food.  The high-level event falls at the halfway point for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development (SDGs), which provide a blueprint for…

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