UNSSC: A centre of excellence. The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is a centre of excellence that offers learning to further a basic, yet fundamental goal: fostering a world where everyone thrives in peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet. A place where creative...
UNDESA & UNITAR, 2020 The multi-stakeholder nature of the 2030 Agenda demands an enabling environment for participation by all, as well as new ways of working in partnerships to mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources at all levels. This publication adapts...
The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2020, including the SDG Index and Dashboards, has been released. It was written by lead author Jeffrey Sachs and a team of independent experts working at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and published by...
Grading Goal Four – Tensions, Threats, and Opportunities in the Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education For the third time in three decades world leaders reaffirmed their promise of “Education For All” when adopting Sustainable Development Goal 4 in 2015. It is the most...
Enjoy this new podcast, hosted by Joe Culhane: ESD, Sustain Me!, based in Portland, Oregon, through the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN). It focuses on #ESDfor2030, a decade long framework and effort supported by UNESCO, calling on Education for Sustainable Development...
Sustainable Development Goal 4 calls for quality education. SDG Target 4.7 identifies the power of Education for Sustainable Development. This workshop explains how all educators can make a difference. Everyone interested in climate learning and engagement should take time– carve out 3.5...
The 2020 Financing for Sustainable Development Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development has launched, amid a global economic recession and financial turmoil from COVID-19. The fallout from the pandemic is derailing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and...
We believe that educating students on the SDGs is very important for a broader and holistic understanding of the challenges we are facing currently to live more sustainably and better grasp the impact our actions have. Yet, as a professor, we also see that there is not always the time to include...
A 48-page guide titled ‘Evaluation to connect national priorities with the SDGs’, has been co-created by IIED, EVALSDGs, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and UNICEF, and launched in New York today. This guide for evaluators and evaluation commissioners working on the...
Matteo Pedercini, Steve Arquitt, David Collste, and Hans Herren PNAS November 12, 2019 116 (46) 23021-23028; first published October 30, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817276116 Significance The sustainable development goals (SDGs) offer the global community a compelling vision and universally...
Issues and trends in Education for Sustainable Development is the fifth in UNESCO’s Education on the Move series, which reviews trends in education today and challenges for tomorrow. The series is aimed at providing policy-makers, educators and other stakeholders with state-of-the-art analyses of...
We have a wealth of research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems at our fingertips. Check out 3280 charts, across 297 topics. All free: open access and open source, at Our World in Data. Plus: Sustainable Development Goals Tracker Is the world on track to reach the...