As calls for accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals grow louder at the halfway point towards the 2030 deadline, acknowledging the challenges of a small island developing state like Jamaica have become even more pressing.
If we are to meet the promises of the SDGs, bold changes and actions at the local level are needed—and they are needed now. Cities are a good place to start investing.
Recognizing the urgency of delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders gathered at the UN High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York today to present innovative and practical solutions to unlock better financing and tackle the great finance divide that has emerged between developed and developing countries.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in New Delhi for the annual G20 summit with a “simple but urgent appeal” for world leaders in attendance: come together to solve humanity’s biggest challenges.
Since September 2021, the ban on girls' education has impacted 1.1 million girls and young women in the country. Somaya Faruqi, Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait- the UN's global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, reflects on the past two years.
In May 2023, Indonesia issued a first-of-its-kind Blue Bond in the Japanese debt capital market. This issuance marks the world’s first publicly offered sovereign Blue Bond aligned with International Capital Market Association (ICMA) principles.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
"First, the objective of the Funding Compact holds true. Adjusting the quantity and quality of funding does have a multiplier effect on the implementation of the SDGs...These results do not happen in a vacuum. They can only be achieved through funding adequate expertise in UN development system entities and in UN country teams to provide advice adjusted to country needs and priorities. Yet, and this is my second point, the implementation of the Funding Compact commitments remains mixed overall."
Because of her illness, Nicole has suffered more than 100 bone fractures in her lifetime, but she has never given up. Nicole has long been an ally of the UN in the fight for inclusion and the rights of people with disabilities. Her story is now featured in a book published by the UN.
