In 2012, world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro began to discuss a set of universal goals that would meet the environmental, political and economic ...

The world agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals. Delivering them takes trust, persuasion and the leadership of people who turn commitments into action.

9 September 2025, New York – Following a decade-long military build-up, global military spending hit a record high in 2024, soaring by more than nine per cent from 2023 and signaling a dangerous move ...

Climate change is the single biggest threat to the global environment and socio-economic development—demanding an urgent transformation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...

In 2015, the United Nations created an agenda for achieving sustainable development by 2030. Comprised of 17 goals, known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), they outlined values in the ...

The world has just six years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 objectives adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Each of the U.N.’s 193 member states agreed to work ...

An international team of scientists has called for the creation of an 18th addition to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which would aim to mitigate against the accumulation of space ...

At first glance, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) appear to be a rallying cry for businesses to transform and contribute to the betterment of society and the environment. Yet, ...

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and UNDP have launched ISO/UNDP 53001, a management system standard ...

The agreement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was a ...

The world faces more interconnected challenges than ever before, shaped by new and evolving economic, environmental, political, and social dynamics. In an effort to encourage global cooperation, ...

On the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Global Compact Networks Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Türkiye are releasing the second edition of the ...