Ahead
of the SDG Summit, a new UN report
by an independent group of scientists launched
today calls for transformational shifts
rooted in science that would urgently reverse
course and turbocharge the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
With the world off track to
achieving the SDGs, action is needed.
Drawing on the latest data and scientific
insights, the Global Sustainable Development
Report 2023, entitled “Times of crisis,
times of change: Science for accelerating
transformations to sustainable
development,” offers practical solutions
to accelerate SDG implementation.
“The 2023 Global
Sustainable Development Report helps to shine new
light on transformative processes and practices
that can help move the world from commitment to
action, and from declaration to delivery,” said UN
Secretary-General António
Guterres.
At
this critical juncture, midway to 2030, the
evidence makes clear that incremental and
fragmented change is insufficient to achieve all
17 SDGs in the remaining seven years, or even by
2050. Instead, strategic, whole-of-society
transformations are needed. And this must be
achieved globally – leaving no country, society or
person behind.
About
the Global Sustainable Development
Report
The
quadrennial Global Sustainable Development Report
was mandated by the United Nations General
Assembly, to inform the SDG Summit. It has been
drafted by an independent group of 15 scientists
appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General.
The scientists represent diverse disciplines in
the natural and social sciences and hail from both
developed and developing countries.
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