2022 voluntary national reviews stark illustration of setbacks wrought by COVID-19: UN

World halfway through to the UN’s 2030 Agenda; but it is not the halfway world imagined in 2015, when the Agenda was floated, says Amina …

Bhopal becomes first Indian city to track progress towards meeting SDGs

Bhopal Municipal Corporation, UN-Habitat, others collaborate for voluntary local reviews to track the progress towards the 2030 Agenda  

Road to 2030: World, especially Africa, won’t achieve access to clean water, sanitation goal, says UN

Sub-Saharan Africa region lags most & will need 20-21 fold increase in current rates of progress

SDG 7: World still off-track from achieving universal energy access to all, says UN report

High inflation, debt distress, policy inactions and lagging financial flows slowing access to electricity, clean cooking in developing economies

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

‘OECMs are a win-win for conservation and community’

Down To Earth talks to conservationist Vinod Mathur to learn more about India’s roadmap to conserve its marine regions