Report urges countries to set reduction targets to minimise food waste

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced in the world is either …

SDGs better than MDGs, but still flawed, say indigenous communities

According to them, SDGs do not recognise the collective rights of indigenous communities as one of the indicators

Focus must be on children ‘left behind’, says UN study

According to a UNICEF report, despite achievements, millions of children live in poverty and die before the age of five, miss schooling and …

Reduction in premature deaths should be an SDG goal, says study

Impressive reduction in deaths among children in the past decade, but gains are low in countries engaged in war or suffering from HIV epidemic

Doha Political Declaration adopted by world leaders to fast-track progress in least developed countries

The declaration is significant since it comes amid simultaneous global risks of rising cost of living and inflation as well as climate change

Here are the seven challenges that will shape our 2020s

Plastic pollution, migration, nationalism and three other critical issues require immediate attention from world leaders for the next decade to …

Almost all states in red zone on gender equality: NITI Aayog

Latest report by think tank says that women and girls in the country experience inequalities in every aspect of life

1.2 mn schemes meant to supply drinking water to all couldn’t do it

The latest CAG report says the country might not meet the SDG goal as well with its current schemes

Countries must treat refugees as assets; aid to them can be seen as investment

The refugees must be given the opportunities to become self-reliant and contribute to their host countries

Over 100 cities pledge to make food systems sustainable in urban areas

Urban centres will be key actors in achieving Sustainable Development Goals, including eradication of hunger by 2030:FAO chief

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 …

Why smart cities need energy-efficient and sustainable buildings

The building sector is one of the most dominant sectors, accounting for 40% of primary energy requirement of a developed country 

No way of knowing progress of 74% gender-related SDGs

Data is available on only 26 per cent of 85 gender indicators, says the first review of the status of women and girls in the Asia Pacific

World Health Assembly: Political will needed to curb non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases kill 41 million people each year, low and middle-class countries account for 80 per cent of these deaths

India even behind Somalia when it comes to safely managing sanitation services

The JMP report also shows significant inequalities in basic drinking water and sanitation services within regions

Religious leaders pledge to alleviate poverty

They also declared they would do all they could to support the new SDGs, aimed at lifting millions of people out of poverty and creating a …

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  

Access to electricity improves across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

At least 99% household population in Goa, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had electricity  

Mandatory building energy code needed by 2030, says UN report

The building sector’s energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions rose by 7% since 2010, the report said

Policy agreements on climate change must take water into account: UN report

Climate change will further strain water-stressed countries, create similar problems in regions not severely affected so far, the report …

Europe, Central Asia need to tackle poverty, climate change to be hunger-free

Support smallholders, family farmers to reduce poverty, says FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva at a regional conference in Russia

Countries mull strategies to achieve SDGs on maternal and child mortality

Sustainable Development Goals demand end of preventable deaths of newborns and children under five years of age, by 2020

Developed countries received most from crisis funds, poorest got the least: UN chief

Guterres advocates for sustainable development goals simulus to give a boost to the poorest nations

India slipping on way to meeting UN-mandated SDGs: CSE-DTE

Country facing challenges in 11 of the 17 SDGs; states’ individual performances ranked as well

2030 Agenda: We need to champion sustainability in Asia and the Pacific despite adversities

National plans must align with the agenda for UN-mandated sustainable development goals to guide development