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NGO Leader Calls for Global Governance to Achieve SDGs
April 19, 2017
Director general of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa Belay Begashaw has argued for increased global governance in the form of international peer-pressure and resource coordination to ensure that less-capable national governments do not fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Report Urges Increased Funding to Reach SDGs for Water
April 19, 2017
A new UN report has called on countries to “‘radically’ increase investments in water and sanitation infrastructure” in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include “universal access to safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030.”
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New Climate Report Urges Massive Carbon Cuts by 2020
April 12, 2017
Global climate initiative Mission 2020 has released a report arguing that nations must implement drastic reductions in carbon emissions, including requiring all new transportation in major cities to be “zero-carbon” by 2020, to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for climate change.
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UN Committee Seeks to Engage Business in Reaching SDGs
April 12, 2017
The UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration will meet 24-28 April to equip member state governments to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with businesses and civil society.
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Think Tank Calls for G20 Ban on Financial Data Manipulation
April 12, 2017
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has called on the Group of 20 (G20) forum to adopt an agreement prohibiting financial data manipulation by governments and holding states responsible for addressing such activity “passing through or emanating from its territory or perpetrated by its citizens.”
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