Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities! During the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, Member States agreed to launch a process to ...

With renewed urgency to tackle inequalities and restore trust in public institutions, the 63 rd session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD63) will run from 10 to 14 February in New ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has undermined the ability of many countries to achieve the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Here, we systematically assess the likely impacts of the pandemic on ...

In a Zen parable, a man sees a horse and rider galloping by. The man asks the rider where he’s going, and the rider responds, “I don’t know. Ask the horse!” Most people want a strong economy, social ...

Globally, climate change represents the most significant threat to the environment and socio-economic development, endangering lives and livelihoods. Within the UN’s current 17 Sustainable Development ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...