Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
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A checklist of targets for post-MDG development policies
“It would be a missed opportunity not to think more radically about what the world truly needs, beyond a mere second chapter to the MDGs. There is an urgent need to focus the world’s attention on the existential problems that have scarcely been touched by the MDGs – all those connected with the planet’s ability … Continue reading
Post-2015: Possible solutions to the MDG/SDG puzzle
In her latest blog, Dr Claire Melamed, Head of ODI’s Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme outlines six possible post-2015 MDG/SDG scenarios: Read ‘Post-2015: Possible solutions to the MDG/SDG puzzle’ in full.
Rio+20: Moving Ahead with the Sustainable Development Goals
“As the global summit in Rio approaches, negotiations are still in flux, but some ideas that could advance the global sustainability agenda are gaining momentum. One such idea is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are emerging as a potentially significant outcome with global policy implications for the post-2015 development agenda”. New blog post by Manish … Continue reading
Roads from Rio+20: Pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050
The core of sustainable development is the twin challenge of satisfying human needs and aspirations within the carrying capacity of our planet. In the report ‘Roads from Rio+20. Pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050’ we have – jointly with ODI – analysed pathways to achieve internationally agreed goals and targets in two thematic … Continue reading
Roads from Rio+20: pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050
This report by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency analyses how combinations of technological measures and changes in consumption patterns could contribute to achieving a set of sustainability objectives, taking into account the interlinkages between them. The potential exists for achieving all of the objectives. Download ‘Roads from Rio+20: pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by … Continue reading
Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues
The Sustainable Development Dialogues, also known as the Rio+20 Dialogues, an undertaking of the Brazilian Government with the support of the UN, is a pioneering initiative expressly designed to create a direct channel for civil society to increase and improve global participation in Rio+20 and in international conferences in general. First, experts, stakeholders, and academics … Continue reading
Global development podcast: what can Rio+20 achieve?
As delegates prepare for June’s Rio+20 UN Earth summit on sustainable development in Brazil, The Guardian explore what tangible measures the conference can hope to produce. The podcast looks back at the 1992 Rio summit, and explores the issues of the green economy, what role companies and corporations should play in sustainable development, and what … Continue reading
Road to Rio: Growth and employment need to be the heart of development
“Growth and employment are firmly back on the development agenda—and will be a key topic during the Rio+20 Conference next month.” Read Magdy Martinez-Soliman, Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy’s ‘Road to Rio: Growth and employment need to be the heart of development’
Nigeria’s MDGs Office Holds Forum On Post-2015 Development
As part of efforts to develop a post-2015 development framework for Nigeria, the senior special assistant to the president on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Dr. Mrs Precious Kalamba Gbeneol is convening a National Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum that will also attempt to determine the country’s input to post-2015 UN Development Agenda. Read MDGs Office Holds Forum … Continue reading
Sustainable development is the only way forward
In a new blog, Jonathan Glennie argues that development co-operation needs to shift focus from poverty eradication to a broader, more inclusive framework. “It now appears possible, even probable, that sustainable development will emerge as the main framework for development practice in the coming decades, replacing or rebalancing the poverty eradication focus of recent years. … Continue reading
