It's time to act to secure sustainable water and sanitation for all

03-18-2015

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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There's no silver bullet to sustainable development, but to avoid conflicts, disasters and damage to ecosystems, water agenda must advance on political arena

Green Scene - Rebuilding San Diego Infrastructure with Mark Kersey

Submitted by clorio on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 14:40

San Diego has a multi-billion dollar backlog of infrastructure projects: sewers, sidewalks, parks, potholes and fire and police stations. We may live in "America's Finest City" -- but much of it is beginning to crumble under our feet due to lack of attention and funding.

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Existing poverty index ‘ideal for assessing the SDGs’

12-16-2015

Pablo Correa

[CARTAGENA] The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, which is a tool for measuring acute poverty, should be used to monitor compliance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a conference has heard.

Jan Eliasson: There is no peace without development

12-16-2015

EURACTIV.com

Georgi Gotev

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who just returned from a number of missions to Iraq, Iran and Lebanon, said Tuesday (3 February) that the international community and the EU should be more active after the end of a conflict, to make sure that it does not happen again.

UN summit approves 15-year blueprint to eradicate poverty

09-25-2015

Edith M. Lederer

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With the bang of a gavel, international leaders approved an ambitious 15-year plan Friday to tackle the world's biggest problems, from eradicating poverty to preserving the planet to reducing inequality.

'Revolution needed' for world to meet sustainable development goals

12-09-2015

Heather Stewart

World leaders gathering at the UN in New York next weekend must pledge to make a revolutionary effort if they are serious about meeting the 17 ambitious anti-poverty targets for 2030 that they are due to sign, according to Britain’s leading development thinktank.

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