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"We are not on track" to meet the UN's goals for sustainable development by 2030, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday at a high-level forum on science, technology, and innovation, per the New York Times.
Of the 140 targets laid out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, only about 12 percent are moving forward, and 30 percent of them "show no movement or have regressed," he said.
"We need to do the heavy lifting" to meet the goals, Lachezara Stoeva, president of the UN Economic and Social Council, told the Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum.
She said the forum is an opportunity to boost evidence-based policymaking, anchored in science, for designing and implementing to implement the goals.
The forum was opened by UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV Quarraisha Abdool Karim, who noted that global health, social systems, and economies are surprisingly fragile, but also that community-based technology and data-sharing are fundamental drivers of resilience.
He called for moving "from fragile to agile" in the scientific sphere, noting that the pandemic affected some 500 million lives, with an estimated 15 million excess deaths by 2030 with some gains threatened by reversal.
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"America's cities are diverse, dynamic, and constantly evolving," and "as we envision the city of tomorrow, what pitfalls should we sidestep and what new heights can we expect to climb?" That's the...more
Foundation: Wells Fargo Foundation
"We urgently need to reimagine access to quality affordable places to live in the US, which is so tightly linked to economic stability, physical and mental health, and ultimately generational...more
"Amazon uses technology to predict what product you might want to buy next, Facebook does the same thing to show you ads, so why can't that same type of technology be used to help solve...more
"It is the honor of my life to lead this state," Maura Healey said Thursday as she was inaugurated as Massachusetts' first female governor. Healey, a Democrat, took the oath of office from...more
Foundation: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has awarded a $30,000 grant to a Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter that will be paid over three years. The shelter has recently expanded its services to...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas
If the forecast is correct, residents of Pittsburg, Kansas, will soon be experiencing some of the lowest temperatures in the nation. But before that happens, a temporary shelter will be set up for...more
A Singapore-based company has just raised $50 million for its fifth Women's Bond, which will make loans to women in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and the Philippines across agriculture, clean...more
If you're in Cambridge, England, and you're in need of a roof over your head, there's a good chance you'll soon be living in one. That's because the city's city council is planning to sell its old...more
If you're in the market for a new apartment building, you may want to check out the Multifamily Impact Council. The nonprofit's mission is to establish a framework of impact investing principles...more
Foundation: Dallas Foundation
The Mary M. Jalonick Women's Philanthropy Institute has awarded $300,000 in grants to four Dallas-area nonprofits to help victims of sex trafficking, the Dallas Morning News reports. "This grant...more
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