Sustainable Development Report 2023 (2024)

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What is the current status of sustainable development in 2023? ›

UN Sustainable Development Goals: India Ranked 112 Among 166 Countries for Performance in 2023. India trails countries like Bhutan (61st, the best in South Asia), the Maldives (68th), Sri Lanka (83rd), Nepal (99th) and Bangladesh (101st).

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The report assesses the progress of all 193 UN Member States on the SDGs: This year, Finland, Sweden and Denmark top the rankings.

The theme for the HLPF 2023 is “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels”.

In 2023, countries came together in unprecedented ways to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.

Perhaps the single most important outcome of the Summit was the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), a commitment by the U.S. in partnership with the Group of Seven Plus Member States (G7+) to mobilize 600 billion U.S. dollars by 2027 to help close the infrastructure gap in low- and middle- ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to transform our world. They are a call to action to end poverty and inequality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice and prosperity. It is critical that no one is left behind.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2030.

The SDGs are designed to end poverty, hunger, AIDS, and discrimination against women and girls. The creativity, knowhow, technology and financial resources from all of society is necessary to achieve the SDGs in every context.

Who created the SDGs? ›

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The objective was to produce a set of universal goals that meet the urgent environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.

In short, as the latest Sustainable Development Report of 2023 summarized rather darkly, “at the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda, all of the SDGs are seriously off track” .

The Sustainable Development Goals' current status: A mere 12% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are currently on track or as the newest Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 summarizes progress on the 2030 Agenda it is a "stagnation in the face of multiple crises".

Moving away from fossil fuels, greening industrial processes, making sustainable products the norm, and efficiently guiding consumers towards them… all these priorities will set us on the path to climate neutrality, as well as contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

It involves a balanced and integrated approach to economic, social, and environmental considerations, aiming to create a harmonious and resilient society.