17 Goals to Transform Our World
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.
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There has never been a more urgent need to protect and restore the environment. Without consolidated efforts to safeguard our planet’s climate, biodiversity and finite resources, there can be no sustainable future. Read the June edition of Goal of the Month editorial
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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that there are now nearly 300 million users globally, alongside an increase in trafficking. Read Full Story [...]
Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use
Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting [...]
Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats: WHO
A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion people, or 46 per cent [...]