Tag: 2019 SDG Summit

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 23:11 UTC

  UN: Scientists call for urgent action to avoid reversing the development gains

  

  New York, 11 September — Achieving human well-being and eradicating poverty for all of the Earth’s people—expected to number eight and a half billion by 2030—is still possible, but only if there is a fundamental—and urgent—change in the relationship between people and nature, and a significant reduction in social and gender inequalities between and inside countries, according to a new United Nations report by an independent group of scientists to be launched at the 2019 SDG Summit, but made available today.