SDG Blog

Together, we can change the way we power the world

By Alok Sharma, President of COP 26 Climate Conference

Solar changed Neville’s life. I saw this for myself when, as UK Secretary of State for International Development, I visited his home in Kenya, and he told me how off-grid solar power was helping him to study for his degree.

Ready to keep the promise of the SDGs

By Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

During this pandemic, I had the honour of delivering a commencement speech. In preparing for my remarks, I thought about the future young people face today and how I felt at that age, full of energy and aspirations, ready to take on the world.

“Ready” is such a loaded word. These past 15 months have shaken up everyone on our planet. Very few communities or countries were prepared for everything that has come our way.

A recovery that works for everyone

By Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank

As the world continues to grapple with what it means to ensure an inclusive recovery, we must remember that persons with disabilities remain disproportionately excluded from accessing adequate health, education, transportation, and other basic services.

We need a green revolution for technology

By Daron Acemoglu, MIT Economics

Automation and AI (artificial intelligence) are fundamentally reshaping our labour markets, yet they are often seen as problems of developed economies of the West. That is a mistake.

The cool solutions to Africa’s burning problems

By Adekoyejo Kuye, Project Lead, Manamuz Electric LTD

Generation Equality Forum: A space for reflection, dialogue and commitment towards gender equality

By Nadine Gasman Zylbermann, President of Mexico’s National Women’s Institute (Inmujeres)

The world has changed dramatically since 1995. Yet not one country has reached substantive equality between women and men. We live in a world where there has been important progress, but the Beijing Platform for Action is more current than ever.