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The SDGs and climate change: a chance to join the dots
2015 is a key year for the climate and development community worldwide. The process of defining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hopefully culminate in …
Why we need a standalone SDG for women and girls
2015 is a critical year for gender equality. It is 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, where women’s rights were finally formally recognized as human rights and progress on gender equality …
Multi-stakeholder partnership and the SDGs: reflections on a UN special event
A few months ago I began working on a project with my colleagues at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) to engage the philanthropy sector in the Post-2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process. My …
Foundations and the SDGs: the ‘conspicuous absentees’ speak out
The philanthropic community has been ‘conspicuously absent from the SDG debate’, according to Kevin Watkins of the UK’s Overseas Development Institute, writing in the March 2015 issue of Alliance. However, as he suggests, the Sustainable …
The SDGs: a shopping list that matters
Mention the words ‘sustainable development goals’ – or SDGs – outside the inner circle of UN officials, government representatives and civil society groups involved in drafting them and you are guaranteed one outcome: glazed eyes …
June 2024: Around the world from our regional reps
Every month Alliance regional representatives provide a report on the latest happenings in philanthropy from their region. Below is roundup for June 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review(SSIR) Japan Relaunched By Fan Li, East Asia Regional Representative …
Catalysing change week 2024: Government champions for social innovation
Social innovation is a key tool for fighting inequality, tackling climate change and making meaningful progress towards the world’s SDG goals as we get closer to 2030. This virtual session by Catalyst2030 focused on how …
CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation explains its unique model of education philanthropy
Sonia Ben Jaafar is CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation, one of the largest privately funded philanthropic education initiatives in the Arab world. Prior to that, she was the Managing Director of EduEval, a …
From roots to resilience: Raintree Foundation’s journey towards building community stewardship
As pressing reality of climate change looms large over us, the need for action has never been more evident. With each passing year, we witness the escalating impact of climate change, from extreme weather events …
Philanthropic collaboratives can fuel greater social impact in India
India is ranked just 112 out of 166 countries in terms of progress against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With the 2030 deadline looming, social sector actors are working hard to tackle chronic …