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Foundations and the SDGs: poised to make a difference?
Robust data systems, currently beyond the capacity of many developing nations, will be fundamental to ensuring the global adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. Philanthropy can jump-start that process. Foundations should take a moment to compare …
Philanthropy can advance climate justice through the SDGs
Sustainable development and climate change are inextricably linked. The governments of the world recognized this in formulating Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals, ‘take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts’. Left …
How foundations can re‑think strategies to benefit the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals should concern foundations interested in international development, considering the unprecedented collaborative process by which the goals were negotiated, the political consensus around their adoption, as well as their universality. Moreover, the …
Case study – Community philanthropy chimes with SDGs
Implementing goals, community by community The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have arrived after years of dialogue. Where the earlier Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were formulated in United Nations offices – one was even added as …
Case study – Addressing inequality amid plenty: the SDGs and the United States
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an opportunity to not only address challenges in developing countries, but also to make progress on many of the same challenges that persist in ‘developed’ countries. Each of the …
Case study – Give communities ownership of SDGs
The underlying message of the Sustainable Development Goals is reflected in the statement no one gets left behind. It is hoped that the SDGs move on from an agenda that is ‘done to’ developing countries …
Foundations need to help narrow great gaps in SDGs
Advocates are championing the agreement behind the Sustainable Development Goals. But let’s be frank about what’s missing: A committed source of funding the estimated $3.5 trillion to $5 trillion annual costs. Accountability – the agreement …
How donors can combat corruption to meet SDGs health goals
Too many women still die in childbirth and too many children under five die from preventable causes, despite worldwide improvements in health over the last five years. The $22 billion in aid allocated to achieve …
Can the SDGs spark a radical approach to philanthropy?
The United Nations will take a major step towards a more holistic approach to achieving global prosperity when it agrees the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its summit in New York this month. The new …