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Sustainable Development Goals
Green and social bonds could be key to meeting SDGs
Issuing new green, social and sustainability bonds in emerging markets could be crucial to meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the claim of a new report by the Global Steering Group for …
UNGA: Philanthropy left out of SDG conversations
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will need more funding and a change in approach to localise development efforts in a way that creates an enabling environment for civil society and ensures access to resources from …
How philanthropy can bring the SDGs to life
During the past two decades, there has been an increasing realisation that development programs are more effective when designed and executed by those most affected by the challenges they seek to address. That is why …
White House climate resilience framework sparks US philanthropy commitments
Four major US philanthropists have announced a commitment to building climate resilience, following a first-ever National Climate Resilience Framework announced by the Biden administration. The US government’s framework includes the need for more collaboration across …
Fondation Botnar joined by UNICEF and global players aiming to bring adolescent health wthin SDGs
Adolescents have been a “missing population” in global health priorities for far too long, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That’s according to Swiss philanthropists Fondation Botnar. To address that, it has attracted ten global …
IKEA Foundation grants $20 million in Global South energy transition initiative
The IKEA Foundation, philanthropic arm to the Swedish homeware giant, has launched a new philanthropic initiative alongside the ClimateWorks Foundation, in a bid to support communities in the Global South impacted by energy transitions from …
Over a billion Singaporean dollars pledged by newly launched Philanthropy Asia Alliance
Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), a new organisation launched to tackle environmental and social challenges, has pledged more than $1 billion Singaporean dollars (US $777 million). The Temasek Trust, based in Singapore, announced the launch at …
Asia Community Foundation launches continent-wide mission tackling sustainable development goals
The Asia Community Foundation (ACF), based in Singapore, officially launched in September as it seeks to address educational and sustainable development goals (SDGs) across Asia. Described as the first Asia-focused independent community foundation, ACF …
The SDG Fund: Empowering Local Communities to Achieve the SDGs
Reaching the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals will require regional and local development actors to take a leading role in implementation. Those local actors are among the most capable – and most motivated – to help …
Understanding SDG-speak: Half-empty or half-full?
The SDGs continue to attract negative and positive commentary in almost equal measure The SDGs suffer from a problem of scale – or rather of how to mesh two scales, the grand and the miniature. …