Experts call for rethink of global sustainable development agenda as 2030 deadline looms

As the world approaches the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with fewer than 1 in 5 targets on ...
Frontiers

Recent Advances in Energy Systems for Sustainable Development

Being the primary engine of global economic activity, energy obtained from non-renewable sources plays a large role in ...
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Division for Sustainable Development

Working Paper – March 2010 prepared jointly by DESA and UNIDO. This survey provides an updated non-comprehensive overview of the range of related United Nations activities and considers some ...
Nature

Information Systems for Sustainable Development and The Public Good

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Information and Computing Sciences Information Systems Information Systems for Sustainable Development and The Public Good Information systems now ...
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Smithsonian-Gallup Study Uncovers Gaps in How US Science Standards Are Preparing Students To Meet Sustainability Challenges of the Future

A new study by the Smithsonian and Gallup Inc. found that the science standards in U.S. K–12 classrooms overlook several key areas related to sustainable development. In addition, interviews with ...
GEN

Machine Learning for Sustainable Development of Biomass

Researchers at the Yale School of the Environment published a study “Machine learning for sustainable development and applications of biomass and biomass-derived carbonaceous materials in water and ...
Forbes

Off Track? Progress On The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization was quite clear in the release of its nutrition flagship report earlier this week that it is far off from reaching the organization’s goal of ...
Nature

Nursing and Sustainable Development Goals

The nursing discipline plays a critical role in realising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by uniquely bridging clinical practice with advocacy, education and community ...
World Bank

The Economics of Sustainable Development

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...
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Smithsonian Survey Finds That U.S. Teachers Want To Teach More About Sustainability

A new global survey revealed that teachers in the U.S. are just as likely as their global peers to believe in the importance and value of teaching about sustainable development, but that this topic is ...
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Division for Sustainable Development

This publication was jointly prepared by the Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, the ...