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Back to all in-depth newsUN Global Goals - 31.05.2017
What’s truly needed to localise the UN Global Goals? The urgency of many global challenges is putting more and more pressure on local governments. In fact, mayors and local decision-makers are increasingly faced with the consequences of what is happening outside of their borders.
One way to overcome this is to join forces globally and make a direct impact locally. This is why the 17 Global Goals that the UN and its 193 member states adopted constitute a powerful framework for collective action in areas such as climate change, affordable and clean energy or gender equality, just to name a few. The question is: what is truly needed to localise these so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
This question was at the forefront of ...
One way to overcome this is to join forces globally and make a direct impact locally. This is why the 17 Global Goals that the UN and its 193 member states adopted constitute a powerful framework for collective action in areas such as climate change, affordable and clean energy or gender equality, just to name a few. The question is: what is truly needed to localise these so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
This question was at the forefront of ...
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Boris Tonhauser
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