Local leaders showcase SDG successes and demand a stronger role on the global stage
13 August 2025 - At the 2025 Local and Regional Governments Forum (LRGF), held during the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) as one of its 12 high-level Special Events, mayors, governors and local leaders from around the world spotlighted concrete progress in localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while calling for further strengthened multilevel governance with local and regional governments as indispensable partners in the countdown to 2030.
Bringing the Global Goals home: How youth make the SDGs local
12 August 2025 - In the bustling streets of Mathare, Kenya, Safrina Raiza leads environmental clean-ups that transform her community, one tree at a time. Her work represents a powerful truth: the most meaningful global movements begin with young people who see what needs to be changed in their own neighborhoods and decide to act.
Youth Localizing the SDGs: 2025 International Youth Day to spotlight local solutions
11 August 2025- Each year on 12 August, International Youth Day (IYD) brings global attention to the challenges and opportunities facing young people. Spearheaded by UN DESA, IYD celebrates youth contributions to all aspects of global development.
Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the age of AI
7 August 2025 - Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. For Indigenous Peoples, this technology can bring both significant challenges and promising opportunities.
Rethinking inflation: UN DESA series examines uneven impacts and evolving policy solution
6 August 2025 - UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division hosted a three-part Development Policy Seminar series in July to present new thinking on inflation. Discussions focused on issues such as inflation’s underlying drivers, its asymmetric impacts, and the implications for policy. The series will inform the World Economic Situation and Prospects, 2026.
Expert reports urge climate and SDG synergies on policies for disaster insurance, nature solutions, healthy cities
26 July 2025 - Three reports were launched on 22 July 2025 by experts convened...
Global Policy Dialogue highlights roadmap to SDGs: Invest in youth, protect people, transform economies
25 July 2025 - At this week’s UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue, development experts emphasized...
UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development
24 July 2025 - The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded on Wednesday following a week and a half of substantive discussion between Member States, civil society representatives and UN agencies.
Science Day 2025: Turning knowledge into action for sustainable development
22 July 2025 - Just days after the newly released Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 revealed that only 35 per cent of targets are on track or showing moderate progress, Science Day at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development emerged as a platform to both acknowledge challenges and share actionable strategies to help translate science into progress for the 2030 Agenda.
ECOSOC convenes its High-level Segment
18 July 2025 - The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, will be convened from Monday, 21 July, through Thursday, 24 July 2025.
SDG 7 Report and Policy Briefs urge governments to prioritize energy access, scale up investment, and pursue synergies
16 July 2025 - Presenting the latest data and policy recommendations...
UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals
- As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda looms, ministers, experts, and civil society leaders from around the world...
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track
14 July 2025 - Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid backwards by almost two. More than 110 million children have entered school since 2015 – but by 2023, 272 million children still had no access to the classroom.
The Sustainable Development Goals have improved millions of lives over the past decade, but progress remains insufficient, UN report finds
14 July 2025 - A decade after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations released today the 10th edition of its annual progress report...
“Social spending is not a luxury; it is a powerful investment”
14 July 2025 - “When we fund education, health, housing, decent work and social protection, we are building more productive, resilient, and secure economies and societies. These are the engines of productivity, resilience and economic security,” said Li Junhua...