As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end ... on countries to begin efforts to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 15 years. “The seventeen Sustainable ...

Unlike the other MDGs, which identify clear targets for the year 2015, no deadlines were specified for Goal 8. This shortcoming has been somewhat remedied through a number of goals set during the ...

According to the Millennium Development Goals Report 2013, the world has reached the poverty ... Nevertheless, the gender gap in employment persists, with a 24.8 percentage point difference between ...

An increase in afforestation, a slight decrease in deforestation and the natural expansion of forests have reduced the net loss of forest from an average of 8.3 million hectares annually in the ...