News and comment on the sustainable development summit, which was held at UN headquarters in New York on 25-27 September 2015 when the SDGs, which will shape the development agenda until 2030, were formally adopted
September 2016
Water in development
Sustainability in the pipeline: securing water and sanitation for the future
As the global population increases, ensuring a supply of water and sanitation for all becomes ever-more important
July 2016
It's not a wage gap, it's poverty – and it's why the US needs a development agenda
Vikki Spruill
The US ploughs billions into fighting global poverty yet ignores similar issues in its own backyard. Embracing the sustainable development goals could change that
May 2016
Connecting Britain
Smart infrastructure is the key to sustainable development
Luis Alberto Moreno and Nicholas Stern
Moving towards low-carbon, climate-resilient transport and infrastructure is the best route to reducing poverty worldwide
October 2015
Development 2030
Nine things we learned about the global goals
Students speak
Students Speak: what's the role of rich countries in the new global goals?
Poverty matters
Uganda's Nobel prize boost, LRA survivors, and teenage girls speak out
Small Changes
Can Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay make the global goals famous? – podcast transcript
Small Changes
Can Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay make the global goals famous? – podcast
Partnership promises to tackle the crisis of bad data at the heart of development
Leaders pledge $25bn to improve health of women, children and adolescents
Adolescents join women and children for first time in updated global plan that aims to reduce preventable deaths and transform outlooks for SDG generation
Still far to go on gender equality blueprint set out in 1995, say activists
Twenty years after landmark conference in Beijing, more than 80 heads of state recommit to women’s empowerment, with progress vital to meet global goal
