An eye on achieving SDGs
2 years, 7 months ago

An eye on achieving SDGs

The Hindu  

NITI Aayog’s 2020-21 Sustainable Development Goals India Index detailed the implementation of the United Nations’ SDGs in the country, States and Union Territories. All the States managed to score above 50 points in SDG implementation, with 13 States featuring in the ‘Performer’ category and 15 in the ‘Front Runner’ category. It topped in the implementation of two SDGs — 13 and 14, which are ‘climate action’ and ‘life below water’, respectively. In the ‘climate action’ SDG, which aims to integrate climate change and disaster risk measures with sustainable natural resource management into national development strategies, the State scored 70 points. In the ‘life below’ water SDG, which aims to conserve oceans, seas and marine resources by preventing marine pollution and illegal fishing practices, Odisha scored 82.

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Global South faces climate burden: India highlights challenges at COP29
1 month ago

Global South faces climate burden: India highlights challenges at COP29

India Today  

At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, India's Minister of State for Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, highlighted the critical juncture at which the global community stands in its collective fight against climate change. Speaking on behalf of the Global South, Singh pointed the disproportionate burden faced by developing nations due to climate change. Kirti Vardhan Singh also reiterated that …

India pitches for $1.3 trillion in annual climate support for developing nations
1 month, 1 week ago

India pitches for $1.3 trillion in annual climate support for developing nations

Live Mint  

Intervening on behalf of like-minded developing countries, India said that developed countries need to commit to provide and mobilise at least $1.3 trillion every year in the New Collective Quantified Goal till 2030. Developing countries require up to $1.5 trillion a year for their unique climate needs and net zero transition, according to various estimates. Also Read: COP29 stresses global …

NITI Aayog report shows improved progress on SDGs
5 months, 1 week ago

NITI Aayog report shows improved progress on SDGs

The Hindu  

The government think tank NITI Aayog on Friday released its fourth evaluation report of India’s progress on the 16 Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 by all United Nations member countries, giving India a score of 71 out of 100, as compared to 57 in 2018. “You have other issues like women owning land, assets, and employment.” The report noted …

SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Index 2023-2024: Tamil Nadu takes the third spot
5 months, 1 week ago

SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Index 2023-2024: Tamil Nadu takes the third spot

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has emerged as a frontrunner in the latest SDG India Index 2023-2024, unveiled by NITI Aayog on Friday. The upward trajectory places the State among the top performers across the nation, underscoring its commitment to social equity, economic growth and environmental sustainability, according to a Press Information Bureau release. In the SDG of ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’, …

This is the year to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track
7 months, 2 weeks ago

This is the year to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track

The Hindu  

The United Nations summit on Sustainable Development Goals, that was held in New York, assessed progress towards achieving the SDGs. Given this emerging scenario, the UN SDG Report, 2023 identified five key areas for urgent action: Commitment of governments to seven years of accelerated, sustained and transformative actions to deliver on the promises of SDGs; concrete, integrated and targeted government …

Why the world will miss the 2030 deadline for Sustainable Development Goals
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Why the world will miss the 2030 deadline for Sustainable Development Goals

New Indian Express  

The 17 goals of the Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030 approved by world leaders at a UN summit in September 2015 came into force in January 2016. These global development goals or SDGs are a set of 17 interlinked objectives with a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for the people and the planet for now and into the future. …

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Urges PVT Sector to Back SDGs
1 year, 2 months ago

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Urges PVT Sector to Back SDGs

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stressed the need for private sector to come forward and support the sustainable development goals or SDGs, saying that it is the collective responsibility of all stakeholders to participate and contribute in this endeavour. "The 17 SDGs adopted by United Nations member states in 2015 were aimed at addressing a wide range …

World not on track to achieve most SDGs by 2030
1 year, 2 months ago

World not on track to achieve most SDGs by 2030

The Hindu  

Lamenting the lack of progress on various Sustainable Development Goals, including biodiversity protection and greenhouse gas emissions, world leaders at the SDG Summit in New York on September 18 and 19, 2023, once again reaffirmed their shared commitment to eradicate poverty and end hunger. They also recognised that the world was on track to meet only 15% of its 169 …

India's journey towards SDGs serves as inspiring example of determination, ingenuity: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj
1 year, 2 months ago

India's journey towards SDGs serves as inspiring example of determination, ingenuity: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

The Hindu  

The G20 summit under India’s Presidency put the Sustainable Development Goals “front and centre” and underscored the dedication to accelerate their implementation, New Delhi’s envoy in New York has said, emphasising that India’s journey towards SDGs serves as an “inspiring example of determination and ingenuity”. ‘India has remained committed to the cause’ In her address, Ms. Kamboj noted with concern …

Time for world to put SDGs back on track
1 year, 3 months ago

Time for world to put SDGs back on track

China Daily  

Editor's note: The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, fight climate change, and ensure that people can enjoy peace and prosperity. From Sept 19 to 23, world leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on …

Time for world to put SDGs back on track
1 year, 3 months ago

Time for world to put SDGs back on track

China Daily  

Editor's note: The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, fight climate change, and ensure that people can enjoy peace and prosperity. From Sept 19 to 23, world leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on …

Time for world to put SDGs back on track
1 year, 3 months ago

Time for world to put SDGs back on track

China Daily  

Editor's note: The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, fight climate change, and ensure that people can enjoy peace and prosperity. From Sept 19 to 23, world leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on …

Taking G-20 to the last mile, leaving none behind: Narendra Modi
1 year, 3 months ago

Taking G-20 to the last mile, leaving none behind: Narendra Modi

The Hindu  

‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ — these two words capture a deep philosophy. The Voice of Global South Summit, which witnessed participation from 125 countries, was one of the foremost initiatives under our Presidency. Many countries of the Global South are at various stages of development and climate action must be a complementary pursuit. Our G-20 Presidency is working on bridging the gender …

India's commitment to sustainable development manifests in progress on SDGs
1 year, 6 months ago

India's commitment to sustainable development manifests in progress on SDGs

Deccan Chronicle  

Advancing on the ladder of attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a globally recognized benchmark. The Swachh Bharat Mission and the Jal Jeevan Mission, which were launched in 2014 and 2019 respectively, have been instrumental in driving social wellbeing in India. At the time of its implementation in 2014, the Swachh Bharat Mission sought to provide safe sanitation …

Only 12% of Sustainable Development Goals targets are on track: Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP
1 year, 6 months ago

Only 12% of Sustainable Development Goals targets are on track: Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP

The Hindu  

Most of the Sustainable Development Goals are not on track, said a senior official of the UN Development Programme here on Wednesday. Speaking to The Hindu in an exclusive interview Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP, who represented the organisation at the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting in Varanasi said access to concrete measures like finance and technology should be …

Development core issue for Global South: PM Modi at G20
1 year, 6 months ago

Development core issue for Global South: PM Modi at G20

Hindustan Times  

A G20 development ministers’ meeting on Monday was unable to agree on a consensus outcome document because of differences over the Ukraine crisis, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought collective action to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure no one is left behind. The G20 development ministers’ meeting, chaired by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, focused on …

India, its SDG pledge goal, and the strategy to apply
1 year, 7 months ago

India, its SDG pledge goal, and the strategy to apply

The Hindu  

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while addressing the first meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under India’s G20 Presidency, held on February 24-25, 2023, expressed concern that “progress on Sustainable Development Goals seems to be slowing down”. India’s progress is mixed The SDGs framework sets targets for 231 unique indicators across 17 SDG goals related to economic development, …

Success in facing climate crisis will depend on ‘ability of India to lead…’ : US
1 year, 8 months ago

Success in facing climate crisis will depend on ‘ability of India to lead…’ : US

Hindustan Times  

The success of the world in combating the climate crisis will in part depend on decisions taken by India, a senior US official has said, as he vowed to work with New Delhi and other countries in achieving the ambitious targets. The success of the world in facing the climate crisis will in part depend on decisions taken by India, …

India not on-target in many women-related development goals
1 year, 9 months ago

India not on-target in many women-related development goals

The Hindu  

A recent analysis published in The Lancet has concluded that India is not on-target to achieve 19 of the 33 Sustainable Development Goals indicators. Off-Target: Districts that have not met the SDG target by 2021 and either observed worsening between 2016 and 2021 or observed an insufficient magnitude of improvement between 2016 and 2021. The five indicators with the highest …

India likely to miss deadline for 50% of SDG indicators: Lancet study
1 year, 9 months ago

India likely to miss deadline for 50% of SDG indicators: Lancet study

The Hindu  

India is trailing behind in achieving more than 50% of indicators under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals seven years before the 2030 deadline, according to a study published in the Lancetjournal on February 20. The study, which offers the first mid-line assessment of India’s progress for the 2030 Agenda, measured progress made across 9 goals by identifying 33 key …

G20: First Environment and Climate Sustainability Meeting in Bengaluru from Tomorrow
1 year, 10 months ago

G20: First Environment and Climate Sustainability Meeting in Bengaluru from Tomorrow

News 18  

The first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Meeting, under India’s year-long G20 presidency, will be held here from February 9 to 11. With the goal of adopting an integrated, comprehensive and consensus-driven approach to tackling the challenges of climate change, several delegates from G20 countries along with representatives of international organisations will participate in this meeting. ”India’s G20 presidency …

Budget 2023 | India has made significant progress in many SDGs: Finance Minister
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | India has made significant progress in many SDGs: Finance Minister

The Hindu  

India has made significant progress in many Sustainable Development Goals and the per capita income has increased to ₹1.97 lahks, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. According to the Center for Science and Environment’s 'State of India’s Environment Report 2022', the country's overall SDG score was 66 out of 100. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its …

COP27 | India insists on higher global climate finance target by 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | India insists on higher global climate finance target by 2024

The Hindu  

Developing countries require substantive enhancement in climate finance from the floor of $100 billion per year to meet their ambitious goals and rich countries need to lead the mobilisation of resources, India has stressed at the ongoing UN climate summit COP27. At COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, developed countries had committed to jointly mobilise $100 billion per year by 2020 …

Framing a road map for climate goal
2 years, 4 months ago

Framing a road map for climate goal

Hindustan Times  

Three months before the world assembles at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt for the Conference of the Parties-27, India, on Wednesday, updated its Nationally Determined Contribution, a set of long-term goals to cut carbon emissions and adapt to climate impacts. As promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP-26 in Glasgow last year, India aims to cut the total amount …

Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?
2 years, 4 months ago

Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?

Hindustan Times  

With more than half the 193 UN member-States lacking clear datasets in terms of geographical coverage, timeliness and level of disaggregation, SDG monitoring will have to be improved across regions, sectors and groups of people. Even the 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report documented the rising rates of indebtedness in over 60% least developed countries, highlighting the need to reduce …

Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?
2 years, 4 months ago

Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?

Hindustan Times  

What was only a matter of suspicion until a few months ago has been officially confirmed as an unfortunate reality. The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 has finally revealed the severity of the social, economic and environmental setbacks endured by the world during the two-years spanning the Covid-19 pandemic. With only eight years remaining in the Decade of Action, Agenda …

A blend of development and welfarism
2 years, 10 months ago

A blend of development and welfarism

The Hindu  

In the last eight months, various reports came out, making an inter-State comparison on development indicators. The third edition of NITI Aayog’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goals Index, whose findings were made public in June 2021, placed Tamil Nadu at the second spot. In early August, after the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came out with its annual report …

Budget 2022: Ten-point agenda to set right process rolling to arrest climate change
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Ten-point agenda to set right process rolling to arrest climate change

Firstpost  

Union Budget 2022-23: To go net-zero by 2070, environment, energy, water needs to become the mainstay of every Budget That climate change is for real is no longer a question. Make it mandatory for new construction to use green materials Make it mandatory for new construction to use green materials, thermal energy storage technologies for heating and cooling to reduce …

Shimla tops sustainable growth goals’ list
3 years, 1 month ago

Shimla tops sustainable growth goals’ list

Hindustan Times  

Shimla topped the first Sustainable Development Goals Urban Index released by NITI Aayog on Tuesday. The Centre’s public policy think tank assessed urban local bodies across 56 cities on 77 SDG indicators; the exercise was aimed at localising SDGs and ensuring their efficient monitoring at city level,. The SDG Urban index and dashboard, a product of innovative partnership between NITI …

O.P. Jindal Global University Becomes India's First University To Release United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Report 2021 For Institutional Development
3 years, 1 month ago

O.P. Jindal Global University Becomes India's First University To Release United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Report 2021 For Institutional Development

Live Law  

On the occasion of the United Nations Day 2021, O.P. Jindal Global University released the first-of-its-kind Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: Role of Universities and Civil Society in Protecting the Environment Report, mapping its compliance towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. The report was launched in the presence of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of …

Climate crisis: Why India must focus on adaptation
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis: Why India must focus on adaptation

Hindustan Times  

Two recent publications point out pathways for India to meet the challenges posed by the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in August, acknowledged India’s efforts towards pledges on emission, but advocated a net-zero deadline. The message for India, therefore, is not so much mitigation, but to go for a quicker, broader, and …

East Sikkim best performing district: North-Eastern SDG Index by NITI Aayog
3 years, 3 months ago

East Sikkim best performing district: North-Eastern SDG Index by NITI Aayog

Hindustan Times  

The North Eastern District Sustainable Development Goals Index & Dashboard 2021-22, a collaborative project of NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, with technical inputs from UNDP, was launched recently. It ranks the districts in the eight North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura on their performance in the SDGs …

Agri Sector Key for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030: Tomar to UN Body
3 years, 4 months ago

Agri Sector Key for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030: Tomar to UN Body

News 18  

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday told the United Nations that the agriculture sector is key in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, saying 12 out of 17 SDGs are directly dependent on agriculture. Addressing a virtual UN Food Systems Summit, Tomar also noted that agriculture plays an important role in the socio-economic transformation of developing countries. Listing …

Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UN
3 years, 5 months ago

Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UN

India TV News  

Stressing on the need for localisation of Sustainable Development Goals to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda, India has said that there is no "one size fits all" approach but countries can certainly share experience and learn from each other. "For the 2030 Agenda to succeed in big countries like India with a population of 1.3 billion, SDG localisation is an …

India Slips Two Spots to Rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals Adopted as 2030 Agenda: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

India Slips Two Spots to Rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals Adopted as 2030 Agenda: Report

News 18  

India’s rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015, a new report has said. The State of India’s Environment Report 2021 revealed that India’s rank was 115 last year and dropped by two places primarily …

Niti Aayog's SDG index ranks Andhra Pradesh 3rd, Telangana 11th
3 years, 6 months ago

Niti Aayog's SDG index ranks Andhra Pradesh 3rd, Telangana 11th

Hindustan Times  

Andhra Pradesh ranked third in Niti Aayog’s sustainable development goals India index for 2020-21, according to the report which was released on Thursday. First launched in December 2018, Niti Aayog's index has now become the primary tool for monitoring progress on SDGs in the country. The report of SDG India index along with 'Dashboard 2020-21: Partnerships in the Decade of …

Kerala Retains Top Rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21; Bihar Worst Performer
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala Retains Top Rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21; Bihar Worst Performer

News 18  

Kerala has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer, according to a report released on Thursday. The third rendition of India's SDG Index was launched by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar. Under the health sector goals, Gujarat and Delhi were the top performers among the states …

SDG India Index 2020-21 released. Know top-performing states, UTs
3 years, 6 months ago

SDG India Index 2020-21 released. Know top-performing states, UTs

Hindustan Times  

Niti Aayog on Thursday released the third edition of the SDG India Index 2020–21, which is developed in collaboration with the United Nations India to track the progress of all states and Union territories towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The positive change is largely driven by exemplary nationwide performance in Goal 6 and Goal 7, in which the composite score …

NITI Aayog unveils SDG India Index; Kerala retains top spot, Bihar at the bottom
3 years, 6 months ago

NITI Aayog unveils SDG India Index; Kerala retains top spot, Bihar at the bottom

Hindustan Times  

Kerala retained the top spot followed by Himachal Pradesh while Bihar featured at the bottom of Niti Aayog's index for sustainable development goals, the latest data released on Thursday showed. Niti Aayog released the index for sustainable development goals 2020-21 on Thursday. India’s overall score across sustainable development goals improved marginally by six points, from 60 in 2019 to 66 …

Niti Aayog to launch 3rd edition of Sustainable Development Goals index today
3 years, 6 months ago

Niti Aayog to launch 3rd edition of Sustainable Development Goals index today

Hindustan Times  

Government think tank Niti Aayog will on Wednesday launch the third edition of the index of India’s Sustainable Development Goals such as eradication of poverty and inequality. “The Index measures the progress at the national and sub-national level in the country’s journey towards meeting the Global Goals and targets and has been successful as an advocacy tool to propagate the …

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