The idea is to speed up the adoption of a global economic model that more closely aligns with the U.N.'s 17 Global Goals.
GENEVA (AN) — Political leaders and heads of finance, NGOs and international organizations called for a greener global economy, arguing the world can thrive without a purely profit-oriented growth mindset.
As the Swiss sustainable finance initiative drew to a close on Thursday after four days of talks among 1,500 participants, the focus turned to ways of overcoming roadblocks to mobilizing finance for the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.
A proposed 2% minimum tax on billionaires will be taken up at Brazil's G-20 Leaders' Summit in November.
The effects of climate change hit hard from the bombed streets of Gaza to the glitzy venues of the Paris Olympics.
The U.N.'s annual report card shows the Sustainable Development Goals improved from 85% off track last year.
Developing nations' 30% share of global public debt in 2023, particularly in Asia and Oceania, rose from 16% in 2010.
The Court of Justice of the European Union's rulings in two landmark cases will cost the tech giants billions of euros.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
