Given the latest UN SDG report, warning that no Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track for achievement within the preestablished time frame, a new study by impak Analytics offers a timely and insightful look at the situation on the ground, and the...
A few weeks ago, the UN released a report summarizing the data on global progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conclusion was unambiguous – we are falling behind. If current trends persist, extreme poverty will still affect 575 million people...
On March 22 the United Nations will hold a Water Conference, the first major UN meeting on water, sanitation and hygiene – often grouped together under the acronym WASH – in nearly 50 years. The meeting will highlight the progress – or lack thereof – toward reaching...
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food — and quickly — to avoid the most devastating impacts of global food...
One of my more cherished memories as a student was taking an exclusive seminar course on international human rights with Canadian human rights activist, John Peters Humphrey. An author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the man was one of my heroes. I...
