Source material and useful links

for Tread Softly background briefings on Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

The Global Goals for sustainable development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets
SDG Indicators: Global Database

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 – the UN takes stock of current indicators to highlight some critical gaps and challenges for the SDGs
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017: Reclaiming Policies for the Public – Report of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
SDG Knowledge Hub, from International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Solutions Network

Aid Statistics

Final 2016 aid figures from OECD

Final ODA data for 2016: an initial analysis of key points from Development Initiatives

Aid Effectiveness and Transparency

Publish What You Fund – The Global Campaign for Aid Transparency

International Aid Transparency Initiative

Aid Transparency Index

Aid Politics

Philanthropic Power and Development – Who Shapes the Agenda

Gated Development: Is the Gates Foundation always a force for good? From Global Justice Now

Fit for whose purpose? Private funding and corporate influence in the United Nations

Public-Private Partnerships

Public-Private Partnerships and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, from UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs

Reclaiming the public (policy) space for the SDGs – extract from Spotlight on Sustainable Development

Development Finance International

Sources of Finance

Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development

Financing the future – How international public finance should fund
a global social compact to eradicate poverty, from Overseas Development Institute

United Nations and business community, out-sourcing or crowding in? from Global Policy Watch

Safe and Just Space for Humanity

A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: can we live within the doughnut (pdf file) – the original Oxfam discussion paper
How the Planetary Boundaries framework can support national
implementation of the 2030 Agenda – from Stockholm Environment Institute

Earth Summit and WSSD

Agenda 21
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, embracing the Rio principles

GDP

Why GDP – its origins and history, from Project Syndicate
Is It Time to Abandon GDP?, from Project Syndicate

Green Economics

What is a Green Economy? from World Resources Institute
Green Economy Coalition
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
Global Footprint Network
Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Beyond GDP Initiative
Global Green Growth Institute
The nine principles of the Green Economy from Green Economy Coalition

Business and Sustainable Development

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
UN Global Compact
Global Reporting Initiative
Equator Principles
Sustainable Business from Guardian

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more SDGs briefings
What is Sustainable Development?
Resistance to Sustainable Development
From MDGs to SDGs
Finance for SDGs
Aid Statistics
Aid Politics
GDP and Green Economics

Recent news about Sustainable Development Goals

Multiple shocks push world further away from SDGs

15/9/2023: Halfway into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, progress towards its food and agriculture targets has stagnated or reversed, compounding the challenges in eradicating poverty and hunger, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of armed conflicts around the world, and the escalating effects of the climate crisis are largely to blame.

Source: UN Food And Agriculture Organization

Nigeria’s economic reforms fail to protect vulnerable citizens

28/7/2023: In May the Nigerian government discontinued fuel subsidies, an action long recommended by economic advisers. In the first month after the subsidy was cut, the government saved $530 million but the poorest are struggling to cope with rising prices.

Source: Devex

Africa must own the idea of the “just transition”

4/7/2023: The just transition towards a sustainable planet is a universal agenda with localised practice. Among richer countries the concept centres on moving away from fossil fuels. But for most of Africa the idea will mean something very different.

Source: African Arguments

Frustration and tentative progress at Macron summit

23/6/2023: No major breakthrough has been achieved at the gathering of world leaders to pursue the idea of a New Global Financial Pact, sponsored by President Macron. Grievances aired by poorer countries at times appeared to dwarf the solutions on offer by the richer.

Source: Devex News

G7 owes huge $13 trillion debt to Global South

17/5/2023: Wealthy Group of Seven countries owe low- and middle-income countries $13.3 trillion in unpaid aid and funding for climate action, according to new analysis from Oxfam ahead of the G7 Summit. Despite failing to pay what they owe, G7 countries and their rich bankers are demanding that Global South countries pay $232 million a day in debt repayments.

Source: Oxfam International

Nearly one-third of 2022 UK aid spent on refugees at home

29/3/2023: The UK government gave its Home Office a “blank cheque” to spend on refugees in the country’s fractured asylum system, according to an independent watchdog’s report. This made it impossible for officials to plan an aid strategy, causing major disruption to international development.

Source: Devex

Breaking the link between polycrisis and poverty

9/3/2023: This year marks the halfway point towards the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Multiple crises are converging on low income and lower-middle income countries, necessitating systemic change in our poverty eradication efforts.

Source: Inter Press Service

Why do 800 mothers die from preventable causes every day?

7/3/2023: New research from UN agencies reveals that progress on ending preventable deaths has slowed over the last five years, putting at risk the 2030 sustainable development goal for maternal health. Maternal deaths continue to be largely concentrated in the poorest parts of the world and in countries affected by conflict.

Source: Inter Press Service

Interwoven global crises can best be solved together

2/3/2023: Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals has been hamstrung by biodiversity loss and climate change, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. The "Nexus Assessment", a UN scientific programme, will study the interaction between biodiversity, water, food and health in a rapidly-changing climate.

Source: Inter Press Service

Five things to know about Least Developed Countries

3/3/2023: The conference of Least Developed Countries takes place every 10 years. The 2023 conference will focus on returning the needs of the 46 designated countries to the top of the global agenda, as they strive to get back on track to sustainable development.

Source: UN News

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