UN: Only 35% of Global Development Goals on Track as Conflict and Inequality Persist - teleSUR English

UN: Only 35% of Global Development Goals on Track as Conflict and Inequality Persist - teleSUR English

Only 35% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, are currently on track, according to a new United Nations report. The findings reflect slow progress and setbacks across several key areas, including poverty reduction, food security, climate resilience, and access to water and sanitation. RELATED: Declining Childhood Vaccination Rates Expose Millions to Preventable Diseases, WHO and UNICEF Warn In a report released Monday, t…

UN Report: Progress on Global Development Goals Too Slow as 2030 Deadline Nears

By J Nastranis NEW YORK | 15 July 2025 (IDN) — A decade after the world embraced the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a new UN report warns that progress toward its ambitious goals is far too slow. While millions of lives have improved, the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 shows that only a third of global targets are on track — and time is running out. The report finds that just 35% of SDG targets are either on track or making …

SDG 14 Off Track: What the 2025 Report Means for Coral Reefs

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 offers the most comprehensive snapshot to date of global progress towards the 2030 Agenda, and it highlights the urgent situation facing the Ocean, coral reefs, and their associated ecosystems. At the mid-way point of the 2030 agenda, the report finds that only 35% of targets are on track, with SDG 14: Life Below Water among those furthest adrift. Of the 10 targets under SDG14, 40% of targets on in r…

‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track

Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since the COVID-19 pandemic, it slid backwards by almost two. More than 110 million children have entered school since 2015 – but by 2023, 272 million children still had no access to the classroom.