The world risks big misses across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless actions to accelerate implementation are taken, said a UN report released on Monday. | ManilaBulletin READ:
Failure to redouble global efforts to achieve the SDGs may fuel greater political instability, upend economies and lead to irreversible
Using the latest available data and estimates, the new report provided a comprehensive midpoint assessment of the progress of the SDGs. It said that the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic stalled three decades of steady progress in reducing extreme poverty, with the number of people living in extreme poverty increasing for the first time in a generation.
Meanwhile, the report pointed to progress in some areas since 2015 which illustrates the potential for further advances.
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