Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Latin America Is Lagging in Its Homework to Meet the SDGs

By Humberto Márquez
The Latin American and Caribbean region is arriving at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit on the right track but far behind in terms of progress, at the halfway point to achieve the SDGs, which aim to overcome poverty and create a cleaner and healthier environment.

WASH Interventions Key to Reaching Africa’s Child Health Milestones

By Joyce Chimbi
For two days in a row back in 2018, four-year-old Calvin Otieno suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his mother responded by giving him a salt solution.

Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis

By Emilio Godoy
In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means of rainwater harvesting systems (RHS).

Cuba Prioritises Sustainable Water Management in the Face of Climate Challenges

By Luis Brizuela
With the construction of aqueducts, water purification and desalination plants, and investments to upgrade hydraulic infrastructure, Cuba is seeking to manage the impacts of droughts and floods that are intensifying with climate change.

The Crises of 2020 Will Delay the Transition to Clean Energy

By Humberto Márquez
The oil slump, global recession and uncertainty about the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic will fuel the appetite for cheaper fossil fuel energy and delay investments in renewables, affecting the targets of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Slavery Modernises, Adapts to Stay Alive in Brazil

By Mario Osava
"Slave labour is not declining; it has taken on new forms and is growing; it expanded to new sectors where it did not previously exist," said Ivanete da Silva Sousa, an activist in the fight against modern-day slavery in northern Brazil.

Migrant Farm Workers, the Main Victims of Slave Labour in Mexico

By Emilio Godoy
"They mislead the workers, tell them that they will be paid well and pay them much less. The recruiters and the employers deceive them," complained Marilyn Gómez, a migrant farm worker in Mexico.

Communication, a Key Tool for South-South Cooperation

By Daniel Gutman
Communication can be a key tool for the development of cooperation among the countries of the global South, but the ever closer relations between them do not receive the attention they deserve from the media.

World’s Youth Are Being Left Behind

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Globally, youth are being left behind in education and employment, threatening the future vision of sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous societies.

Kenya’s Marginalised Say Nothing For Us, Without Us

By Justus Wanzala
Julia Mutua is a resident of Kalawa ward in the semi-arid Makueni County in Eastern Kenya and a member of a women's farmers group that runs a poultry project.

Shedding Light on Forced Child Pregnancy and Motherhood in Latin America

By Mariela Jara
Research and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and without the protection of public policies guaranteeing their human rights.

The Right to Choose

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Reproductive choice can transform the world and our goals towards a sustainable society, a new report says.

Latin America Backslides in Struggle to Reach Zero Hunger Goal

By Orlando Milesi
For the third consecutive year, South America slid backwards in the global struggle to achieve zero hunger by 2030, with 39 million people living with hunger and five million children suffering from malnutrition.

Indigenous Peoples Link Their Development to Clean Energies

By Emilio Godoy
Achuar indigenous communities in Ecuador are turning to the sun to generate electricity for their homes and transport themselves in canoes with solar panels along the rivers of their territory in the Amazon rainforest, just one illustration of how indigenous people are seeking clean energies as a partner for sustainable development.

Unprecedented Human Migration Cries Out for a Global Response

By Gustavo Capdevila
The world is "basically at odds with itself," International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Director General William Swing said Monday, June 25, describing the critical state of human migration between countries and continents.

How Can the Large-Scale Poaching in the South Atlantic Be Stopped?

By Daniel Gutman
The capture of a Spanish vessel illegally fishing in the so-called Argentine Sea made headlines, once again, although it is not news that hundreds of boats regularly pillage the South Atlantic, taking advantage of the lack of regulations and controls.

Healthy Nutrition Spreads in El Salvador’s Schools

By Edgardo Ayala
Eating healthy and nutritious food in schools in El Salvador is an effort that went from a pilot plan to a well-entrenched programme that has now taken off.

The World is Losing the Battle Against Child Labour

By Daniel Gutman
The IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour,  which drew nearly 2000 delegates from 190 countries to the Argentine capital, left many declarations of good intentions but nothing to celebrate.

Latin America Discusses How to Finance the Sustainable Development Agenda

By Daniel Gutman
Is it possible for the financial sector of Latin America and the Caribbean not only to think about earning money but also to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? The answer was sought in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at a regional roundtable on sustainable finance, the United Nations Environment Finance Initiative.

Latin America Seeks New Ways to Fight Rural Poverty

By Orlando Milesi
Experts in Latin America warned about the serious risk that would be posed if the fight against hunger, still suffered by 33 million people in the region, is abandoned, while proposing new alternatives and insights which include linking social protection with economic growth.

Millions of Homes in Mexico Suffer from “Energy Poverty”

By Emilio Godoy
Energy poverty afflicts millions of homes in Mexico, with many social, economic and environmental impacts for the country.
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