Ambitious global goals aimed at ending poverty and inequality by 2030 are moving more slowly than expected and would struggle to get approval from United Nations members if put to a vote today, an exclusive survey showed on Tuesday.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation asked policymakers, campaigners and executives with an interest in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) how they viewed the progress of the blueprint of 17 goals that won unanimous support from the 193 U.N. member states two years ago.
The sweeping 15-year agenda is a global "to-do" list on such issues as climate change, women's rights, education, hunger, joblessness and land degradation. The cost of implementation has been estimated at $3 trillion a year.