Only about 13 percent of local government authorities in Japan are working to achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in areas such as the fight against climate change, a Cabinet Office survey has shown.
Some 58 percent of local governments are interested in the SDGs, according to the survey, but its results indicate that only a small proportion of them are taking concrete steps.
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