[RED DEMOCRATICA] 3 agreements that would galvanize the SDGs

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban: Not "a moment to lose" in drafting climate pact Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   December 12, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story 3 agreements that would galvanize the SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals can be advanced by three broad agreements, write Homi Kharas and John McArthur, who is a senior fellow with the United Nations Foundation. "[I]f the process results in an agreement to establish minimum services for humanity, develop new global mechanisms for financing infrastructure, and define new accountability standards for governments and businesses, it would be a dramatic change from business-as-usual," they argue. 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