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UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
The right policies can make change work for everyone and strengthen transformations themselves.
But what does that look like in practice?
Our latest #WorldSocialReport explores the New Economics of Social Inclusion.
Read more: desapublications.un.org/un-d…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
💸 How can $1M help unlock $7M+ in financing?
🇨🇴 In Colombia, @JointSDGFund is helping improve access to finance for greener businesses through a Bancóldex credit line.
✍️ Resident Coordinator @mtorresmacho explores how: jointsdgfund.org/article/bey…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Joining the launch of the Global Policy Institute at the University of Maryland.
My message to the next generation of leaders remains the same as it was eight years ago: The future belongs to those who lean into the journey with courage and purpose.
Young people have the energy and vision to shape our world. Our responsibility is to share the wisdom and experience to inform their leadership.
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Safe toilets mean dignity.
More than half a billion people still share toilets with other households, putting women's and girls' privacy and security at greater risk.
What do safe toilets mean to you?
#WorldToiletDay 🚽 worldtoiletday.org
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Register now for this year's Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi!
The 21st @intgovforum from 14 to 18 December 2026 will spotlight "Governing the Internet in the Age of Intelligence: Our Shared Responsibility".
Join us: indico.un.org/e/igf2026
More: igf2026.intgovforum.org
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
📢 Calling all participants of the UN Water Conference!
Join our informational briefing for official updates on the Conference and what you can expect.
🗓️ Tuesday, 3 November
⏰ 10:30 AM EDT
➡️ Register and learn more: sdgs.un.org/events/multi-sta…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Happening this week!
Join our Policy Dialogue on the changes shaping our world, organized around YOUR questions and insights from the #WorldSocialReport.
🗓️ 22 October
⏰ 3 PM EDT
Register for in-person: bit.ly/inperson22oct
Register for online: bit.ly/online22oct
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
🚽 Safe toilets mean education.
By 2030, at current rates of progress:
💧 84% of schools will have basic drinking water
🚽 81% basic sanitation
🧼 79% basic hygiene
We need to accelerate progress.
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#WorldToiletDay #ForEveryChild #UNGA #SDG6
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
The path toward socially inclusive transformation begins with the choices we make today.
When transformations are inclusive by design, everyone gains.
More in the #WorldSocialReport: desapublications.un.org/
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Launched at #HLPF2026, the UN-Energy Work Programme 2026–2030: Powering Opportunity for Everyone sets out a shared roadmap for coordinated UN action to accelerate progress on #SDG7.
Learn more: un.org/en/energy
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
As built-up areas expand faster than populations, sustainable land use becomes more critical than ever.
In the latest Policy Brief, UN DESA spotlights promoting sustainable urban development and responsible rural land management.
Read more: bit.ly/UNDESA_Policy_Brief
#SDGs
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
"The years ahead will demand urgency, will demand our determinations, and more importantly, demand our transformative actions."
#HLPF2026 ended with countries sharing #SDGs lessons and @UNECOSOC urging lasting action
With @stkittsnevisUN @JordanUN_NY @BahrainMsnNY @MoldovaMFA
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
The SDGs deliver. Now the world must urgently scale up what works.
Bolstered by critical data on SDG progress, #HLPF concluded this week with a renewed commitment by countries to deliver on the #GlobalGoals.
More: un.org/en/desa/un-forum-conc…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
⚽💧 One ball. One goal.
Teamwork can help deliver safe water and sanitation for all.
Watch the #PassTheWater SDG Media Zone discussion and explore the newly launched UN #SDG6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2026.
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UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
Pressures are growing on Small Island Developing States and cities
#HLPF2026 day 3 dove into the unique vulnerabilities of #SIDS, needed financial reforms, and the increased focus #SDG11 deserves
With @AnacludiaRossb1 @UNHABITAT Matt Bishop @ODI_RESI Jotika Sharma @FijiTrades
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
LIVE: Burkina Faso, Jamaica and Guinea are presenting their Voluntary National Reviews at #HLPF2026, showcasing national experiences, innovations and lessons learned to accelerate progress on the #SDGs.
📺 Follow the presentations live on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
💧 Water is a superconnector — linking people, planet and prosperity.
Better health. Stronger economies. Healthier ecosystems. More resilience.
Investing in water means investing across sustainable development.
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UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
📍 #VLRVSRDays
🌐 Dialogue 1: Beyond the VLR/VSR: Integrating VLR/VSR findings into municipal plans, budgets, and policies for sustainable development
Here are some takeaways that remain with us after this first dialogue:
✅ Integrate the #SDGs into local governance through data-driven planning, monitoring, and decision-making
✅ Invest in local priorities, including job creation, inclusive urban development, and digital transformation
✅ About 70% of the #SDGs cannot be achieved without the involvement of municipalities
✅ Effective localization requires greater local autonomy, institutional capacity, and strategic partnerships
#HLPF2026 #Listen2Cities
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
For over a decade, the #GlobalGoals have delivered results.
The world must urgently scale up what works to keep the promise of the SDGs from slipping out of reach, according to the NEW #SDGReport launched today.
Get the full picture: un.org/en/desa/for-over-a-de…
UN DESA Sustainable Development retweeted
It was an honour today to open the 2026 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
In my opening remarks, I stressed that “the world does not need another catalogue of challenges. We know the challenges.” What we need is greater coherence, stronger partnerships, more effective international cooperation, faster implementation, and, most of all, better delivery and impact on the ground.
Now, with less than five years remaining until 2030, the challenge before us is not simply to move faster. It is to work differently, collectively and resolve.
Implementation can no longer be approached one Goal, one sector or one institution at a time. It requires policies that are integrated, partnerships that are stronger and international cooperation that is more effective. #HLPF #GlobalGoals #SDGs bit.ly/4vBeSqB
