What should be done to ensure that the SDGs actually change countries’ development trajectories? Here are four practical steps.
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Immigration is neither the problem nor solution in many areas where Australia is off-track, from government debt to environmental action.
The data suggest that boys experience as much disadvantage as girls.
Boys are more likely to engage in risky behaviours than girls
When we plan a better future for an increasingly urbanised world, we need to be aware that more than half of all children now live in the tropics. That calls for solutions with a tropical character.
Tuberculosis kills more people globally than any other infectious disease. A human-rights approach and investment in quality care are essential to ending the global epidemic.
Building a fiscally capable state won’t bring benefits in the short term but can build taxpayers confidence.
The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
Countries with effective governments have reduced income poverty by almost twice the speed.
Can tourism ever be sustainable? Only if operators and consumers start looking beyond the idyllic postcard images and take undesirable consequences of tourism into account.
Only half of Kenya’s 47 counties achieved the 2000 goal on reducing child mortality
As many of the world’s most popular tourism destinations are overrun by visitors, operators could pay attention to the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Planning innovations around the world offer inspiration, but ultimately the innovations needed to make Australia’s sprawling cities more sustainable must be shaped by local conditions.
African countries are sure to face more flooding in the future, they need to adapt or risk loosing the progress that’s already been made
For our country to have a sustainable future, we need to ensure all Australians have access to quality education and healthcare and take steps to reduce inequality.
Australia has yet to properly acknowledge that the Sustainable Development Goals aren’t just an issue for other countries. The problems that demand our attention are much closer to home.
We are doing well, but our economic report card is mixed.
To achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Australia needs to put more emphasis on addressing critical, long-term issues like inequality and climate change.
Despite a relatively slow start, South Africa can speed up its implementation of the SDGs.
Top contributors
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John Thwaites is a Friend of The Conversation.Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Chair of Policy Innovation, School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Business and Sustainable Development, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Development Economics, Monash University
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Thomas Wiedmann is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability Research, UNSW
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Associate Director (International) - Melbourne Centre for Cities, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Development Economics, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland