UN forum offers 'sobering' vision of SDGs progress and new virtual reality

Devex "The United Nations’ annual check-in on the Sustainable Development Goals wrapped up last week without the usual fanfare of thousands of visitors descending upon U.N. headquarters. (...) The pandemic is reversing decades of uneven development progress, making achievement of the goals “even more challenging,” according to “The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020,” released by the U.N. at the beginning of the HLPF on July 7. An estimated 71 million people are expected to be pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020. Here are some major takeaways from the recently concluded two-week meeting — and what it might signal for the largely virtual opening of the U.N. General Assembly in September." (Photo by Adrien Taylor on Unsplash)

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