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Discussion group: The Sustainable Development Goals in London

Newcastle University and UKSSD have been working with the London Sustainable Development Commission to produce an assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals in London. This report will be published later this year and in advance we would like to talk to organisations in London about the future of the SDGs in the capital.
Podcasts

UKSSD and the team at Planet Pod bring you a new series of podcasts on the role of the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Leaders call on Prime Minister to create socially just and green recovery from Covid-19

In a letter coordinated UKSSD and UN Global Compact Network UK, leaders of over 150 businesses, civil society organisations and from public life call on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the Sustainable Development Goals to create a socially just and green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
Now is the moment to transform ‘Partnerships for the Goals’ from vision to reality

In her third pandemic recovery blog for UKSSD, Sarah George asks how we can transform the vision of partnerships within the Sustainable Development Goals into reality and achieve a just and green recovery for all.

Measuring up: How the UK is performing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

UKSSD’s report, Measuring up, shows for the first time how the UK is performing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And while there’s an enormous amount to celebrate, the most vulnerable people and places in our society are increasingly being left behind.
What is sustainable development?
The Sustainable Development Goals
Steering Group

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Driving action for the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK

There is currently no national plan for the Sustainable Development Goals in the UK. We’re going to create it. We've launched an ambitious project to produce the first stakeholder-led national plan for the UK.
The Sustainable Development Goals can help the UK become a country for everyone

As UKSSD publishes a landmark report on the UK’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Emily Auckland, Network Director, says the SDGs are a once in a lifetime opportunity to make the UK a country for everyone.
Government commit to reporting on SDGs to UN in 2019

Statement from our Co-chairs: We welcome the news that the Government intends to share it's progress on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019.
DFID's approach to the SDGs in the UK and beyond

There is much to be welcomed in the government’s first attempt at outlining a UK response to the Sustainable Development Goals at home and abroad. Dr Graham Long explores what’s good, and what’s missing, on behalf of UKSSD.