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Partner event: Let's talk about the Sustainable Develolpment Goals

Join UKSSD at the autumn partner huddle as we explore the value of the Sustainable Development Goals and identify ways to communicate this to different audiences.
First of a kind partnership for Sustainable Development Goal action in London

UKSSD and BEE Midtown launch the first partnership of its kind to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals in London.
Our guide to the climate emergency and the Sustainable Development Goals

Increasing numbers of businesses, charities and local governments are declaring a climate emergency, but this must lead to meaningful action. To help, we've pulled together our guide to why the Sustainable Development Goals give organisations a practical and comprehensive tool to deliver on their declaration.
You’ve declared a climate emergency, so what now?

An increasing number of businesses, charities and local governments are declaring climate emergencies. But a declaration only goes so far. In this blog Emily Auckland, UKSSD Network Director, explains why the Sustainable Development Goals give organisations a practical and comprehensive tool to deliver on their declaration.

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.
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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.