The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung launched a new Sustainable Development Goal Index and Dashboard to provide a report card for tracking Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) progress and ensuring accountability. "The Sustainable Development Goals are stretch goals, but they are within reach if countries work towards them with clarity and determination. It ranks countries based on their performance across the 17 global goals, a set of ambitious objectives across the three dimensions of sustainable development economic development, social inclusion and environmental sustainability, underpinned by good governance. Poor and developing countries understandably score lowest on the SDG Index as they often have comparably little resources at their disposal. According to a new index which is topped by Sweden, almost all countries face major challenges in achieving ambitious goals.

Source: dna July 22, 2016 07:01 UTC