Doubts over the Sustainable Development Goals and reaching their fast-approaching 2030 deadline (surely movable) have been heightened in recent days after the United States, United Kingdom, and assorted allies rejected wording in a draft declaration ahead of a key summit next month.
Also in today’s edition: A U.S. food security official explains how his grandmother colored his way of thinking about farming; plus, we look at how much is spent on SDGs, and Nigerians prepare for the worst.
While lofty and definitely worthwhile, the SDGs are arguably pretty unlikely to be achieved on time — especially ending world hunger by the end of the decade. Hunger is on the increase and nowhere near being eliminated. But a new spanner has been tossed into the mix.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
