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    New forums, opportunities push inclusion of science, data in SDGs

    Simple advances such as better data collection could offer headway on the complex tasks of eliminating poverty and reducing inequality throughout the world. A number of new international partnerships, data initiatives, and funding opportunities are establishing a connection between science, technology and innovation and the SDGs. Here's a look at the opportunities and challenges.

    By Amy Lieberman // 01 August 2016

    Nearly a year after world leaders adopted the broad-reaching Sustainable Development Goals, leading scientists, innovators and civil society actors are turning their attention to the first phase of how to achieve them. A key starting point is the question of how to measure the SDGs most effectively on local, national and global levels.

    Simple advances such as better data collection, could offer headway on the complex tasks of eliminating poverty and reducing inequality throughout the world. A number of new international partnerships, data initiatives and funding opportunities are establishing a connection between science, technology and innovation and the SDGs, which many in those fields say is essential for progress.  

    A new “SDG Index and Database” launched last week by the New York-based Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the German nonprofit Bertelsmann Foundation, marks the first global effort to track the goals at the country level. The index creates a template, using available data on measuring countries’ initial status on reaching the 17 goals. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Central African Republic are so far the worst performing nations, Sweden, Denmark and Norway have made the most initial progress, according to the index.

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      Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.

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