The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, were adopted in 2015 during the 70th United Nations General Assembly as a “plan of action for people, planet and prosperity” and a blueprint for a sustainable world to be achieved by 2030. Having passed the halfway point of implementation, serious doubts linger regarding the attainability of these targets.
This fall, we asked prominent figures in the global development community what they believed was the biggest challenge to meeting the SDGs.
Several identified the lack of financing as a key barrier to tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues.
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Thomas Cserep
Thomas Cserép is an Associate Editor who manages and oversees Devex's social media presence, coordinates Devex’s audience outreach, and produces the This Week in Global Development podcast. Prior to Devex, he worked as a freelance journalist, with his writings appearing in a variety of publications, including Get Spanish Football News and the magazine of the Hungarian Geographic Society.
