\u201cInvesting in the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] is both sensible and feasible: it is a win-win for the world, <\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n as the social and economic rates of return on sustainable development in developing countries is very high.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/b> at the launch of his call for a $500 billion SDG Stimulus<\/span><\/p>\n Sustainable Development Goal 17<\/a><\/span> is about revitalizing the global partnership, including increased financing, for sustainable development. <\/span>The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a><\/span> is universal and calls for action by all countries \u2013 developed and developing \u2013 to ensure no one is left behind. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society, as the <\/span>SDGs<\/a><\/span> can only be realized with a strong commitment to global partnership and cooperation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sustainable development prospects continue to diverge between developed and developing countries. SDG financing needs are growing, but development finance is not keeping pace. The war in Ukraine, sharp increases in food and energy prices, and rapidly tightening financial conditions have increased hunger and poverty and reversed progress on the SDGs. If left unaddressed, a finance divide will translate into a lasting sustainable development divide.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n (See <\/span>Facts and Figures<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n SDG Stimulus<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres issued a call earlier this year for a $500 billion SDG Stimulus.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>United Nations Secretary-General\u2019s SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030<\/a><\/span> offers recommendations on how to transform the global financial system, calling on the Group of 20 (G20) countries to endorse the SDG Stimulus, which outlines a three-point plan of action:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [Read<\/span> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News story<\/span> and w<\/span>atch a replay of <\/span>press briefing<\/a><\/span> about SDG Stimulus launch.]<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With 2023 marking the midpoint of SDG implementation, the international community must accelerate progress on Goal 17, banking on key opportunities, such as the <\/span>High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> in July, and the <\/span>SDG Summit<\/a><\/span> and the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in September.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>SDG 17: In Numbers<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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