India, April 10 -- Bold actions needed to scale up SDG investment and reform global financial system

Trillions of dollars are needed if the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed upon by all United Nations members back in 2015, are to be achieved by 2030, a new report by the world body has said.

That is because financial challenges are at the heart of the world's sustainable development crisis. Staggering debt burdens and sky-high borrowing costs prevent developing countries from responding to the confluence of crises they face, a UN statement released on April 10, 2024, noted.

Meanwhile, rising geopolitical tensions, climate disasters and a global cost-of-living crisis have hit billions of people, battering progress on health...