U.S, Feb. 19 -- The "unfavorable global context" has rendered the 2030 target for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) unachievable, according to a UN report. Although considerable progress has been made across all the 17 goals, it is "uneven and inadequate" across countries and categories, and will not be fully achieved until 2062.

The progress report was released at a Feb 15 press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) addressed by Rachel Beavan, Director, Statistics Division of the UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (ESCAP), and Lin Yang, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programmes, ESCAP. With the SDG's 15-year time frame having just entered its second half, the report offers a comprehensiv...