The SDG second half: Ideas for doing things differently

This September, world leaders will gather at the United Nations to mark the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) midpoint, between their 2015 launch and 2030 deadline.

Despite an array of success stories and growing range of constituencies engaging on the SDGs, empirical assessments draw attention to widespread shortfalls. The bottom line is that the world has not been doing enough things differently enough to be on course for SDG success.

At the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), we confront such findings with both clear-eyed rigor and determination.

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-Building a prosperous world with fewer emissions

 The global debate around climate change is heated. Many argue that we must fundamentally change the way we move, eat, fuel our factories, and heat and cool our homes. And they do so with reason. Should emissions evolve in line with past trends, we are set to exceed the GHG concentration levels consistent with the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement already by 2031, according to projections by World Data Lab’s World Emissions Clock.

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