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An enabling policy environment is key to realising SDGs

Phyllis Wakiaga

Critical goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030 have stalled following the outbreak of COVID-19.

The UN Secretary-General, through a 2020 report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notes that the world was making progress on attaining SDGs before COVID-19. Progress included the decline in global poverty though at a slower pace than desired. Additionally, countries were developing national policies and signing international environmental protection agreements to support sustainable development.

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