Sustainable Development
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress on delivery of each of the Sustainable Development Goals by (a) the UK and (b) other governments.
Answered by Anneliese Dodds
Despite significant international development gains over the last 40 years, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2024 Report found that globally only 17 per cent of the SDG targets with assessable data were on track to be achieved by 2030.
As the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary set out at the UN General Assembly in September, the UK is committed to working with partners at home and internationally to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by 2030. Relevant UK government departments report their contribution to the domestic delivery of the SDGs in their Annual Reports and Accounts published on gov.uk.
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