Inequality and resolving climate change go hand in glove

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ny move to mitigate climate change must be in concert with resolving inequality.

And on that front, at least that of inequality, the world’s leaders will in New York this week to discuss this issue.

Global Dashboard reports that world leaders will congregate at the United Nations to mark the end of the old Millennium Development Goals (old promises hampered by a lack of funding and a failure to tackle vested interests and so not fully met) and the start of the new Sustainable Development Goals (new promises hampered by a lack of funding and a failure to tackle vested interests and so …)

Read the Global Dashboard story - “The struggle over inequality: What to expect as world leaders meet in New York this week”.

15 Years to achieve eight lofty (idealistic?) goals

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acing a growing rift between developed and developing countries, the United Nations' 189 member states did something a bit drastic at the turn of the 21st century: They adopted a set of eight lofty (perhaps idealistic) goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, reduce child mortality, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and improve healthcare—all in the next 15 years.

Read a Q&A with John McArthur of the UN Foundation on the renewed global effort to fight poverty, inequality and climate change - “Lessons Learned From Trying to Save the Developing World”.