How the UN Sustainable Development Goals Can Advance Racial Equity - Non Profit News

According to the United Nations, sustainable development is a comprehensive approach that combines environmental concerns with economic development. The Brundtland Commission, of the international agency, defined sustainability in 1987 as “the ability to meet the current needs without compromising those of future generations.” Currently, according to the agency, almost 140 developing countries seek to meet this goal, especially in the face of cl…

How the UN Sustainable Development Goals Can Advance Racial Equity - Non Profit News

Image Credit: Photo by Cottonbro Studio on Pexels The number of recorded disasters has increased fivefold over the last 50 years, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). To reframe natural disasters as less “natural” and more the result of inequitable human development, a strategy balancing economic growth, social progress, and environmental protections is needed. The UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developme…

VEA / IVPA Camilo Rivero, president of the Venezuelan Institute of Applied Planning IVPA, attached to the Ministry of People's Power of Planning, represented Venezuela at the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development 2025, held in Santiago, Chile, from 31 March to 04 April this year, under the organization of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC.Rivero, who is also a member of the Bo…