Peter Bakker on the compelling necessity of the UN Global Goals

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By GreenBizMay 3, 2017, 2:33 pm121 pts
In 2000, the United Nations passed the Millenium Development Goals, eight goals to improve the lives of people in developing nations. In 2014, the UN expanded them into the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), interconnected global goals to eliminate the world's most pressing problems from hunger to gender…

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