Sustainable development
Mode of human development
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| 2025 |
Developing country
Indonesia becomes the tenth member country of the BRICS organization.
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| 2025 | Estimated market size for daytime radiative cooling applications reaches approximately $27 billion, highlighting the growing significance of this sustainable cooling technology in architectural design. |
| February 26 2025 |
Sustainability reporting
European Commission proposed a legislative package (Omnibus package) to simplify EU rules and a Stop-the-Clock proposal to delay CSRD implementation for Wave 2 and Wave 3 organizations until 2028.
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| 2025 | Scheduled comprehensive review of the SDG indicator framework. |
| January 2025 |
Sustainability reporting
First CSRD-reports expected to be published by companies previously subject to NFRD, covering their business year 2024.
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| 2024 |
Developing country
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and United Arab Emirates are added to the BRICS organization, significantly expanding its membership.
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| 2024 |
Malaysian Green Transition
Malaysian government launched the Energy Exchange Malaysia (Enegem), a platform to facilitate cross-border green electricity trade within the ASEAN region. The platform initiated a 100-megawatt pilot auction to supply green electricity from Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, targeting licensed Renewable Energy Bidders in the Singapore Electricity Market.
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| 2024 | A machine learning study predicted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) scores for different global regions up to 2030, forecasting varying levels of achievement. The study projected highest scores for OECD countries (80) and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (74), with lower scores for Sub-Saharan Africa (56). |
| September 29 2024 |
Global Goals Week
Conclusion of Global Goals Week 2024, marking the end of the awareness campaign focused on promoting the Sustainable Development Goals.
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| September 20 2024 |
Global Goals Week
Start of Global Goals Week 2024, a week-long event dedicated to raising awareness for the Sustainable Development Goals, running from September 20 to 29.
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| April 2024 | Ten green groups called for a veto of the San Tin project's environmental impact assessment, criticizing it as 'the worst wetland assessment since EIA regulations came into place in 1998'. |
| April 2024 |
Green building
International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report highlighting buildings' energy consumption and future energy demand projections.
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| January 1 2024 |
Sustainability reporting
Progressive application of CSRD provisions begins, with companies required to start implementing new sustainability reporting requirements.
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| 2023 |
Developing country
Croatia was graduated from a developing to an advanced economy by the IMF.
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| 2023 | Ramdhony and Rajadurai conducted a research study highlighting how nonprofits that embed environmental sustainability into their organizational values experience improvements in stakeholder trust, funding outcomes, and long-term resilience. |
| 2023 | A study highlighted sustainable business practices among Ghanaian micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across various sectors, focusing on environmental stewardship and sustainability strategies. |
| 2023 |
Energy poverty and cooking
International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report emphasizing the urgent need to achieve universal clean cooking access by 2030, estimating an annual investment requirement of US$8 billion.
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| 2023 |
Energy poverty and cooking
IRENA released a series of reports highlighting slow progress toward universal clean cooking access and the need for more investment in renewable cooking technologies.
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| 2023 |
Malaysian Green Transition
Malaysian government launched the Sustainable and Circular Economy Roadmap, a comprehensive plan to transition the country towards a circular economy, focusing on resource efficiency, waste reduction, and natural system regeneration.
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| 2023 |
Malaysian Green Transition
Malaysia achieved a significant milestone in renewable energy, increasing the share of renewable energy in the national grid to 22%, marking a substantial improvement from the previous decade.
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| 2023 |
Gross ecosystem product
15 local governments in China developed guidelines to implement GEP, initiating approximately 200 related projects.
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| 2023 |
Green building
Electric cars reached 20% of total vehicle sales, marking a significant milestone in electric vehicle adoption.
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| 2023 |
Climate Change Isn't Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism
Mike Hulme published the book 'Climate Change Isn't Everything: Liberating Climate Politics from Alarmism' through Polity Press, offering a critical perspective on climate change discourse and politics.
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| 2023 |
Inner Development Goals
The Sustainability Development Report revealed that less than 20% of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets were on track to be achieved, which prompted the creation of the Inner Development Goals (IDG) initiative to address slow progress through focusing on inner development.
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| 2023 | The IPCC completed the publication of its Sixth Assessment Report, providing a critical analysis of climate change impacts and potential mitigation strategies. |
| December 2023 |
Sustainability reporting
New EU legislation came into force to modify monetary criteria for defining company and group sizes, addressing the impact of inflation.
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| November 2023 |
Inner Development Goals
The IDG Foundation was initiated by a collaboration of multiple organizations including 29k Foundation, Ekskaret Foundation, IMD International Institute for Management Development, LUCSUS Center for Sustainability Studies, Stockholm Resilience Center, The New Division, Flourishing Network at Harvard University, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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| September 19 2023 |
Global Goals Week
First day of the high-level General Debate at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, with world leaders exploring solutions to global challenges and advancing peace, security, and sustainable development under the theme 'Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity'.
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| September 18 2023 |
Global Goals Week
Heads of State and Government gather at UN Headquarters in New York for the 2023 SDG Summit to review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and provide high-level political guidance on accelerating Sustainable Development Goals.
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| September 15 2023 |
Global Goals Week
Global Goals Week 2023 officially begins, running from September 15 to 24, with an expanded event calendar from September 1 to October 15.
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| July 2023 | At the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, speakers highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic and global crises were threatening decades of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| January 5 2023 |
Sustainability reporting
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) officially came into force.
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| January 5 2023 |
Sustainability reporting
CSRD officially came into force, marking the beginning of a new era in corporate sustainability reporting regulations.
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| 2022 |
Sustainable markets
California governor Gavin Newsom signed The California Climate Commitment, a comprehensive plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, which includes goals to create 4 million new jobs, cut air pollution by 60%, reduce state oil consumption by 91%, and significantly reduce fossil fuel use in buildings and transportation.
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| 2022 |
Sustainability reporting
UNCTAD-ISAR establishes the African Regional Partnership for Sustainability and SDG Reporting, bringing together 53 members from 27 African nations.
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| 2022 | A study in Sweden's Kymenlaakso region investigated retrofitting existing apartment buildings in Kotka and Kouvola with Exhaust Air Heat Pump (EAHP) systems, projecting significant carbon emission reductions of 590 tCO2 and 944 tCO2 respectively, with a payoff period of 7-13 years. |
| 2022 |
Climate change education
UNESCO hosted the World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona, advancing global efforts in climate change education and sustainable development.
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| 2022 | Nuclear power generates over a quarter of all low-carbon energy worldwide, establishing itself as the second largest source after hydropower. |
| 2022 |
Malaysian Green Transition
Malaysia launched the National Biodiversity Policy, establishing a comprehensive framework to protect and sustainably manage the country's biodiversity from 2022 to 2030. The policy focuses on integrating biodiversity considerations across various sectors and decision-making processes to support both environmental conservation and sustainable economic development.
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| 2022 |
Green building
Boston Consulting Group released a report highlighting that investments in developing greener forms of cement, iron, and steel could lead to significant greenhouse gas reductions, surpassing potential reductions in electricity and aviation sectors.
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| 2022 |
Green building
Heat pump sales tripled compared to 2015 levels, indicating growing adoption of energy-efficient technologies.
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| 2022 |
Aid for Trade
The Eighth Global Review was held, continuing the long-standing effort to support trade capacity in developing countries.
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| 2022 |
Nature conservation
United Kingdom introduced the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act, legally recognizing vertebrates, decapod crustaceans, and cephalopods as sentient beings, expanding conservation ethics to include animal welfare.
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| 2022 |
Nature conservation
IPCC report emphasizes the critical need to conserve 30% to 50% of Earth's land, freshwater, and ocean areas to mitigate climate impacts and support biodiversity.
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| 2022 | A meta-analysis concluded that governments had not substantially reallocated funding to implement the SDGs, with minimal changes to public budgets and financial allocation mechanisms. |
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