On the occasion of the United Nations special summit that will take place in New York at the end of this week, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has published the world’s first comparative study of the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs set standards not only for emerging and developing countries, but also for the industrialised nations.
In our study ‘Sustainable Development Goals: Are the rich countries ready?’ the study has assessed how well the 34 OECD countries are prepared to meet the SDGs. The findings show that many industrialised countries are nowhere near achieving these goals. The greatest deficits lie in a less-than-sustainable production and consumption behaviour. In addition, in many cases their economic systems also exacerbate the trend toward social inequality. According to the study, the countries best positioned to achieve the new UN goals are Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland. The nations with the lowest ranking are the USA, Greece, Chile, Hungary, Turkey and Mexico.
You can download the study here.
Source: Notification from the Bertelsmann Stiftung from 21.09.2015On the occasion of the United Nations special summit that will take place in New York at the end of this week, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has published the world’s first comparative study of the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unlike the Millennium Development Goals, the SDGs set standards not only for emerging and developing countries, but also for the industrialised nations.
In our study ‘Sustainable Development Goals: Are the rich countries ready?’ the study has assessed how well the 34 OECD countries are prepared to meet the SDGs. The findings show that many industrialised countries are nowhere near achieving these goals. The greatest deficits lie in a less-than-sustainable production and consumption behaviour. In addition, in many cases their economic systems also exacerbate the trend toward social inequality. According to the study, the countries best positioned to achieve the new UN goals are Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland. The nations with the lowest ranking are the USA, Greece, Chile, Hungary, Turkey and Mexico.
You can download the study here.
Source: Notification from the Bertelsmann Stiftung from 21.09.2015