SDGCounting
@sdgcounting.bsky.social
Tracking progress on counting and measuring the success of the Sustainable Development Goals.
An initiative of StartingUpGood.
#SDGs #GlobalGoals #Data
An initiative of StartingUpGood.
#SDGs #GlobalGoals #Data
The G20 summit in South Africa adopted a declaration without the US, “holding the line” on climate, debt and inequality while elevating Africa’s high cost of capital and the call for an international inequality panel.
Progress, but real change depends on what's next.
www.devex.com/news/g20-sum...
Progress, but real change depends on what's next.
www.devex.com/news/g20-sum...
G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration without the US
Despite U.S. boycotts and geopolitical strain, South Africa secures a hard-won G20 consensus — though many describe the commitments as “holding the line” as opposed to driving real change.
www.devex.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The G20 summit in South Africa adopted a declaration without the US, “holding the line” on climate, debt and inequality while elevating Africa’s high cost of capital and the call for an international inequality panel.
Progress, but real change depends on what's next.
www.devex.com/news/g20-sum...
Progress, but real change depends on what's next.
www.devex.com/news/g20-sum...
A new WHO and UN partners report finds 840M women have faced partner or sexual violence. Little progress in 20 years. This must remain central to SDG5.
www.who.int/news/item/19...
www.who.int/news/item/19...
Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence
Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by th...
www.who.int
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A new WHO and UN partners report finds 840M women have faced partner or sexual violence. Little progress in 20 years. This must remain central to SDG5.
www.who.int/news/item/19...
www.who.int/news/item/19...
UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2025 shows more than 400M children living in poverty, often missing basic needs like food or sanitation. Essential reading for SDG1 and SDG10.
#ChildPoverty #SDGs
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#ChildPoverty #SDGs
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The State of the World's Children 2025
Ending child poverty: Our shared imperative
www.unicef.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2025 shows more than 400M children living in poverty, often missing basic needs like food or sanitation. Essential reading for SDG1 and SDG10.
#ChildPoverty #SDGs
www.unicef.org/reports/stat...
#ChildPoverty #SDGs
www.unicef.org/reports/stat...
Oxford Economics estimates low-income countries could unlock $75T in annual gains from AI, energy access and finance – if capacity gaps are addressed. Who is funding that underlying capacity?
#AI #SDG8
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#AI #SDG8
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Powering Low-Income Countries’ AI Opportunity
Low-income countries could unlock $75T in annual gains through AI, energy access, and finance—narrowing global living standard gaps and driving growth.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Oxford Economics estimates low-income countries could unlock $75T in annual gains from AI, energy access and finance – if capacity gaps are addressed. Who is funding that underlying capacity?
#AI #SDG8
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#AI #SDG8
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COP30 ends with a pledge to mobilise at least $1.3T a year in climate finance by 2035 and to triple adaptation funding, but no clear fossil fuel phase-out roadmap. The numbers sound big – will they be measurable against the SDGs?
#COP30 #SDGs
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#COP30 #SDGs
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COP30 sets $1.3 Trillion Climate Finance Goal but Delays Fossil Fuel Decision
Countries agreed to mobilise at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for global climate action, with adaptation finance set to triple.
esgnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
COP30 ends with a pledge to mobilise at least $1.3T a year in climate finance by 2035 and to triple adaptation funding, but no clear fossil fuel phase-out roadmap. The numbers sound big – will they be measurable against the SDGs?
#COP30 #SDGs
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#COP30 #SDGs
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Africa needs AI infrastructure, skills and financing. The UAE is offering 1 billion dollars. Big headline – but the impact will hinge on who builds the systems, who benefits, and who controls the data. What would a genuinely pro-development AI model look like?
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-announces-1-billion-initiative-expand-ai-africa-2025-11-22/”
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Africa needs AI infrastructure, skills and financing. The UAE is offering 1 billion dollars. Big headline – but the impact will hinge on who builds the systems, who benefits, and who controls the data. What would a genuinely pro-development AI model look like?
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Two major gatherings have just concluded: #G20 in Johannesburg and #COP30 in Belém.
Both promised inclusion and just transitions.
From where you sit, did these summits move the needle on the #SDGs, or just repackage existing commitments?
What concrete shifts will you be watching for in 2026?
Both promised inclusion and just transitions.
From where you sit, did these summits move the needle on the #SDGs, or just repackage existing commitments?
What concrete shifts will you be watching for in 2026?
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New report survey from The Rockefeller Foundation and Focaldata shows strong public demand for action on poverty, conflict prevention and global health across the G20.
A reminder that citizens are ahead of governments on many development priorities.
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/g20-cou...
A reminder that citizens are ahead of governments on many development priorities.
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NEW POLL: G20 Countries Agree on the Importance of Humanitarian and International Development Issues and Preventing War and Conflict
Those surveyed in G20 countries also agree that their country should cooperate on global challenges even if it requires compromising on some national
www.rockefellerfoundation.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New report survey from The Rockefeller Foundation and Focaldata shows strong public demand for action on poverty, conflict prevention and global health across the G20.
A reminder that citizens are ahead of governments on many development priorities.
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/g20-cou...
A reminder that citizens are ahead of governments on many development priorities.
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/g20-cou...
Reuters reports that several of the world’s richest nations are retreating from development commitments. Aid budgets are shrinking even as global needs rise. A critical trend to watch for SDG financing.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reuters reports that several of the world’s richest nations are retreating from development commitments. Aid budgets are shrinking even as global needs rise. A critical trend to watch for SDG financing.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The World Bank’s Poverty and Inequality Platform remains one of the most important tools for tracking global poverty in near real time. Latest updates show extreme poverty concentrated in rural and fragile states.
pip.worldbank.org
pip.worldbank.org
Poverty and Inequality Platform
pip.worldbank.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The World Bank’s Poverty and Inequality Platform remains one of the most important tools for tracking global poverty in near real time. Latest updates show extreme poverty concentrated in rural and fragile states.
pip.worldbank.org
pip.worldbank.org
Sustainable investing is still expanding. Morgan Stanley finds 86% of asset owners expect to increase allocations despite market volatility and political noise. The challenge now is depth, data and credible impact.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
@startingupgood.bsky.social #SDGs #ImpInv
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@startingupgood.bsky.social #SDGs #ImpInv
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November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sustainable investing is still expanding. Morgan Stanley finds 86% of asset owners expect to increase allocations despite market volatility and political noise. The challenge now is depth, data and credible impact.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
@startingupgood.bsky.social #SDGs #ImpInv
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
@startingupgood.bsky.social #SDGs #ImpInv
Today is the last day of #COP30. After weeks of tense discussions, will delegates be able to get meaningful agreements across the finish line?
Historically last minute deals have materialized, but is 2025 different?
Historically last minute deals have materialized, but is 2025 different?
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today is the last day of #COP30. After weeks of tense discussions, will delegates be able to get meaningful agreements across the finish line?
Historically last minute deals have materialized, but is 2025 different?
Historically last minute deals have materialized, but is 2025 different?
Does progress on the #SDGs lead to people with happier lives?
According to this article in Nature, the answer is YES! Portfolio based approaches to development (as opposed to only focusing on GDP) produce more happiness in populations.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
According to this article in Nature, the answer is YES! Portfolio based approaches to development (as opposed to only focusing on GDP) produce more happiness in populations.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SDG progress and well-being across the EU. Are we happier yet? - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - SDG progress and well-being across the EU. Are we happier yet?
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Does progress on the #SDGs lead to people with happier lives?
According to this article in Nature, the answer is YES! Portfolio based approaches to development (as opposed to only focusing on GDP) produce more happiness in populations.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
According to this article in Nature, the answer is YES! Portfolio based approaches to development (as opposed to only focusing on GDP) produce more happiness in populations.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The new Global Findex 2025 report is out and it shows a simple truth: access to money and digital tools still isn’t equal. The data makes it easy to see who can save, borrow, or make payments – and who cannot.
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The Global Findex Database 2025
The Global Findex Database is the world's only demand-side survey on financial inclusion and a leading source of data on how adults around the world access and use financial services.
www.worldbank.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The new Global Findex 2025 report is out and it shows a simple truth: access to money and digital tools still isn’t equal. The data makes it easy to see who can save, borrow, or make payments – and who cannot.
www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
The tension between the potential and impact of #AI when it comes to #ClimateAction continues to be a hot-button topic at #COP30.
Where do you fall? Is AI going to create new possibilities for sustainability, or is the energy investment too much?
apnews.com/article/clim...
Where do you fall? Is AI going to create new possibilities for sustainability, or is the energy investment too much?
apnews.com/article/clim...
Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil
Artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero and a villain at the U.N. climate talks in Brazil.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The tension between the potential and impact of #AI when it comes to #ClimateAction continues to be a hot-button topic at #COP30.
Where do you fall? Is AI going to create new possibilities for sustainability, or is the energy investment too much?
apnews.com/article/clim...
Where do you fall? Is AI going to create new possibilities for sustainability, or is the energy investment too much?
apnews.com/article/clim...
For years we’ve repeated that “extreme poverty is rapidly falling.”
In a new analysis, @maxroser.bsky.social of @ourworldindata.org shows why that era is ending – and why hundreds of millions could remain trapped in deep poverty beyond 2030.
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#SDG1 #Poverty
In a new analysis, @maxroser.bsky.social of @ourworldindata.org shows why that era is ending – and why hundreds of millions could remain trapped in deep poverty beyond 2030.
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
#SDG1 #Poverty
The end of progress against extreme poverty?
In the last three decades, the world has made progress against extreme poverty faster than ever before. But unless the poorest economies start growing, this period of progress against the worst form o...
ourworldindata.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For years we’ve repeated that “extreme poverty is rapidly falling.”
In a new analysis, @maxroser.bsky.social of @ourworldindata.org shows why that era is ending – and why hundreds of millions could remain trapped in deep poverty beyond 2030.
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
#SDG1 #Poverty
In a new analysis, @maxroser.bsky.social of @ourworldindata.org shows why that era is ending – and why hundreds of millions could remain trapped in deep poverty beyond 2030.
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
#SDG1 #Poverty
The G20 Social Summit is underway in South Africa.
It brings governments, civil society, labor, youth and philanthropy together under the theme “Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability”.
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
#G20 #SDGs
It brings governments, civil society, labor, youth and philanthropy together under the theme “Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability”.
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
#G20 #SDGs
South Africa to host the G20 Social Summit
South Africa will host the G20 Social Summit from 18 to 20 November 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province. Under the overarching theme Solidarity, ...
dirco.gov.za
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The G20 Social Summit is underway in South Africa.
It brings governments, civil society, labor, youth and philanthropy together under the theme “Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability”.
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
#G20 #SDGs
It brings governments, civil society, labor, youth and philanthropy together under the theme “Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability”.
dirco.gov.za/south-africa...
#G20 #SDGs
"The world must stop debating goals and start fulfilling them."
- Brazil VP Geraldo Alckmin at #COP30.
The focus in Belém has shifted entirely to implementation and finance.
#ClimateAction #GlobalGoals #SDGs
- Brazil VP Geraldo Alckmin at #COP30.
The focus in Belém has shifted entirely to implementation and finance.
#ClimateAction #GlobalGoals #SDGs
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"The world must stop debating goals and start fulfilling them."
- Brazil VP Geraldo Alckmin at #COP30.
The focus in Belém has shifted entirely to implementation and finance.
#ClimateAction #GlobalGoals #SDGs
- Brazil VP Geraldo Alckmin at #COP30.
The focus in Belém has shifted entirely to implementation and finance.
#ClimateAction #GlobalGoals #SDGs
Today UN DESA launches World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
Cities already hold most of the world’s people and a growing share of climate risk.
We will be digging into what the new numbers mean for SDG 11 and beyond.
www.un.org/development/...
Cities already hold most of the world’s people and a growing share of climate risk.
We will be digging into what the new numbers mean for SDG 11 and beyond.
www.un.org/development/...
World Urbanization Prospects 2025 | Population Division
www.un.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today UN DESA launches World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
Cities already hold most of the world’s people and a growing share of climate risk.
We will be digging into what the new numbers mean for SDG 11 and beyond.
www.un.org/development/...
Cities already hold most of the world’s people and a growing share of climate risk.
We will be digging into what the new numbers mean for SDG 11 and beyond.
www.un.org/development/...
At #COP30, the new AI Climate Institute was launched to help developing countries apply AI to climate action with equity and low energy use at its core.
A space to watch for AI for good in practice.
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
A space to watch for AI for good in practice.
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
COP30 Evening Summary – November 10
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November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
At #COP30, the new AI Climate Institute was launched to help developing countries apply AI to climate action with equity and low energy use at its core.
A space to watch for AI for good in practice.
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
A space to watch for AI for good in practice.
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
Civil society at #COP30 is calling for a Loss and Damage Gap Report to match the mitigation and adaptation gap reports we already have.
The data architecture of climate mitigation is still being built.
actalliance.org/act-news/cop...
The data architecture of climate mitigation is still being built.
actalliance.org/act-news/cop...
COP30: Loss and Damage - What is the State of Loss and Damage Report and why does it matter? - ACT Alliance
actalliance.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Civil society at #COP30 is calling for a Loss and Damage Gap Report to match the mitigation and adaptation gap reports we already have.
The data architecture of climate mitigation is still being built.
actalliance.org/act-news/cop...
The data architecture of climate mitigation is still being built.
actalliance.org/act-news/cop...
Transparency is part of SDG delivery.
In 2025 the World Bank moved to the top of the Publish What You Fund Transparency Index and argues that standards and openness go together.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/on...
#OpenData #SDG17
In 2025 the World Bank moved to the top of the Publish What You Fund Transparency Index and argues that standards and openness go together.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/on...
#OpenData #SDG17
One year of saying yes: Lessons in outcomes and change, echoes from Ulysses
As our Outcomes Department marks its first year, we look back on lessons learned, inspired by James Joyce's book Ulysses. When we set out a year ago, we knew the task ahead was ambitious. Our goal was...
blogs.worldbank.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Transparency is part of SDG delivery.
In 2025 the World Bank moved to the top of the Publish What You Fund Transparency Index and argues that standards and openness go together.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/on...
#OpenData #SDG17
In 2025 the World Bank moved to the top of the Publish What You Fund Transparency Index and argues that standards and openness go together.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/on...
#OpenData #SDG17
Governance and justice remain some of the hardest SDG areas to measure.
The new SDG 16 Data Initiative 2025 report takes stock of progress on peace, justice and strong institutions.
sdgtransformationcenter.org
The new SDG 16 Data Initiative 2025 report takes stock of progress on peace, justice and strong institutions.
sdgtransformationcenter.org
Transformation Center
Bringing together timely geospatial data on the Sustainable Development Goals: SDSN's initiative on tracking, analyzing and sharing actionable data
sdgtransformationcenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Governance and justice remain some of the hardest SDG areas to measure.
The new SDG 16 Data Initiative 2025 report takes stock of progress on peace, justice and strong institutions.
sdgtransformationcenter.org
The new SDG 16 Data Initiative 2025 report takes stock of progress on peace, justice and strong institutions.
sdgtransformationcenter.org
Coming tomorrow!
World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will update how many people live in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide.
This will be a core dataset for SDG 11 and beyond.
Media advisory:
www.un.org/sustainabled...
World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will update how many people live in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide.
This will be a core dataset for SDG 11 and beyond.
Media advisory:
www.un.org/sustainabled...
Media Advisory | Report launch: more people live in cities today than in towns or rural areas - United Nations Sustainable Development
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet
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November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Coming tomorrow!
World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will update how many people live in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide.
This will be a core dataset for SDG 11 and beyond.
Media advisory:
www.un.org/sustainabled...
World Urbanization Prospects 2025 will update how many people live in cities, towns and rural areas worldwide.
This will be a core dataset for SDG 11 and beyond.
Media advisory:
www.un.org/sustainabled...
New poverty numbers link climate and deprivation.
The Global MPI 2025 finds most multidimensionally poor people face climate hazards such as heat or floods.
Report and data here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
The Global MPI 2025 finds most multidimensionally poor people face climate hazards such as heat or floods.
Report and data here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
Global MPI 2025 | OPHI
ophi.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New poverty numbers link climate and deprivation.
The Global MPI 2025 finds most multidimensionally poor people face climate hazards such as heat or floods.
Report and data here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...
The Global MPI 2025 finds most multidimensionally poor people face climate hazards such as heat or floods.
Report and data here: ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2...