SDGCounting
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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
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
The Second World Summit for Social Development opened today in Doha and leaders have already adopted a political declaration pledging to build a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable future for all people.
press.un.org/en/2025/soc4...
press.un.org/en/2025/soc4...
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Second World Summit for Social Development opened today in Doha and leaders have already adopted a political declaration pledging to build a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable future for all people.
press.un.org/en/2025/soc4...
press.un.org/en/2025/soc4...
The UN Climate Conference (#COP30) begins in Belém on Nov 10.
Expect fierce debates on climate finance, methane cuts, and just transitions.
What we hope to see: a Global Stocktake follow-up, stronger science alignment, and unprecedented scrutiny of delivery--not just pledges.
Expect fierce debates on climate finance, methane cuts, and just transitions.
What we hope to see: a Global Stocktake follow-up, stronger science alignment, and unprecedented scrutiny of delivery--not just pledges.
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The UN Climate Conference (#COP30) begins in Belém on Nov 10.
Expect fierce debates on climate finance, methane cuts, and just transitions.
What we hope to see: a Global Stocktake follow-up, stronger science alignment, and unprecedented scrutiny of delivery--not just pledges.
Expect fierce debates on climate finance, methane cuts, and just transitions.
What we hope to see: a Global Stocktake follow-up, stronger science alignment, and unprecedented scrutiny of delivery--not just pledges.
Culture is not a dataset. It is living, plural and human.
AI tools can unlock new creative voices and preserve heritage, but without inclusive design and governance they risk narrowing access and erasing minority traditions.
Read the AI & Culture Report from UNESCO:
https://ow.ly/B8SZ50XggnT
AI tools can unlock new creative voices and preserve heritage, but without inclusive design and governance they risk narrowing access and erasing minority traditions.
Read the AI & Culture Report from UNESCO:
https://ow.ly/B8SZ50XggnT
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Culture is not a dataset. It is living, plural and human.
AI tools can unlock new creative voices and preserve heritage, but without inclusive design and governance they risk narrowing access and erasing minority traditions.
Read the AI & Culture Report from UNESCO:
https://ow.ly/B8SZ50XggnT
AI tools can unlock new creative voices and preserve heritage, but without inclusive design and governance they risk narrowing access and erasing minority traditions.
Read the AI & Culture Report from UNESCO:
https://ow.ly/B8SZ50XggnT
Want to explore the numbers behind the narrative of the World Economic Outlook?
Check out the IMF DataMapper for country series on growth, inflation, and more.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/datasets/WEO
Check out the IMF DataMapper for country series on growth, inflation, and more.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/datasets/WEO
October 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Want to explore the numbers behind the narrative of the World Economic Outlook?
Check out the IMF DataMapper for country series on growth, inflation, and more.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/datasets/WEO
Check out the IMF DataMapper for country series on growth, inflation, and more.
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/datasets/WEO
STARTING TODAY:
2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
STARTING TODAY:
2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
Most of the #GlobalGoalsWeek meetings have come to an end, but our coverage of the #SDGs at #UNGA80 is far from over. With so much content -- much of it available virtually -- we will continue to provide highlights and insights over the coming weeks.
September 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Most of the #GlobalGoalsWeek meetings have come to an end, but our coverage of the #SDGs at #UNGA80 is far from over. With so much content -- much of it available virtually -- we will continue to provide highlights and insights over the coming weeks.
"When we first launched water.org we hoped someday we'd reach 1 million people a year. Today we're reaching 1 million people every six weeks."
-Matt Damon at #CGI2025, thanking President Bill Clinton for their support.
#CGI2025 #SDGs
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-Matt Damon at #CGI2025, thanking President Bill Clinton for their support.
#CGI2025 #SDGs
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September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"When we first launched water.org we hoped someday we'd reach 1 million people a year. Today we're reaching 1 million people every six weeks."
-Matt Damon at #CGI2025, thanking President Bill Clinton for their support.
#CGI2025 #SDGs
@clintonglobal.bsky.social
@clintonfoundation.bsky.social
-Matt Damon at #CGI2025, thanking President Bill Clinton for their support.
#CGI2025 #SDGs
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@clintonfoundation.bsky.social
The Clinton Global Initiative Summit begins today at 9am ET.
Check out the schedule and follow along live:
www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-glob...
#CGI2025 #GlobalGoalsWeek #UNGA
Check out the schedule and follow along live:
www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-glob...
#CGI2025 #GlobalGoalsWeek #UNGA
September 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Clinton Global Initiative Summit begins today at 9am ET.
Check out the schedule and follow along live:
www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-glob...
#CGI2025 #GlobalGoalsWeek #UNGA
Check out the schedule and follow along live:
www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-glob...
#CGI2025 #GlobalGoalsWeek #UNGA
Five focus area for #UNGA80 from Secretary General António Guterres:
1.) Pursuing Peace
2.) Human Dignity and Human Rights
3.) Climate Justice and Climate Action
4.) Technology to Serve Humanity
5.) Strengthening the UN
1.) Pursuing Peace
2.) Human Dignity and Human Rights
3.) Climate Justice and Climate Action
4.) Technology to Serve Humanity
5.) Strengthening the UN
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Five focus area for #UNGA80 from Secretary General António Guterres:
1.) Pursuing Peace
2.) Human Dignity and Human Rights
3.) Climate Justice and Climate Action
4.) Technology to Serve Humanity
5.) Strengthening the UN
1.) Pursuing Peace
2.) Human Dignity and Human Rights
3.) Climate Justice and Climate Action
4.) Technology to Serve Humanity
5.) Strengthening the UN
General Debate at #UNGA80 begins at 9a. The president of the United States is listed as the fourth speaker.
Full coverage with translation services will be available on UN Web TV:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
Full coverage with translation services will be available on UN Web TV:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
General Debate at #UNGA80 begins at 9a. The president of the United States is listed as the fourth speaker.
Full coverage with translation services will be available on UN Web TV:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
Full coverage with translation services will be available on UN Web TV:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...
Between 2000 and 2025 the world did something extraordinary.
We cut child deaths in half.
Ever year fewer children died.
But not this year.
In 2025, for the first time this century, all signs point to a tragic reality.
More children will die than the year before.
-Gates Foundation #Goalkeepers
We cut child deaths in half.
Ever year fewer children died.
But not this year.
In 2025, for the first time this century, all signs point to a tragic reality.
More children will die than the year before.
-Gates Foundation #Goalkeepers
September 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Between 2000 and 2025 the world did something extraordinary.
We cut child deaths in half.
Ever year fewer children died.
But not this year.
In 2025, for the first time this century, all signs point to a tragic reality.
More children will die than the year before.
-Gates Foundation #Goalkeepers
We cut child deaths in half.
Ever year fewer children died.
But not this year.
In 2025, for the first time this century, all signs point to a tragic reality.
More children will die than the year before.
-Gates Foundation #Goalkeepers
"[Looking at] the gap towards 2030, our challenge is not a lack of solution, it is a lack of political will -- sometimes intentionally. It is a lack of resources. Achieving the #SDGs requires investments -- political and financial."
-Annalena Baerbock, President of #UNGA80
-Annalena Baerbock, President of #UNGA80
September 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"We have moved from combat to discourse -- a person who went through war is one who knows the importance of peace."
-Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria in a conversation with former adversary David Patraeus during #Concordia25
-Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria in a conversation with former adversary David Patraeus during #Concordia25
September 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"We have moved from combat to discourse -- a person who went through war is one who knows the importance of peace."
-Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria in a conversation with former adversary David Patraeus during #Concordia25
-Ahmed al-Sharaa, President of Syria in a conversation with former adversary David Patraeus during #Concordia25
"Perhaps what makes us human is not that we always succeed in peace, but that we dare again and again to seek it, refusing to let our brokenness be the end of our story."
Strong words from Maram Bukar Hassan at #UNGA 80th Anniversary Plenary.
Watch her entire poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mws4...
Strong words from Maram Bukar Hassan at #UNGA 80th Anniversary Plenary.
Watch her entire poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mws4...
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Perhaps what makes us human is not that we always succeed in peace, but that we dare again and again to seek it, refusing to let our brokenness be the end of our story."
Strong words from Maram Bukar Hassan at #UNGA 80th Anniversary Plenary.
Watch her entire poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mws4...
Strong words from Maram Bukar Hassan at #UNGA 80th Anniversary Plenary.
Watch her entire poem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mws4...
It's September, and we are gearing up for the 80th UN General Assembly and #GlobalGoalsWeek!
With five years left to achieve the #SDGs, the stakes are high.
👉 Which events are you most excited about?
👉 What conversations do you hope will drive real progress?
With five years left to achieve the #SDGs, the stakes are high.
👉 Which events are you most excited about?
👉 What conversations do you hope will drive real progress?
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's September, and we are gearing up for the 80th UN General Assembly and #GlobalGoalsWeek!
With five years left to achieve the #SDGs, the stakes are high.
👉 Which events are you most excited about?
👉 What conversations do you hope will drive real progress?
With five years left to achieve the #SDGs, the stakes are high.
👉 Which events are you most excited about?
👉 What conversations do you hope will drive real progress?
Then 80th UN General Assembly will be underway in September. Which topics do you think will dominate discussion and media coverage?
August 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Then 80th UN General Assembly will be underway in September. Which topics do you think will dominate discussion and media coverage?
"I ask you to recommit to treat AI not as an end, but as a means, as a means to do good as much as we possibly can for the benefit of all of the humanity everywhere."
~ Doreen Bogdan-Martin, @itusecgen.bsky.social, in closing the #AIforGood Global Summit
~ Doreen Bogdan-Martin, @itusecgen.bsky.social, in closing the #AIforGood Global Summit
July 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"I ask you to recommit to treat AI not as an end, but as a means, as a means to do good as much as we possibly can for the benefit of all of the humanity everywhere."
~ Doreen Bogdan-Martin, @itusecgen.bsky.social, in closing the #AIforGood Global Summit
~ Doreen Bogdan-Martin, @itusecgen.bsky.social, in closing the #AIforGood Global Summit
Three quotes from the #AI and #FoodSecurity session at the 2025 #AIForGood Global Summit: 🧵
"We see AI as one of the key enablers, but also accelerators, where we see agri-food systems that need to be transformed, and urgently."
~ Dejan Jakovljevic, CIO & Director at @fao.org
"We see AI as one of the key enablers, but also accelerators, where we see agri-food systems that need to be transformed, and urgently."
~ Dejan Jakovljevic, CIO & Director at @fao.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Three quotes from the #AI and #FoodSecurity session at the 2025 #AIForGood Global Summit: 🧵
"We see AI as one of the key enablers, but also accelerators, where we see agri-food systems that need to be transformed, and urgently."
~ Dejan Jakovljevic, CIO & Director at @fao.org
"We see AI as one of the key enablers, but also accelerators, where we see agri-food systems that need to be transformed, and urgently."
~ Dejan Jakovljevic, CIO & Director at @fao.org
"We have a problem that there is an AI digital divide as well that is happening. Data sovereignty is an issue... We will end up with some operators really improving... while the digital divide will widen because some will not."
~ Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO of e& at the #AIforGood Global Summit
~ Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO of e& at the #AIforGood Global Summit
July 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"We have a problem that there is an AI digital divide as well that is happening. Data sovereignty is an issue... We will end up with some operators really improving... while the digital divide will widen because some will not."
~ Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO of e& at the #AIforGood Global Summit
~ Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO of e& at the #AIforGood Global Summit
"AI international standards should consider not only technical aspects, but also societal challenges. AI standards should cover technology, but also it should cover how AI benefits humanity for all in the end."
~Dr. Sung Hwan Cho, President of @isostandards.bsky.social
~Dr. Sung Hwan Cho, President of @isostandards.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"AI international standards should consider not only technical aspects, but also societal challenges. AI standards should cover technology, but also it should cover how AI benefits humanity for all in the end."
~Dr. Sung Hwan Cho, President of @isostandards.bsky.social
~Dr. Sung Hwan Cho, President of @isostandards.bsky.social
"Our typical standards development cycle is not fit for purpose for what AI needs. So how can we be more agile, more responsive, and that can only happen if we work together."
~Amandeep Singh Gil,l @UNTechEnvoy, at #AIForGood Global Summit
~Amandeep Singh Gil,l @UNTechEnvoy, at #AIForGood Global Summit
July 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Our typical standards development cycle is not fit for purpose for what AI needs. So how can we be more agile, more responsive, and that can only happen if we work together."
~Amandeep Singh Gil,l @UNTechEnvoy, at #AIForGood Global Summit
~Amandeep Singh Gil,l @UNTechEnvoy, at #AIForGood Global Summit
"While these AI systems can generate code, they are not, at least yet, replicating the art of programming."
A reality check from @philipcolligan.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
We still need skilled humans to "critically analyze and evaluate the outputs of the system"
A reality check from @philipcolligan.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
We still need skilled humans to "critically analyze and evaluate the outputs of the system"
July 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"While these AI systems can generate code, they are not, at least yet, replicating the art of programming."
A reality check from @philipcolligan.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
We still need skilled humans to "critically analyze and evaluate the outputs of the system"
A reality check from @philipcolligan.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
We still need skilled humans to "critically analyze and evaluate the outputs of the system"
"The AI generation will not be defined by the power of algorithms. It will be defined by the depth of its skill set and the breadth of its participation."
A powerful vision from @itusecgen.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
A powerful vision from @itusecgen.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
July 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"The AI generation will not be defined by the power of algorithms. It will be defined by the depth of its skill set and the breadth of its participation."
A powerful vision from @itusecgen.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
A powerful vision from @itusecgen.bsky.social at #AIforGood.
"We are living through a time where entire regions are at risk of being left out of the future, and that's not happening by accident. It's actually happening by design."
A powerful message from Kate Kallot, founder of Amini, at the #AIforGood Global Summit.
A powerful message from Kate Kallot, founder of Amini, at the #AIforGood Global Summit.
July 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"We are living through a time where entire regions are at risk of being left out of the future, and that's not happening by accident. It's actually happening by design."
A powerful message from Kate Kallot, founder of Amini, at the #AIforGood Global Summit.
A powerful message from Kate Kallot, founder of Amini, at the #AIforGood Global Summit.