ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

42 years to get to 2030!!!

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has released it’s latest SDFG Progress Report. With such a variety of economies to cover, the authors recognise data gaps, but the key thrust of the report remains solid. Good gains have been made towards SDGs 7 & 9 (energy, industry, infrastructure) but the region will miss 90% of the 2030 targets and at the current rate of progress will take another 42 years to reach milestones slated to be achieved in just 7 years time.

You can read a good summary of the report at IISD or go straight to the full document.