As energy demand is rising globally, it is imperative to transition to clean energy
The status of natural gas as a ?transition fuel? is waning
The automotive sector in Europe is undergoing dramatic changes
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Global issues: Transitioning to clean energies in a world of rising energy demand
As climate researchers, business leaders, activists and policymakers meet this month for the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the UNFCCC1, the planet will be 1?C (1.8?F) warmer than preindustrial levels and the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will have surpassed levels last seen hundreds of thousands of years ago. They will also know that…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: December 2019 Briefing, No. 133
Lack of innovation a key structural challenge for many developing countries
Economic diversification impeded by structural barriers in the CIS and Africa
Weak productivity growth contributing to bleak economic outlook in Latin America
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Global issues: The challenge of innovation in developing countries
The economic situation in many developing countries has deteriorated considerably in recent years. Between 2010 and 2014, aggregate GDP expanded at an average pace of 6.0 per cent, but growth slowed to an average of 4.2 per cent between 2015 and 2018. The slowdown in growth has been particularly pronounced in Africa, Latin America and Western Asia. In 2019, average GDP…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: November 2019 Briefing, No. 132
An overview of SDG challenges
Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds
The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining.
Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG…
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP3
An overview of SDG challenges
Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds
The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining.
Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG…
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP2
An overview of SDG challenges
Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds
The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining.
Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG…
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP1
An overview of SDG challenges
Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds
The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining.
Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG…
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings Preview
An overview of SDG challenges
Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds
The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining.
Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG…
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings
The global commodity price shock of 2014-2016 has caused setbacks in the fight against poverty
Poverty eradication in Africa by 2030 is increasingly becoming out of reach
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is exacerbating the poverty situation
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Global issue: The legacy of?the global commodity price shock: Long-term output losses and poverty setbacks
The recently released Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019(1) paints a mixed picture of global progress on extreme poverty eradication. On the one hand, global poverty rates, measured as the proportion of people living below the $1.90 a day international poverty line, have continued to decline.(2) In 2018, an estimated…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2019 Briefing, No. 131
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