COVID‑19 has wreaked havoc worldwide on children’s learning and well-being. Before the pandemic, progress in education was already too slow to achieve Goal 4 by 2030. One year into the crisis, two in ...

Universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services requires expanding access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technologies, as well as improving energy efficiency and ...

The United Nations Statistics Division, mandated to deliver the responsibilities of the Secretariat of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme in terms of monitoring its implementation, ...

The social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely affected progress towards gender equality. Violence against women and girls has intensified; child marriage, on the decline in ...

Over the last decade, access to electricity has expanded, use of renewable energy in the electricity sector has increased, and energy efficiency has improved. Still, millions of people are without ...

The Population and Vital Statistics Report presents most recent data on population size (total, male and female) from the latest available census of the population, national official population ...

Oceans, seas and other marine resources are essential to human well-being and social and economic development worldwide. Their conservation and sustainable use are central to achieving the 2030 Agenda ...

Biodiversity-linked SDG targets with a 2020 deadline 1 Progress Progress analysis 2.5 Maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, plants and animals for food and agriculture Progress has been negligible ...

Leave no one behind. That defining principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a shared promise by every country to work together to secure the rights and well-being of everyone on a ...