United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a new independent global network
of research centres, universities and technical institutions to help find
solutions for some of the world’s most pressing environmental, social and
economic problems.
The Sustainable
Development Solutions Network (SDSN) will work with stakeholders including
business, civil society, UN agencies and other international organizations to
identify and share the best pathways to achieve sustainable development,
according to a UN news release.
This initiative is part of
the work undertaken in response to the mandate on post-2015 and the outcome of
UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which took place in Rio De
Janeiro, Brazil, in June.
The Solutions Network will
be directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at
Columbia University and Special Advisor to Secretary-General Ban on the global
anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It will
operate in close coordination with the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on
the Post-2015 Development Agenda. ...
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