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ADVISORY: Press Call: Experts Preview UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Water for All: How to Ensure We Leave No One Behind

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Addis Ababa Agenda: Bold Sustainable Development Vision to Be Backed Up by Action

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Henrik Berger Jørgensen/Flickr.
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Sustainable Development Goals: From Rhetoric to Reality

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Kenyan farmers plant rust-resistant wheat. Photo by Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
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A New Way to Measure Environmental Rights Around the World

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Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh handle asbestos and other dangerous materials. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
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Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

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Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
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Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water

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A man fills water bottles in Sanaía, Yemen Photo by Foad Al Harazi / World Bank
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Globalizing Sustainable Development

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Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
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6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

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Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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Quick Perspective on UN Secretary-General’s Vision for a Post-2015 Agenda

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Photo by UNDP via OXFAM/Flickr.
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Towards A New Global Development Agenda: 5 Key Questions

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Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

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The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
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Injecting Urgency into the World Bank's Climate Change Efforts

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•	Plans for the Metro Colombo Urban Development project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, acknowledge that the metro area is highly vulnerable to flooding. Photo credit: Travlr, Flickr 2006
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Designed for the Future?

5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

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President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
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Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

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This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
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The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Linking Sustainability and Poverty Eradication

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4 Issues to Watch: Recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

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Uganda: Density of Households Without Improved Sanitation Facilities, 2002

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  • sanitation
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