SDGs – A unique opportunity for universities

By Goolam Mohamedbhai. In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, which have now become the post-2015 global development framework up to 2030, replacing the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, that covered the period 2000-15. The SDGs comprise an ambitious set of 17 goals and 169 targets, compared to only eight goals and 21 targets in the MDGs. Also, while the MDGs targeted mainly low-income countries, the SDGs are directed to all countries of the world. Read more...