The Global Sustainable Development Goals Fund (Global)
The Global Sustainable Development Goals Fund (Global) is an international fund dedicated to supporting the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The fund provides financial and technical assistance to governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector to help them implement projects that promote sustainable development. Global
Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015 by all United Nations (UN) members for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The aim of the 17 global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet", tackling climate change, and working to preserve oceans and forests. The SDGs highlight the connections between the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainable development. Sustainability is at the center of the SDGs, as the term sustainable implies, but achieving the goals has been challenging. By 2024, the United Nations released a report stating that only 17% of the SDG targets were on track. In the United Nations' 2025 Sustainability Development Goals Report it was stated that only 35% of the SDG targets "were on track or making moderate progress", with nearly half moving "too slowly" and 18% of the targets were actually "in reverse", warning that the current pace of change is insufficient to fully achieve all of the Goals by the 2030 deadline. The Secretary-General of the United Nations urged international cooperation and stated "we need to shift into overdrive" to keep the goals within reach. Rising inequalities, climate change, and biodiversity loss are topics of concern threatening progress. The COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2023 made the challenges worse, and some regions, such as Asia, have experienced significant setbacks during that time.