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Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria

America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. That is understandable, because US efforts are in blatant violation of international law, which bars UN member states from supporting military action to overthrow other members’ governments. Read the full article on Project Syndicate.

University of Brescia – Laurea Honoris Causa a Jeffrey D. Sachs

Trump and his economic policy limitations

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs joins Morning Joe to discuss Donald Trump’s economic policies and his meeting with Japanese PM Abe.

WGS 2018: The Global Happiness Policy Report launched at Global Dialogue for Happiness Forum

The first Global Happiness Policy Report was launched at the Global Dialogue for Happiness Forum by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor John Helliwell. A distillation of ideas and experiments around the world, the report is produced in parallel with the World Happiness Report, and is the World Happiness Council’s first effort to assemble global evidence [...]

World Government Summit 2018 – The Global Happiness Policy Report

The World Bank Needs To Return To Its Mission

  NEW YORK – The World Bank declares that its mission is to end extreme poverty within a generation and to boost shared prosperity. These goals are universally agreed as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. But the World Bank lacks an SDG strategy, and now it is turning to Wall Street to please its political masters [...]

Renowned leaders discuss sustainable development at two-day forum

A two-day forum on sustainable development kicked off in Seoul on Wednesday, bringing together experts and international leaders to promote partnership among nations and organizations to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more here.

Bradford Council says there are ‘no plans’ to ditch fossil fuel investments in pension fund

FOSSIL fuel divestment campaigners have again been gathering in Bradford calling on the council to ditch its fossil fuel investments. The call has come following New York City’s decision to do so and campaigners are asking Bradford Council to do likewise. New York City is understood to have announced earlier this month that it is [...]

World Renowned Economist Sachs Speaks at PHBS on China’s Leadership in Global Sustainable Development

HENZHEN, China — Global sustainable development needs to be addressed through a multi-stakeholder approach, and philanthropists have an important role to play, according to Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, during his presentation, “China’s Leadership in Global Sustainable Development,” at Peking University HSBC Business School in January 2018. Read the full article here.

The recent history of the global economy, in one chart

In 1950, the average African had almost twice as much income as the average Asian. At 63% of the world’s average, she wasn’t far behind the typical global citizen, either. By 2016, the opposite was true. The average Asian made close to 80% of the average global citizen, but the average African was relatively worse-off, [...]