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e.g. I know what FDI (foreign direct investment) means: long term investment in a country by multinational companies from other countries e.g. Nissan building a car factory in Vietnam

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Hans Rosling: Don't panic! How to eradicate extreme poverty in fifteen years

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Hans Rosling: Don't panic! How to eradicate extreme poverty in fifteen years

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Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad?

The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030.

Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn't fall in Malawi this year. The poor farmers Dunstar & Jenet, gather a tiny maize harvest in a small pile on the ground outside their mud hut. But Dunstar & Jenet know exactly what they need to break the vicious circle of poverty. And Hans Rosling shows how billions of people have already managed. This year's "hunger season" may very well be Dunster's & Jenet's last.

Up-to-date statistics show that recent global progress is 'the greatest story of our time - possibly the greatest story in all of human history. The goal seems unrealistic to many highly educated people because their worldview is lagging 60 years behind reality.

About the film

The visualizations are based on original graphics and stories by Gapminder. The data sources are listed here.

The Dollar Street project, featured in this film, will launch later this year.
Learn more and stay tuned here.

This film follows the previous award-winning BBC productions Don't Panic - The Facts About Population and The Joy Of Stats.

The film was produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcasted on BBC TWO on September 23, 2015. Director & Producer: Dan Hillman. Executive Producer: Archie Baron. ©Wingspan Productions for BBC, 2015.

Download the film here.
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DVD's are available for sale here.

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UNDP Sustainable Development Goals (post 2015)

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UNDP Sustainable Development Goals (post 2015)

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World leaders adopt Sustainable Development Goals

Sep 25, 2015

NEW YORK - At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, more than 150 world leaders adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support governments around the world in tackling the new agenda and taking it forward over the next 15 years.

The 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, aim to end poverty, hunger and inequality, take action on climate change and the environment, improve access to health and education, build strong institutions and partnerships, and more.

"Ours is the last generation which can head off the worst effects of climate change and the first generation with the wealth and knowledge to eradicate poverty. For this, fearless leadership from us all is needed," said Helen Clark. "If the global community collectively is prepared to step up to the challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, then there's a chance of achieving sustainable development - and with it better prospects for people and our planet."

With 50 years of experience supporting countries in their development, UNDP will be the first port of call for support for many governments as they implement the SDGs.

MDGs to SDGs

The SDGs build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight anti-poverty targets that the world committed to achieving by 2015. Since the MDGs were adopted in 2000, enormous progress has been made, but more needs to be done.

The SDGs have a more ambitious agenda, seeking to eliminate rather than reduce poverty, and include more demanding targets on health, education and gender equality. They are universal, applying to all countries and all people. The agenda also includes issues that were not in the MDGs such as climate change, sustainable consumption, innovation and the importance of peace and justice for all.

Social Good Summits around the world help make the Goals famous

To raise awareness around the newly adopted SDGs, UNDP is holding Social Good Summits in more than 100 countries, running parallel with the Sustainable Development Summit. UNDP will use the Social Good Summit's platform and audience to help governments and partners around the world launch the SDGs and help make the new Global Goals a household name everywhere.

UNDP's is also partnering with Project Everyone. Initiated by Richard Curtis, filmmaker and founder of Comic Relief, Project Everyone has a simple but mighty aim: to share the global goals with 7 billion people in 7 days.

UNDP key partner in defining conversation on SDGs

As the lead UN agency mandated to eradicate poverty, UNDP has had a central role in shaping the new global development agenda. UNDP helped governments get together with civil society, the private sector and with people around the world to decide what the world's priorities were for the SDGs and make the process to determine the 2030 agenda open, transparent and global.

Since 2012, UNDP has led the global conversation on what to include on the agenda on behalf of the UN Development Group. That conversation sought the views and contributions of people from all over the world, including more than 8 million people through the MY World survey and World We Want 2015 platform.

"UNDP are committed to a strong global partnership that is key to the realization of the new agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals," Clark said.

ABOUT UNDP

UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations.

Media contacts

Anjali Kwatra, Phone +212 906 6389, E-mail: anjali.kwatra@undp.org
Wynne Boelt, Phone: +212 906 6860, E-mail: wynne.boelt@undp.org

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World leaders adopt Sustainable Development Goals

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As the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit kicks off Friday, more than 150 world leaders will adopt the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support governments around the world in tackling the new agenda and taking it forward over the next 15 years.