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SDG Goal 13: Climate Action Cecilia Sorensen and Jay Lemery In the upcoming weeks, the UN will choose how seriously to commit political resources to halt climate change. Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda)…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Elizabeth D. Gibbons After much public consultation and global negotiation, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been agreed, along with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets.1 The Agenda…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Audrey R. Chapman The draft Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are likely to be adopted at the September 2015 UN summit, identify achieving universal health coverage (UHC) as one component of the omnibus health…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health By Carmel Williams and Alison Blaiklock This month world leaders gather at the UN Summit in New York to finalise and adopt the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The development of the SDGs has been a far more global…

TPPA protests in Auckland, New Zealand (photo courtesy of Rhys Jones) By Fran Quigley The most important update on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is that there is no Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. At least not yet. Shortly…

Caption: Doctors Against the Border Force Act protesting in Brisbane, 8 August 2015 By Alison Blaiklock Doctors, health workers, teachers and other professionals across Australia continue to demonstrate against the legislation that bars health and…