The United Nations released its 2025 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report, highlighting that only 35% of the targets are currently on track to be met by the 2030 deadline. Nearly half of the goals are progressing too slowly, and 18% are regressing. UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the situation as a global development emergency, emphasizing the urgent need for unified and decisive action to achieve the SDGs. The report underscores that despite some advances, the world remains drastically off course to meet the 17 SDGs adopted a decade ago. The UN called for immediate collective effort to build a sustainable future for all, warning that progress is insufficient with only five years remaining until the 2030 target year.
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday called on tech companies to power the build out of data centers with 100% renewable energy by 2030, even as the industry turns to gas and coal-fired power plants to meet surging demand. https://t.co/DxRCYOZBY3
.@UN Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres is absolutely right: Accelerating the clean energy transition will turbocharge economic growth, improve energy security and expand energy access — all while driving real progress against climate change. https://t.co/fWG3NoQ9B1
“AI can boost efficiency, innovation and resilience in energy systems, but it is also energy hungry,” the UN secretary-general said. “This is not sustainable — unless we make it so.” Full story https://t.co/JPrU1nAVcD #Tech | #News | #UN | #AI | #DataCentres | #BigTech |