Agenda 2030 Between the Ideology of Progress and the Reality of Poverty and Exploitation
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Agenda 2030 Between the Ideology of Progress and the Reality of Poverty and Exploitation

Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promises to eliminate poverty and promote sustainable development, peace, and prosperity for all by 2030. The Agenda introduced 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), establishing a framework of targets and indicators for their measurement, monitoring and implementation. By repeatedly stressing the idea of ‘tracking progress’ towards each…

Juan David Amaya: Global North must take responsibility for its historical colonialist acts

Juan David Amaya: Global North must take responsibility for its historical colonialist acts

Juan David Amaya is a 17-year-old climate justice activist from Villavicencio province of Meta region in Colombia. Studying International Business at Santo Tomás University with a scholarship, Amaya is also a scholarship holder of the Diploma in Climate Change and Human Rights of the Yale School. He is an organizer at Viernes Por el Futuro…