Green action to the fore as UN agrees post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
International body agrees new goals to replace Millennium Development Goals at September's New York summit, including new environmental commitments
The United Nations has finalised the 17 new environmental, social and economic goals to be adopted at this year's Sustainable Development Summit, as it moves to agree a replacement for the influential...
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