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• United Nations Foundation highlights 10 of their innovators who are transforming our future and furthering the sustainable development goal one idea at a time. 

• How can funders work to address climate change and the SDGs together? 

• Here's an article on where there is still room for improvement on sustainable development goals.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a global roadmap for a better future for people and planet, but achieving such ambitious aims will require each and every one of us to go beyond the status quo. Thankfully, there are entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers of all kinds turning local action into scalable progress.

At this month’s UN General Assembly in New York, 10 extraordinary solution makers from across the globe will share their efforts to realize the promise and potential of the SDGs during the 5th annual United Nations Solutions Summit, an initiative co-organized by the United Nations Foundation, the UN Local2030 Hub for Sustainability Solutions, shift7 and the Global Innovation Exchange.

Over the course of three days, these innovators will pitch their groundbreaking ideas — including “eco-bicycles,” 3D-printed prosthetics and climate smart farms– to an audience of policymakers, investors, and industry leaders, challenging the world to scale proven solutions to our greatest challenges.

Read the full article about global SDG solutions by Rania Ashraf at United Nations Foundation.