FOR THE FIRST TIME since 2017, Brazil has presented an official report to the United Nations (UN) on the progress of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the country. The document was presented during the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development that took place from July 8th to 18th at the UN headquarters in New York.

According to the report, Brazil effectively met only 8.3% of the stipulated goals and made positive progress in another 20.7% between 2016 and 2022 (the period with available data). However, 15.4% showed no progress, and 13.6% had setbacks— that is, were even farther from being reached. The document also points out that 42% were not adequately assessed because of a lack of data collection.

The report explained that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact, hampering progress on 37 of the 169 goals and that the event demonstrated the vulnerability of development strategies in the face of global crises.

In June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the signatory Member States that only 17% of all global SDG targets had been achieved. “Almost half of the Goals show minimal or moderate progress and more than a third are stagnant or regressing,” the UN highlighted in a statement. Guterres argues that, in the next six years, it will be essential for nations to promote more initiatives and investments than have been made so far.

SOURCES: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, UN, IBGE, PNUD, AND AGÊNCIA BRASIL.

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