Ten months ago, world leaders gathered at the United Nations to adopt 169 targets that will shape much of the $2.5tn expected to be spent on development assistance over the next 15 years, along with many trillions of dollars of national budgets.

This week government ministers return to discuss the implementation of the sustainable development goals, amid growing recognition of the challenges of pursuing so many well-meaning ambitions at once.

Bjorn Lomborg stopped by the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal to speak with Mary Kissel, WSJ Editorial Board Member.

Watch the entire interview in which Bjorn discusses how the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Agenda could have the biggest bang-for-the-buck by spending just little bit more of the development aid on the smartest targets.

A lo largo de los próximos 15 años, cálculos aproximados sugieren que al menos 2,5 billones de dólares se destinarán a ayuda para el desarrollo. A dónde irán exactamente estos fondos vendrá impuesto, en gran medida, por los 169 objetivos de desarrollo determinados por Naciones Unidas para la próxima década y media.

Mientras Elon Musk presentaba el nuevo Tesla 3, un sector de la prensa bastante adulador no tardaba en anunciar que el “coche que cambiaría el mundo” podría “dominar” el mercado. En solo cuestión de días, 400.000 personas pagaban 1.000 dólares, en concepto de seña, para asegurar la reserva del vehículo.

Is Greenpeace committing a crime against humanity?

A letter from 110 Nobel laureates suggests as much. It urges the environmental group to drop its campaign against genetically modified foods, particularly so-called “Golden Rice,” which could help prevent millions of deaths in the developing world.

Calling GMOs food “Frankenfood” is a brilliant scare-mongering term, heavily promoted by Greenpeace. But it has no basis in reality.

Kiedy prezydent Obama poleciał 29 czerwca do Ottawy na spotkanie z premierem kanadyjskim Justinem Trudeau i prezydentem meksykańskim Enrique Peña Nieto, promowanie zmiany polityki klimatycznej było jednym z głównych punktów programu. „Porozumienie Paryskie było punktem zwrotnym dla naszej planety” – stwierdzało wspólne oświadczenie przywódców, nawiązujące do paktu klimatycznego podpisanego z fanfarami w kwietniu przez blisko 200 krajów.

OVER THE NEXT 15 years, a rough calculation suggests that at least $2.5 trillion will be spent on development assistance. Where this spending goes will largely be dictated by 169 development targets that the United Nations has endorsed for the next decade and a half. Next week, government ministers will return to New York to discuss the implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda, amid growing recognition of the headache of trying to pursue so many different well-meaning ambitions at once.

Todos os dias decisores políticos no mundo inteiro deparam-se com um conjunto vertiginoso de opções. Quanto mais gastam em, digamos, educação, menos há para o funcionamento dos hospitais, combater a poluição ou aumentar a produtividade agrícola. Os grupos de pressão, os activistas e os media promovem certas causas – painéis solares, o vírus zika, o encerramento imediato de zonas de evasão fiscal – enquanto assuntos menos na moda, como nutrição e doenças não transmissíveis, podem passar fora do radar.

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