Author Archives: Philip Wood

An Alumniportal Deutschland webinar held on held June 28, 2017 examined how access to information, knowledge, and open data can play a critical role in helping attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Entitled “Open Data and the SDGs,” the event … Continue reading →

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda is predicated on the belief that it is possible for countries to sustain economic growth without relying on unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. The buzzword denoting this aspirational paradigm is “decoupling”, which is … Continue reading →

The timeliness and necessity of setting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should be obvious to most compassionate, sentient people. Other than staunch climate deniers and isolationists, who wouldn’t want a world in which poverty is eradicated, climate change is addressed, and … Continue reading →