Global population is increasing and the latest data shows that it could grow up to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050. At the rate consumption is growing, the equivalent to almost three planets could be required to provide the natural recourses needed to sustain current lifestyles. SDG 12 was created to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Over the past several decades, population growth, inequalities and diversification of diets have, naturally, increased the demand for food. The current food crisis is an immense challenge, and it will require global commitment to be dealt with successfully. The second SDG focuses on this problem, and it aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

Over the past week, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), has come together to follow up with the results achieved and finding new ways to work towards the UN’s global targets that we know as the Sustainable Development Goals.

SDG #3 is being closely monitored during the current times and countries are struggling to keep their health care systems up and running as they should. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important it is for countries and nations to be united and work together.

SDG #1 - No Poverty is at the centre of the Sustainable Development Goals and currently projections are bleak for the impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty levels. In essence, to eradicate absolute poverty, and to do so sustainably, would demonstrate the successful achievement of all the SDGs.

SDG 17 is a specific goal that works to strengthen the means of implementation of the SDGs, as well as revitalising the global partnerships for sustainable development. In this article we discuss the importance of global cooperation to tackle the SDGs and recent initiatives including the latest G7 agreement and looking forward to COP26.

The United Kingdom is an outperformer when considering global sustainability standards, since the implementation of the SDGs in 2016. This article seeks to evaluate the UK’s approach to the successful achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, across both the public and private sphere.

According to the United Nations… 18% of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced some type of physical and/ or sexual abuse and in 30 countries globally, genital mutilation is happening to 1 in 3 girls aged 15 to 19. This is not only a women’s issue, this is an issue for humanity. SDG #5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Over half the world’s population is living in cities, and this number is expected rise significantly over the coming decades. Cities are hubs for new ideas, culture, science, human and economic development and they play a big role in the fight against climate change.

Climate change is the single biggest threat to sustainable development and defined as Climate Action is Goal 13 on the Sustainable Development Goals. It’s impact on the environment and human health is monumental and the future of the earth depends on the extent to which nations implement prevention efforts.

The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals developed by the United Nations. This article provides an introduction to the SDGs, their origins and the process of implementation that created these goals.

This article will explore the renewable energy sector in the Azores as Portugal looks to take the lead many countries in valuable renewable sources for electricity production.

CFO/COO Emily Robinson of Pico Analytics will discuss the climate crisis and its solutions with the National Liberal Club’s Sustainability Forum on the 26th of January.

The impacts of Covid-19 have disproportionally effected women, causing the gender pay gap to widen. Women’s earnings have dropped by an average of 13% during the pandemic, almost double the typical decrease in male earnings. The World Economic Forum predicts that following Covid-19, it will now take 257 years to achieve economic gender parity.

We are proud to announce that on the 31st of March at 19:00, Pico Analytics’ CEO Subbu Loganathan will be joining a panel of expert ESG speakers to discuss the outlook of the EU’s SFDR & Taxonomy Regulation.

Ecotourism is increasingly becoming a tourism category of choice by many travellers around the world. The growth of this sector is one of the fastest in the industry which, according to Allied Market Research is projected to grow 14.3% per year from 2021 to 2027. At Pico Analytics we have been investigating ecotourism and the potential for growth of sustainable tourism in the Azores, Portugal.

In Pico Analytics’ last insight post on Emily Robinsons Zoom Talk, ‘The Climate Crisis and it’s Solutions’, we mentioned The Great Green Wall and how it provides a light of optimism amidst the climate crisis. This article will go into greater depth about the environmental and social implications of The Great Green Wall as well as how it helps to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

On the 26th of January, Pico Analytics CFO/COO, Emily Robinson partnered with the National Liberal Clubs’ Sustainability Forum to present a discussion titled ‘The Climate Crisis and its Solutions.

Coal is the most carbon intensive fossil fuel which when burned, directly leads to the production of carbon dioxide and the subsequent warming of the earth. Currently, 37% of the world’s electricity and over 70% of the world’s steel is produced using coal. In order to prevent global warming, there must be a united global effort to reduce our coal consumption.

CFO/COO Emily Robinson of Pico Analytics will discuss the climate crisis and its solutions with the National Liberal Club’s Sustainability Forum on the 26th of January.