Swiss minister gives positive report on SDG progress

Switzerland is making good progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to report presented by Environment Minister Doris Leuthard at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on Tuesday.  "Switzerland has already achieved several sustainable development goals (SDGs),” said Leuthard, explaining that there was no extreme poverty or hunger in Switzerland and a "free, compulsory and good quality" education system. The environment minister was presenting Switzerland’s “Voluntary National Review” - an annual report on Swiss progress on the 17 SDGs - at a gathering of governments, civil society and stakeholders at the UN in New York.  According to the Swiss report, the 85 indicators for the 17 SDGs are mostly positive or do not need to be significantly modified. Fourteen of them, however, are negative. Leuthard said efforts were needed concerning imported resources and goods which are “increasing ...