Sustainable Development Solutions Network

• Scholars from international organizations, professors from the University of Dubai, and experts from Huawei also attended the event to explore why digital skills are essential in addressing sustainable development challenges related to sustainable development.
• Huawei will continue providing necessary digital literacy training for young talent to help them leash their creativity and passion.
• Green skills focus on energy and the environment, while digital skills are closely related to ICT.
• Together, green and digital skills will facilitate the transition to sustainable economic development, and help us address more global environmental and climate challenges."

• IQVIA Holdings Inc. (“IQVIA”) (NYSE:IQV), a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
• As of September 30, 2023, R&DS contracted backlog, including reimbursed expenses, was $28.8 billion, growing 11.7 percent year-over-year and 10.5 percent at constant currency.
• IQVIA had $2,592 million of share repurchase authorization remaining as of September 30, 2023.
• IQVIA will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time today to discuss its third-quarter 2023 results and its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 guidance.

• This move allows us to deliver the same experience our customers enjoy to a broader, global audience," said Mike Scarbrough , CEO at Litmos.
• With this new partnership, the Gavdi Group will now be able to expand its offerings to include Litmos' corporate learning solutions.
• Our partnership with Litmos will expand and enhance our existing Learning & Development Solutions offering, helping our customers develop and retain talent.
• We look forward to working closely with Litmos over the coming months" said Nicolai Janning , Gavdi HXM Practice Lead.

• These problems are made harder by the ways in which people, including elected representatives, often talk past each other.
• This understanding – that economic, social and environmental well-being are intertwined – is the premise of sustainable development.
• In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals, known as the SDGs, with 169 measurable targets to be achieved by 2030.
• It’s a good opportunity for Americans to review their own progress because, as we see it, sustainable development is fundamentally American.

Environment, economy and health intertwined

• Goldman Sachs estimated the law would spur about US$3 trillion in renewable energy investment.
• The law has already been credited with creating 170,000 new jobs and leading to more than 270 new or expanded clean energy projects.
• The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals cover a broader range of environmental, social and economic issues, and there are indicators for assessing progress on each.

How is America doing?

• The U.S. ranked 39th out of 166 countries in a 2023 review of national efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.
• The resulting 2023 book, Governing for Sustainability, provides some 500 U.S.-specific recommendations for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Health and access to quality health care loom large in many of the goals.
• This often occurs in communities of color and low income, and it can impede economic prosperity and development in these areas.
• This has been shown repeatedly as some developing nations backslide from democratic progress and prosperity to civil war and poverty.

Taking the reins

• Businesses, universities and other organizations, as well as individuals, are essential to help the country realize its environmental, health and climate goals, fair practices and living wages.
• Look at what our book recommends and what others are already doing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.