Financing to be biggest huddle in SDGs

Botswana would need to raise $18.4 billion (P194.6bn) as it looks to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

A sustainable development specialist from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Chamberwa Muyeye said the funds required are for Botswana’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to achieve 15% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 2030.

He was speaking yesterday in Gaborone at a stakeholder consultative workshop on the SDGs indicators framework.

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