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John McArthur

Director - Center for Sustainable Development

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@mcarthur

A woman wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 walks past a sign advertising UN's 'Sustainable development goals' in Ginza.The State of Emergency in Tokyo will last until end of June 2021. (Photo by Stanislav Kogiku / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Getting the world unstuck on the Sustainable Development Goals

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

17 Rooms podcast

Podcast Episode

Introducing 17 Rooms, a podcast about the people driving a new approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Zia Khan and John McArthur

Monday, November 15, 2021

A viewer looks at some preliminary sketches by the visual artist Szczesny. Szczesny started the world's first cultural regatta on the Rhine. The Monheimer Kulturwerke and Szczesny designed 17 sails with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (UN). The regatta, with boats from the German Sailing League, aims to draw attention to the urgent issues facing our society.

Podcast Episode

17 Rooms, a new podcast for the Sustainable Development Goals

Friday, December 3, 2021

News Release

Brookings launches the Center for Sustainable Development

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Delegates talk during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Podcast Episode

A “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance

Amar Bhattacharya, John Podesta, Zia Khan, and John McArthur

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Scuba divers swim past fish along a coral reef off the west coast of Zanzibar island, Tanzania, December 4, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (TANZANIA)/File Photo

Podcast Episode

A local problem-solving framework that benefits people and oceans

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lisa Dreier, and David Obura

Thursday, January 6, 2022

A close view of a local community public toilet in Kibera.World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis Worldwide. This is always set as a reminder of proper sanitation and the importance of having a toilet across our local neighborhoods to avoid the spreading and contracting of diseases amongst ourselves and also protect our waters and climate against pollution from the disposal of flying toilet bags. (Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Making human waste a resource at scale

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Letitia Obeng, and Jennifer Sara

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A boy walks past makeshift toilets erected beneath electricity pylons, ahead of local government elections in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Podcast Episode

New targets and metrics for energy reliability, productivity, and quality

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Todd Moss, and Clare Boland Ross

Thursday, January 13, 2022

May 8, 2021 - Orlando, Florida, United States - A man unloads pallets of food assistance from the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a mobile food distribution site on May 8, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Although the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to ease and employers are hiring, families in Central Florida continue to experience food insecurity. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Advancing best practices for just COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Elizabeth Andersen, and Sarah E. Mendelson

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 22, 2013. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Podcast Episode

Digital public goods for SDG attainment

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Lucy Harris, Sanjay Jain, and Liv Marte Kristiansen Nordhaug

Thursday, December 30, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 12, 2021: An exhibition at an international congress titled Digital Medicine and Information Technologies in Healthcare. Sechenov Digital Health Summit held by the Digital Biodesign and Personalized Healthcare research center as part of the Year of Science and Technology in Russia. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS.No use Russia.

Podcast Episode

Digital health tools for pandemic preparedness

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Steve Davis, and Pardis Sabeti

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in downtown Nairobi, Kenya October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Podcast Episode

Digital cash transfer infrastructure

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Michael Faye, and Cina Lawson

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Women carries mangrove saplings for plantation in the riverside in the Sundarbans. (Photo by Sudip Maiti/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Investing in nature to protect and benefit people

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Rosina Bierbaum, and Richard Florizone

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Stack of business newspapers

Podcast Episode

Business journalism as a lever for SDG accountability

Zia Khan, John McArthur, Matthew Bishop, and Raj Kumar

Tuesday, December 14, 2021