Cameron Pledges Billions to ‘Accelerate’ UN Sustainable Development Goals

The UK’s foreign secretary wants new sources of finance to respond internationally to U.N. efforts on climate change, biodiversity and inclusion.

Britain's former Prime Minister, David Cameron, leaves 10, Downing Street after being appointed Foreign Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle in London on Nov. 13, 2023. Carl Court/Getty Images

The UK is to help “unlock billions” to “accelerate” U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, David Cameron has announced.

On Tuesday, the former prime minister and now Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Lord Cameron wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the UK was positioning itself to expand and reform the way U.N. SDGs are funded.