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Why those attending the Gates Foundation are addressing the SDGs and how the media is not helpful

It is getting a   little tiring   to have to keep defending what has been the   most participatory and open global conversation and development of policy priorities   that we have ever had. Some of the criticisms have come from those   who didn't get what they wanted   in the Sustainable Development Goals and targets   others because they haven't participated in the process   and now realize it is too late and o thers because they don't seem to recognize the huge challenges   that we fact in the world in the coming years. Of course it would be easier if we didn't have to cover so many issues but we had that chance that was the 1990's. The lack of delivery of previous commitments means that of course the world now has to face so many more urgent issues. I read the story in   Humanosphere   and of course I wasn't at the meeting so I can only comment on what was reported as being said. It was a report on the Bill and Melin...