The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network published the SDG Index 2017 entitled: "Global Responsibilities: International Spillovers in Achieving the Goals". Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, UN Special Advisor and Director of the SDSN, is interviewed during the launch event in New York at the German Mission to the UN.

Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and their vision for a better world can be achieved. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more....