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.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal for his global contribution. He is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on economic development, global macroeconomics, and the fight against poverty. His work on ending poverty, overcoming macroeconomic instability, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population.