$1.4tn a year needed to reach global goals for world's poorest

Telecoms top the investment required towards ambitious targets set by sustainable development goals to better the lives of the poorest 700 million people by 2030 come with big price tag.

Source: The Guardian

Amazing post from The Guardian reporting on the effort and investment required from the world's industries to achieve the 2030 SDGs.

“The most expensive investment is projected to be infrastructure. Rolling out telecoms infrastructure and granting access to modern energy will cost a combined $743bn every year, the report said. “It’s infrastructure – particularly energy and transport – that are the most important [investment areas],” said Guido Schmidt-Traub, executive director of the SDSN and co-author of the report.”

Link to full text of article here.