Global progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has stalled and, in many areas, regressed over the past decade, according to a new report released on October 27, 2025, at the World Science and Technology Development Forum.

China is on track to achieve the targets set in the United Nations'2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with breakthroughs in many key areas showing a positive impact on global progress, according to a report released on Saturday.

The Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals: Special Report for a Decade of the SDGs (hereafter “the Report”), drafted by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) with over 40 research institutions, was officially released on the UN website (https://sdgs.un.org/events/big-earth-data-strengthening-potential-digital-technologies-sdgs-post-covid-world-52849#background​）on September 27, 2025.

The Fifth International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (FBAS 2025) opened in Beijing on September 6, spotlighting the debut of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) large models designed to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Global scientists met in Beijing to discuss how big data can advance the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing the need for global cooperation to speed up progress.

On August 13, Tan Seng Chuan, President-Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), visited the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), accompanied by Prof. Gretchen Kalonji, PIFI Expert and Special Advisor to CBAS.