Sustainable Development Goals and the UN

Energy Access to Mitigate Poverty and Energy Security to Mitigate Energy Dependency Are More Immediate Needs Than Climate Concerns: Echoing Scott Tinker’s Op-Ed in The Hill. April 12, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Access to Mitigate Poverty and Energy Security to Mitigate Energy Dependency Are More Immediate Needs Than Climate Concerns: Echoing Scott Tinker’s Op-Ed in The Hill

Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg: UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Behind Schedule and in Need of Prioritization. June 9, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg: UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Behind Schedule and in Need of Prioritization

Book Summary and Review: Best Things First: The 12 Most Efficient Solutions for the World’s Poorest and Our Global SDG Promises. By Bjorn Lomborg. Copenhagen Consensus. 2023. August 23, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Summary and Review: Best Things First: The 12 Most Efficient Solutions for the World’s Poorest and Our Global SDG Promises. By Bjorn Lomborg. Copenhagen Consensus. 2023.

Environmental Risk Transition: Communities with Different Socio-Economic Capabilities Face Different Environmental Risks and Those Risks Show Characteristic Changes with Development and Economic Growth in Societies. March 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Environmental Risk Transition: Communities with Different Socio-Economic Capabilities Face Different Environmental Risks and Those Risks Show Characteristic Changes with Development and Economic Growth in Societies

Book Summary and Review: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. By Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher of Our World in Data. (Little Brown Spark/Hachett Book Group, 2024). May 26, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Summary and Review: Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. By Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher of Our World in Data. (Little Brown Spark/Hachett Book Group, 2024).

USAID Spending Cuts: Are People Dying? The U.S. Gives the Most by Country but European Countries as a Whole Give Nearly Double What the U.S. Gives and Most EU Countries, Japan, and Canada Give More as A Percentage of Gross National Income: China Gives Very Little. May 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: USAID Spending Cuts: Are People Dying? The U.S. Gives the Most by Country but European Countries as a Whole Give Nearly Double What the U.S. Gives and Most EU Countries, Japan, and Canada Give More as A Percentage of Gross National Income: China Gives Very Little 

The Case for Compassionate Conservatism: Saving and Improving Lives is Important and Worth It. July 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Case for Compassionate Conservatism: Saving and Improving Lives is Important and Worth It

Current U.S. Government Officially Rejects UN Sustainable Development Goals. October 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Current U.S. Government Officially Rejects UN Sustainable Development Goals

Human Betterment Spending Should Not Be Eclipsed by Climate Spending: Echoing Bill Gates’ Memo. October 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Human Betterment Spending Should Not Be Eclipsed by Climate Spending: Echoing Bill Gates’ Memo

The UN Needs Reforms, But It Also Needs to Be Relevant and Effective. February 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The UN Needs Reforms, But It Also Needs to Be Relevant and Effective

Guterres's Congratulating Iran on the Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is an Insult to Those Oppressed and the UN, As is the Iranian Foreign Minister Addressing the UN Human Rights Council: Existing UN Protocol is Perhaps the Real Issue. February 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Guterres's Congratulating Iran on the Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is an Insult to Those Oppressed and the UN, As is the Iranian Foreign Minister Addressing the UN Human Rights Council: Existing UN Protocol is Perhaps the Real Issue

Food Waste Management is a Key to Better Solid Waste Management: Diverting It from Landfills Requires Funding, Personnel, and Storage Capacity. February 19, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Food Waste Management is a Key to Better Solid Waste Management: Diverting It from Landfills Requires Funding, Personnel, and Storage Capacity

Energy Corps: EQT CEO Toby Rice, Wife Aileen Rice, and Geologist Scott Tinker Launch Non-Profit to Address Global Energy Poverty, Promote Clean Cooking Fuels, and Support Human Flourishing. February 26, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Corps: EQT CEO Toby Rice, Wife Aileen Rice, and Geologist Scott Tinker Launch Non-Profit to Address Global Energy Poverty, Promote Clean Cooking Fuels, and Support Human Flourishing

Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus: Deprioritizing Climate Change in Favor of More Pressing Human Betterment Issues. March 5, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus: Deprioritizing Climate Change in Favor of More Pressing Human Betterment Issues

Trade Over Aid: It’s Fine, but Trade Can’t Treat Dire and Immediate Issues Like Aid Can. May 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trade Over Aid: It’s Fine, but Trade Can’t Treat Dire and Immediate Issues Like Aid Can

Kazakhstan and Other Central Asian Countries Plan Green Shield of Trees to Address Desertification and Protect Against Dust Storms. May 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Kazakhstan and Other Central Asian Countries Plan Green Shield of Trees to Address Desertification and Protect Against Dust Storms

LGBTQ Rights are Basic Human Rights, and We Should Accept Them as Such. June 3, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: LGBTQ Rights are Basic Human Rights, and We Should Accept Them as Such

UN Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025: Overlapping Hardships: Poverty and Climate Hazard: Summary, Review, and Commentary. June 13, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: UN Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025: Overlapping Hardships: Poverty and Climate Hazard: Summary, Review, and Commentary

Greenpeace’s Blocking and Delay of Golden Rice Has Led to Over 100,000 Unnecessary Deaths and Hundreds of Thousands of Unnecessary Blindnesses Due to Vitamin A Deficiency, According to New Calculations. June 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Greenpeace’s Blocking and Delay of Golden Rice Has Led to Over 100,000 Unnecessary Deaths and Hundreds of Thousands of Unnecessary Blindnesses Due to Vitamin A Deficiency, According to New Calculations

New Economies for Eradicating Poverty (NEEP) and Its Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth: Is It Another Unfeasible Degrowth Initiative? It Appears That Way: Summary, Review, and Critique. July 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Economies for Eradicating Poverty (NEEP) and Its Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth: Is It Another Unfeasible Degrowth Initiative? It Appears That Way: Summary, Review, and Critique

Malaria is Closer to Being Eliminated in Southeast Asia Due to Funding, Science, Cooperation, and Better Access to Treatment and Guinea Worm Disease is On the Verge of Being Eliminated Globally. July 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Malaria is Closer to Being Eliminated in Southeast Asia Due to Funding, Science, Cooperation, and Better Access to Treatment and Guinea Worm Disease is On the Verge of Being Eliminated Globally

The UN Failed in Gaza and in Lebanon as UNRWA and UNIFIL Allowed Iranian-Backed Terrorist Sectarian Armies to Proliferate, and the UN’s Extraordinary Anti-Israel Bias. July 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The UN Failed in Gaza and in Lebanon as UNRWA and UNIFIL Allowed Iranian-Backed Terrorist Sectarian Armies to Proliferate, and the UN’s Extraordinary Anti-Israel Bias

Household Air Pollution and Clean Cooking Fuels: Despite Efforts, Many Still Lack Access: LP Gas, aka Propane, Offers the Most Practical Solution: Efforts by the UN, WHO, and Others. July 18, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Household Air Pollution and Clean Cooking Fuels: Despite Efforts, Many Still Lack Access: LP Gas, aka Propane, Offers the Most Practical Solution: Efforts by the UN, WHO, and Others