Sustainable Development Goals countdown clock
Sustainable Development Goals countdown clock
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- Description
- This countdown clock, which featured an electronic readout when plugged into an electrical outlet, marked the time remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by United Nations member states in 2015. Building on earlier multilateral efforts to tackle development and environmental priorities, the member states committed to a plan to work in partnership to towards goals including ending poverty, ending hunger, promoting education, and combatting climate change by 2030.
- In 1997, CNN founder Ted Turner gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation to support international efforts to address global challenges. His gift helped launch a new era of large-scale, ambitious, and sometimes controversial philanthropy, particularly by titans of media, tech, and finance companies.
- Object Name
- clock
- date made
- ca 2015
- place made
- United States
- Associated Place
- China
- Physical Description
- plastic, metal, paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (without cord): 23.5 cm x 61.5 cm x 6.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 24 7/32 in x 2 9/16 in
- ID Number
- 2019.0040.01
- accession number
- 2019.0040
- catalog number
- 2019.0040.01
- Credit Line
- United Nations Foundation
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Philanthropy
- Exhibition
- Giving in America
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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