Here at the Alliance, more widely in Scotland and across the UK, 2019 gets underway with a bang when it comes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Over the course of this month, and beyond, there are important ways for you to get involved and raise awareness of this holistic and ambitious agenda.

In December, the Alliance held its AGM, where we saw the launch of our new safeguarding package, and were joined by nobel prize winner Rae MacGrath, and Minister for International Development, Ben Macpherson MSP. 

The Minister gave thanks to Alliance members for all that you do "to help build an outward looking Scotland and for working together collaboratively for the benefit of others and the common good”.

Professor Tahseen Jafry from the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University tells us about the inaugural World Forum on Climate Justice to be held in Glasgow in June 2019.

A 24-year-old Afghan woman has become the first female to scale Afghanistan’s tallest mountain thanks to a project supported by Western Isles based charity, the Linda Norgrove Foundation.

Gary Brough, of the World Mission Council of the Church of Scotland, writes about his new role in Malawi working with local partners focusing on access to justice, effective and accountable democracy, gender equality and the effects of climate change.