Sustainable Development Diplomacy: On the Road to Achieving the SDGs online course Twiter,Facebook,LinkedIn Start date: 10 October 2022 Sustainable development is one of the great challenges of our time. The unprecedented crisis that we cross today is a blunt reminder of the need for co-operation across borders, sectors and generations. More than ever international assistance is needed to deal with the COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly 690 million people went hungry in 2019. These numbers will get worse as COVID-19 is pushing millions of people into extreme poverty, and is a serious setback for sustainable development. This situation calls for a stronger approach toward aid assistance (i.e., development co-operation) and development diplomacy, particularly the co-operation between developed and developing countries.