HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:EXPLORING THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN ACHIEVINGTHESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)

This study discusses the role of technology and innovation in attaining the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The advances in technology can actually drive sustainabledevelopment while solving such crises as poverty, inequality, and climate change facingtheglobe. Key innovations examined in this study relate to renewable energy, smart agriculture, and digital healthcare, all with huge potential to ensure economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. It goes on to underline how technological innovationandpolicy frameworks work hand in glove, which thus requires strategic cooperation betweengovernments, private sectors, and civil society in efforts toward solving this problem. Thisstudy pinpoints the potential barriers and points out actionable solutions to enhancetheadoption of sustainable technologies. The paper seeks to provide a comprehensive analysisthat informs how policy framers, researchers, and practitioners can use technology tocreateresilient, inclusive societies that direct world progress toward the realization of the SDGs.