At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here’s how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.
Getting children into primary schools is within reach, but most of the Sustainable Development Goals will not be met by 2030 on current trends.Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty
In 2015, world leaders met in New York at a landmark conference of the United Nations. Their aim: to end poverty, stop environmental destruction and boost well-being. In the world of multilateral diplomacy, such meetings are not uncommon, but they tend to focus on individual areas, such as climate change or food security. The 2015 summit was different because heads of state and governments pledged concrete action across an integrated set of economic, environmental and social issues. They signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a package of 17 goals and associated targets for ending hunger, eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequality, tackling climate change and halting the loss of biodiversity and ecosystems — all by 2030./.../
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