UN Agenda 2030

At their summit held in New York in September 2015 UN member states agreed on Sustainable Development Goals and action plan. These goals guide efforts on sustainable development until 2030. Agenda 2030 aims to eradicate extreme poverty and seeks sustainable development that equally takes account of environment, economy and people.

What?

Agenda 2030

• Is based on the UN Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015).
• Took effect from the beginning of 2016.
• Aims to eradicate poverty, mitigate climate change, and eliminate gender inequality by 2030.
• Contains 17 goals and 169 sub-goals that concern all countries equally.
• Provides a framework for current development efforts.
• Monitors and measures the attainment of the goals.
• Reinforces the paradigm change in development thinking and the three dimensions of development (environment, economy, society).
• Designates from the outset the right to development, and not development as a matter of charity.

Why?

• Because 770 million people live in extreme poverty, meaning on $US1,90 or less a day, and nearly 800 people suffer from hunger.
• Because the economic system is unbalanced: the richest one per cent of people own more than the rest of the world’s population, and 80 of the richest people own as much as the poorest half of the global population.
• Because the earth’s tolerance threshold is close and climate change is a threat to our livelihood.

How?

• All countries have a national responsibility to implement Agenda 2030.
• A wide range of stakeholders is involved, including governments, civil society, organisations, and businesses.
• The Addis Ababa Agenda agreed in July 2015 sets out the responsibilities of states for development financing. http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/ffd3/press-release/countries-reach-historic-agreement.html .
• The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) monitors the implementation of and guides the planning of the UN’s development cooperation, the practical work of which is carried out by different organisations.
• The UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) monitors progress on the Agenda 2030 goals. The forum convenes every fourth year in the framework of the