Marking an historic day for humanitarian and climate action, today world leaders of the 193 United Nations members formally adopted the new Sustainable Development Goals – during a week of positive announcements from business, sub-national government and civil society at Climate Week NYC, which is organized by The Climate Group.
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Recognising the success of the MDGs, countries agreed in “The Future We Want”, the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012, to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action. “If the global community collectively is prepared to step up to the challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, then there’s a chance of achieving sustainable development – and with it better prospects for people and our planet”.
During her trip, Park will also attend a high-level meeting of the Global Education First Initiative and hold bilateral summits with Denmark and Pakistan.
At the same time, the United Nations ran public consultations around the world and an online survey asking people about their priorities for the goals.
He said the objective of the new Agenda of attaining a world free of poverty and hunger within the next 15 years is a good starting point of addressing inequalities. I am proud to say that from the start, the European Union has been strongly committed to reaching an ambitious outcome, with a universal agenda for all countries, rich and poor alike, fully integrating the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability. “Let us work together over the next 15 years to make their vision a reality for all people in all countries”.
They are also intended to be universal rather than applied only to the developing world. “Promise us that you will keep your commitments and invest in our future”, she said.
Other national leaders stressed more aspects of the SDGs in their speeches at the summit.
“Inequality can be tackled, it is up to the policy makers to build comprehensive strategies for inclusive growth and better wealth distribution”.
“Even where progress has taken place, consumption patterns and their impact on the environment are unsustainable”.
“Africa has the weakest institutions and infrastructures in order to cope with the impact of climate change“, Sarah Hearn, a senior fellow at NYU’s Center on global Cooperation told RFI.
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“We should have no illusion that this will be easy”.
He added; “Within countries, rural poverty remains unacceptably high while urban poverty is extensive, growing, and underreported by traditional indicators”. We can not solve this problem without achieving a more equal distribution of wealth.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, a strong supporter of the goal calling for affordable, sustainable energy, said lyrics from a song by “the famous philosopher Elvis Presley” were a fitting description of what must happen next.
Mr. Ban urged the world leaders and others convened at the event to successfully implement the Global Goals or Agenda 30 by launching ‘renewed global partnership’.
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The adoption of the Goals comes on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Secretary-General reminded attendees.
