We’re all in the same boat on the SDGs. Here’s how we steer a course

This week, the international community is once again assembled in New York for a series of important discussions about climate change and sustainable development. This time they will be watched carefully. Young climate leaders and civil society representatives will be there at every step, making sure conversation and decisions go in the right direction for the planet, for its poorest inhabitants and for future generations. But are we collectively up to the challenge? Can we respond to their justified demands for concrete and immediate action?

It’s been four years since the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, and despite sincere efforts from many players, the reality is that globally we have been moving backwards rather than forwards. Meanwhile, the “price tag” for turning things around on time, and constructing a sustainable and inclusive future, continues to increase from the forecast of a $2.5 trillion annual SDG financing gap made in 2014.

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