TIME AND PLACE: United Nations Headquarters, September, 2015<\/p>\n
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED: The United Nations’ Political Forum on Sustainable Development<\/p>\n
SITUATION: Billions of our citizens continue to live in poverty and are denied a life of dignity. There are rising inequalities within and among countries. There are enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth and power. Gender inequality remains a key challenge. Unemployment, particularly youth unemployment, is a major concern. Global health threats, more frequent and intense natural disasters, spiralling conflict, violent extremism, terrorism and related humanitarian crises and forced displacement of people threaten to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades. Natural resource depletion and adverse impacts of environmental degradation, including desertification, drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity and loss of biodiversity, add to and exacerbate the list of challenges which humanity faces. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and its adverse impacts undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable development. Increases in global temperature, sea level rise, ocean acidification and other climate change impacts are seriously affecting coastal areas and low-lying coastal countries, including many least developed countries and small island developing States. The survival of many societies, and of the biological support systems of the planet, is at risk.<\/p>\n
WHAT HAPPENED: The UN group formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals, that as they are reached will remove the underlying stresses on humanity that undermine peace. Each member nation is invited to join to help realize the goals.<\/p>\n
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