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Sustainable development
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The G20 can add value by deepening
international cooperation
The G20 will identify specific
contributions its members can make
THE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
GOALS
1
2
End poverty
Zero hunger
3
Good health
and well-being
4
Quality education
for all
5
Gender equality
6
Clean water
and sanitation
7
Affordable and
clean energy
8
Decent work and
economic growth
9
Industry, innovation
and infrastructure
10 Reduced
inequalities
11
Sustainable cities
and communities
12 Responsible
consumption
and production
13
14
15
16
17
Climate action
Conserve life
below water
Conserve life
on land
Peace, justice and
strong institutions
Partnership for
the goals
Implementation
of the 2030
Agenda
The G20 has a critical part to play in helping achieve the 2030
Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals. It needs to support
the initiatives at the highest political levels, writes Helen Clark
Last year in Antalya, the G20
leaders agreed to develop an
action plan to ensure that G20
work aligns with the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development.
G20 leaders are expected to adopt this
action plan at their Hangzhou Summit
in September. By doing so, the leaders
will demonstrate their commitment to
sustainable development.
When the G20 began meeting
at the leaders’ level, it focused
on short-term actions to
stabilise the global economy.
Thereafter, its focus shifted to
how to advance sustainable
and balanced economic
growth. Now, by framing policy
action within a longer-term
sustainable development perspective,
the G20 can strengthen its ability to address
the underlying drivers of short-term risks.
This will open up more space in which
the G20 can consider sources of instability
to the global economy and development
that go beyond the traditional, financecentred
concerns.
With the action plan in place, the G20
can add value to the implementation of
$5BN
United Nations
Development
Programme
budget for
2016
the 2030 Agenda through policy actions
that build on its economic cooperation
work. Its convening power and ability
to adopt and support initiatives at the
highest political level will contribute to
deepening international cooperation for
sustainable development. This will benefit
all developing countries and the provision
of global public goods.
Specific contributions
The United Nations
Development Programme
hopes that the G20 will
identify specific contributions
its members can make to
implement the 2030 Agenda’s
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) across all relevant G20
work streams. Such a declaration will
help increase the momentum for the 2030
Agenda and help tackle global challenges
that extend beyond the ability of any
individual country to address on its own.
Six members of the G20 presented their
national voluntary reviews on the 2030
Agenda at the recent session of the UN
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development. This is a central platform
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