Good Morning.Ladies and Gentlemen,
We launched the Sustainable Development Report 2017 today.
This yearly publication takes the pulse on global implementation of the SDGs. It identifies where we have progressed, and underlies the gaps that remain to fulfill the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The 2030 Agenda provides a transformative blueprint to end poverty and hunger by 2030, deliver shared prosperity for all people, and protect our planet. It resolves to leave no one behind, and to foster a world of peace, security and justice.
In this second year of implementation, time is of the essence. Indeed, we can point to improvements in some areas of the Agenda. However, the report shows that the rate of progress in many areas is far slower than needed to meet the Goals and targets by 2030.
The rate of extreme poverty was reduced to 11 per cent. Yet this translates to an estimated 767 million people still living with severe deprivations, on less than 1.90 dollars a day. Many of those who have escaped extreme poverty live just above the poverty line and are highly vulnerable to falling backwards.
Maternal deaths have declined, but we need to double the rate of reduction in order to meet the target. Quality education and learning opportunities are still not reaching millions of children who remain out of school. Gender inequality remains deeply entrenched, and youth unemployment is pervasive.
Progress falls short of what is needed for affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Our environment continues to bear the brunt of our actions, leaving more than 2 billion people to confront water stress, and nine out of 10 city dwellers breathing polluted air.
With planetary warming reaching a new record of about 1.1 degrees centigrade above the preindustrial period, it is evident that we have only a limited time to tackle these issues.
The 2030 Agenda cannot be achieved without building synergies across all dimensions of poverty eradication and sustainable development.
The roadmaps exist. The global community has developed the best way forward —through the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement. It now requires continuing the momentum by renewing high-level political leadership and creating new partnerships.
These roadmaps are mutually reinforcing and inseparable. They go hand in hand, resting fundamentally on upholding human rights and ensuring peace and security.
At the heart of our effort is the promise to leave no one behind. This means we must continue to mobilize action to bring these agendas meaningfully and tangibly to life. We must prioritize marginalized and vulnerable people and communities.
The report provides a snapshot of where we are to date, highlighting the gaps that require the attention of leaders and the global community. It also brings center stage the crucial need for ensuring that reliable, timely, accessible and disaggregated data become more readily available as we go forward.
Thank you.
We launched the Sustainable Development Report 2017 today.
This yearly publication takes the pulse on global implementation of the SDGs. It identifies where we have progressed, and underlies the gaps that remain to fulfill the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The 2030 Agenda provides a transformative blueprint to end poverty and hunger by 2030, deliver shared prosperity for all people, and protect our planet. It resolves to leave no one behind, and to foster a world of peace, security and justice.
In this second year of implementation, time is of the essence. Indeed, we can point to improvements in some areas of the Agenda. However, the report shows that the rate of progress in many areas is far slower than needed to meet the Goals and targets by 2030.
The rate of extreme poverty was reduced to 11 per cent. Yet this translates to an estimated 767 million people still living with severe deprivations, on less than 1.90 dollars a day. Many of those who have escaped extreme poverty live just above the poverty line and are highly vulnerable to falling backwards.
Maternal deaths have declined, but we need to double the rate of reduction in order to meet the target. Quality education and learning opportunities are still not reaching millions of children who remain out of school. Gender inequality remains deeply entrenched, and youth unemployment is pervasive.
Progress falls short of what is needed for affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Our environment continues to bear the brunt of our actions, leaving more than 2 billion people to confront water stress, and nine out of 10 city dwellers breathing polluted air.
With planetary warming reaching a new record of about 1.1 degrees centigrade above the preindustrial period, it is evident that we have only a limited time to tackle these issues.
The 2030 Agenda cannot be achieved without building synergies across all dimensions of poverty eradication and sustainable development.
The roadmaps exist. The global community has developed the best way forward —through the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement. It now requires continuing the momentum by renewing high-level political leadership and creating new partnerships.
These roadmaps are mutually reinforcing and inseparable. They go hand in hand, resting fundamentally on upholding human rights and ensuring peace and security.
At the heart of our effort is the promise to leave no one behind. This means we must continue to mobilize action to bring these agendas meaningfully and tangibly to life. We must prioritize marginalized and vulnerable people and communities.
The report provides a snapshot of where we are to date, highlighting the gaps that require the attention of leaders and the global community. It also brings center stage the crucial need for ensuring that reliable, timely, accessible and disaggregated data become more readily available as we go forward.
Thank you.
File date:
Monday, Июль 17, 2017