Sustainable Development and the Role of Civil Society

The Sustainable Development GoalsThrough the historic UN General Assembly Summit in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the UN¿s 193 member states. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets are the main core of this agenda. The Sustainable Development Goals are a clearcut, universal agreement to end poverty and all its facets and establish an equal, just and safe world ¿ for people, planet and prosperity. The SDGs have been developed through an extensive consultative process that brought national governments and millions of citizens from the globe together to negotiate and adopt this ambitious agenda.The concept of sustainable development was adopted by the World Commission on Environment and Development, and there is a consensus agreement that sustainable development encompasses a comprehensive and integrated approach to economic, social, and environmental processes. Debates on sustainable development, however, have focused primarily on the environmental and economic dimensions.