A World That Works

1. "End poverty in all its forms and everywhere."

1.1 Eradicate extreme poverty

Eradicate extreme poverty - currently defined as the proportion of people living on less than 1.25 US dollars a day - for all people worldwide by 2030.

1.2 Halving poverty in all age groups

By 2030, reduce by at least half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to the respective national definition.

1.3 Social protection for all and broad provision for those in need

Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including basic protection, and achieve universal coverage of the poor and vulnerable by 2030.

1.4 Equal access to resources and services for all

By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources. This includes access to basic services, land ownership, control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources and appropriate new technologies and financial services, including microfinance.

1.5 Strengthening resilience to climate and disaster risks

By 2030, increase the resilience of the poor and people in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.

1.a Mobilization of resources for poverty reduction programs in developing countries

Ensure substantial mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through improved development cooperation, to provide developing countries, and in particular least developed countries, with sufficient and predictable resources to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.

1.b Poverty eradication through targeted investments and gender-sensitive development strategies

Establish sound policy frameworks at national, regional and international levels based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication activities.

2. "End hunger, achieve food security and better nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture."

2.1 End hunger by 2030

By 2030, end hunger and ensure that all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including young children, have access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.

2.2 Stop malnutrition

By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including by achieving the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 by 2025, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older people.

2.3 Doubling agricultural productivity

By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholder food producers, especially women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers. This is to be achieved through secure and equitable access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value creation and employment outside agriculture.

2.4 Improving the productivity and income of smallholder farmers

By 2030, ensure the sustainability of food production systems and adopt resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and yield, contribute to the preservation of ecosystems, increase adaptive capacity to climate change, extreme weather events, droughts, floods and other disasters, and progressively improve land and soil quality.

2.5 Protecting seeds, crops, livestock and domestic animals

By 2020, conserve the genetic diversity of seeds, crops and livestock and their wild relatives, including through well-managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and promote access to, and the fair and equitable sharing of, the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as agreed at international level.

2.a Investments in rural infrastructure

Increase investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks, including through enhanced international cooperation, to improve agricultural production capacity in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries.

2.b Prevention of trade restrictions and distortions

Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in global agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect in line with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.

2.c Measures to stabilize the food markets

Take measures to ensure the smooth functioning of markets for food commodities and their derivatives and facilitate rapid access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme fluctuations in food prices.

3. "Ensure a healthy life for all people of all ages and promote their well-being."

3.1 Reducing maternal mortality

Reduce the global maternal mortality rate to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030.

3.2 Reducing deaths in newborns and children

By 2030, end preventable deaths among newborns and children under 5 years of age, with a target for all countries to reduce neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least 25 per 1,000 live births.

3.3 Combating communicable diseases

By 2030, eliminate the AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and other communicable diseases.

3.4 Reducing premature mortality

By 2030, reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by a third through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and wellbeing.

3.5 Prevention of substance misuse

Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, in particular substance abuse and the harmful use of alcohol.

3.6 Reducing road traffic accidents

Halve the number of deaths and injuries resulting from road traffic accidents worldwide by 2020.

3.7 Ensure access to sexual and reproductive health care

By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, information and education, and the inclusion of reproductive health in national policies and programs.

3.8 Ensuring general healthcare provision

Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

3.9 Reduce soiling and contamination

Significantly reduce the number of deaths and illnesses caused by hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution by 2030.

3.a Tobacco control

Appropriately strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries.

3.b Support research into vaccines and medicines

Support research and development on vaccines and medicines for communicable and non-communicable diseases that mainly affect developing countries. The aim is to ensure access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in line with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. This Declaration reaffirms the right of developing countries to make full use of the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in a flexible manner to protect public health. The main objective is to ensure access to medicines for all.

3.c Supporting the developing healthcare industry

Significantly increase health financing and the recruitment, education, training and retention of health workers in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries and small island developing states.

3.d Strengthening national emergency measures in the healthcare sector

Strengthen the capacity of all countries, especially developing countries, in the areas of early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.

4. "Ensure inclusive, equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all."

4.1 Universal primary/secondary education

By 2030, the aim is to ensure that all girls and boys complete free and quality primary and secondary education on an equal basis, leading to useful and effective learning outcomes.

4.2 Universal kindergarten / school preparation

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood education, care and preschool education to prepare them for elementary school.

4.3 Universal access to education

By 2030, equal access for all women and men worldwide to affordable, high-quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university education, is to be guaranteed.

4.4 Training a sustainable workforce

By 2030, substantially increase the number of young people and adults who have the appropriate skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.

4.5 Gender equality in education

By 2030, the aim is to ensure that gender-specific disparities in education are eliminated and that equal access to all levels of education and training is guaranteed for the vulnerable in society, namely people with disabilities, members of indigenous peoples and children in precarious situations.

4.6 Promoting reading, writing and arithmetic

By 2030, ensure that all young people and a significant proportion of male and female adults learn to read, write and do arithmetic.

4.7 Education with a sustainable focus

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, including through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and an appreciation of cultural diversity and the contribution of culture to sustainable development.

4.a Adequate educational facilities

Build and expand educational facilities that are child-, disability- and gender-friendly and provide a safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environment for all.

4.b Expansion of scholarships and funding

By 2020, substantially increase the number of scholarships available globally for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, to attend higher education, including vocational training and information and communication technology, engineering and science programs, in developed and other developing countries.

4.c Ensure adequate staffing levels in the education sector

By 2030, the global supply of qualified teachers is to be significantly increased through international cooperation in the field of teacher training in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries and small island developing states.

5 "Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls"

5.1 Ending discrimination against women and girls

End all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere in the world.

5.2 End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including human trafficking and sexual and other forms of exploitation.

5.3 Elimination of forced marriages and genital mutilation

Eliminate all harmful practices such as child marriage, early marriage, forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

5.4 Recognizing unpaid care work and promoting shared domestic responsibility

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services and infrastructure, social protection measures and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and family in accordance with national circumstances.

5.5 Ensuring full participation in management positions and decision-making processes

Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities in leadership roles at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

5.6 General access to reproductive health and rights

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, as agreed in accordance with the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of its review conferences.

5.a Equal right to economic resources, property and financial services

Implement reforms to provide women with equal rights to economic resources and access to land ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national legislation.

5.b Promoting women's empowerment through technology

Improve the use of basic technologies, especially information and communication technologies, to promote women's empowerment.

5.c Adopt and strengthen policies and enforceable laws for gender equality

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation to promote gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.

6 "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all"

6.1 Universal access to drinking water

Achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030.

6.2 Adequate sanitary facilities

By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying particular attention to the needs of women and girls and people in vulnerable situations.

6.3 Improve water quality

By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, ending the discharge and minimizing the release of hazardous chemicals and substances, halving the amount of untreated wastewater and significantly increasing recycling and safe reuse worldwide.

6.4 End water scarcity

By 2030, substantially increase the efficiency of water use in all sectors and ensure the sustainable abstraction and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and significantly reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity.

6.5 International cooperation

Implement integrated water resource management at all levels by 2030, including through cross-border cooperation where appropriate.

6.6 Protecting water-related ecosystems

By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes.

6.a Water treatment

By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries for water and sanitation activities and programs, including water collection and storage, desalination, water use efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.

6.b Improving water management

Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water management and sanitation.

7. "Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all"

7.1 Access to energy services

Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030.

7.2 Increase the global energy mix

Significantly increase the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030.

7.3 Doubling energy efficiency

Double the global rate of increase in energy efficiency by 2030.

7.a Strengthen international cooperation

By 2030, strengthen international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, namely renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and clean fossil fuel technologies, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technologies.

7.b Expand and modernize infrastructure

By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology to provide modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, and in particular in least developed countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in line with their respective support programs.

8. "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

8.1 Promoting per capita economic growth

Maintaining per capita economic growth in line with national circumstances, in particular annual GDP growth of at least 7 percent in the least developed countries.

8.2 Improving economic productivity

Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including by focusing on high value-added and labor-intensive sectors.

8.3 Promoting development-oriented policies

Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, the creation of decent jobs, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.

8.4 Improving global resource efficiency

By 2030, progressively improve global resource efficiency in consumption and production and strive to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in line with the 10-year framework of programs for sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead.

8.5 Ensuring decent work

Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people and people with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value by 2030.

8.6 Enabling education or training

Significantly reduce the proportion of young people who are not in employment, education or training by 2020.

8.7 Abolition of forced labor

Take immediate and effective measures to abolish forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking, and ensure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers, and end child labor in all its forms by 2025.

8.8 Strengthening employee rights

Protect workers' rights and promote a safe and secure working environment for all workers, including migrant workers, especially mingrants and people in precarious employment.

8.9 Develop sustainable tourism

By 2030, develop and implement a policy to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.

8.10 Strengthening financial institutions

Strengthen the ability of domestic financial institutions to promote and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all.

8.a Increase aid for trade support

Increase Aid for Trade support to developing countries, in particular to Least Developed Countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries.

8.b Improve youth employment

Develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment by 2020 and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization.

9 "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

9.1 Supporting economic development

Develop high-quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and cross-border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.

9.2 Promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization

Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and significantly increase the share of industry in employment and gross domestic product by 2030, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in the least developed countries.

9.3 Expanding value chains and markets

Improve access to financial services, including affordable credit, for small industrial and other enterprises, especially in developing countries, and their integration into value chains and markets.

9.4 Integrating clean and environmentally friendly technologies

By 2030, modernize infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action according to their respective capabilities.

9.5 Improve research

Improve the scientific research and technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, especially in developing countries, including - by 2030 - promoting innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.

9.a Expand infrastructure

Facilitating sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through increased financial, technological and technical support for African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states.

9.b Support research and innovation

Supporting domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a favorable policy environment for, among other things, industrial diversification and value creation in raw materials.

9.c Improve access to information and communication technology

Significantly improve access to information and communication technologies and work towards universal and affordable access to the internet in the least developed countries by 2020.

10. "Reducing inequality within and between countries"

10.1 Achieving income growth

By 2030, gradually achieve and maintain income growth for the bottom 40 percent of the population that is above the national average.

10.2 Promoting social, economic and political integration

By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all people regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

10.3 Ensuring equal opportunities

Ensure equal opportunities and reduce inequalities in outcomes, including through the elimination of discriminatory laws, policies and practices and the promotion of appropriate laws, policies and measures in this context.

10.4 Taking political measures

Adopt policies, in particular tax, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.

10.5 Strengthening financial markets and institutions

Improving the regulation and supervision of global financial markets and institutions and strengthening the implementation of such regulations.

10.6 Strengthening economic and financial institutions

Ensure greater representation and voice of developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions to create more effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions.

10.7 Promoting a responsible migration policy

Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of a planned and well-managed migration policy.

10.a Implement special treatment for developing countries

Implementation of the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, in accordance with the agreements of the World Trade Organization.

10.b Promote development aid and investment

Promote official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to countries where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programs.

10.c Reduce transaction costs for transfers

Reduce transaction costs for migrant remittances to less than 3 percent by 2030 and abolish remittance corridors with costs of more than 5 percent.

11. "Making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable."

11.1 Improve access to living spaces

Ensure access to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services for all by 2030 and upgrade slums.

11.2 Expanding transportation systems

By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all and improve road safety, in particular by expanding public transport, paying special attention to the needs of people in vulnerable situations, women, children, the disabled and the elderly.

11.3 Promoting sustainable urbanization

By 2030, promote inclusive and sustainable urbanization and the capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.

11.4 Protecting cultural and natural heritage

Increased efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage.

11.5 Improve disaster risk reduction

By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and people affected and substantially reduce direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations.

11.6 Reduce per capita environmental impact

By 2030, reduce the negative per capita environmental impact of cities, including through special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.

11.7 Ensuring access to public spaces

By 2030, ensure universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces, especially for women and children, older people and people with disabilities.

11.a Promote national and regional development planning

Supporting positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning.

11.b Expansion of integrated urban planning and disaster prevention

By 2020, significantly increase the number of cities and human settlements that adopt and implement integrated policies and plans on inclusion, resource efficiency, climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster resilience, and develop and implement holistic disaster risk management at all levels in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

11.c Provide financial and technical assistance

Supporting the least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in the construction of sustainable and resilient buildings using local materials.

12. "Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns"

12.1 Implement a 10-year framework for sustainable consumption and production

Implement the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production, with all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead and taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries.

12.2 Ensuring sustainable management

Achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030.

12.3 Reducing global food waste

By 2030, halve global per capita food waste in retail and among consumers and reduce food losses along the production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.

12.4 Achieving environmentally sound chemicals and waste management

By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their negative impacts on human health and the environment.

12.5 Reducing the volume of waste

Significantly reduce the generation of waste by 2030 through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

12.6 Integration of sustainable practices in large and transnational companies

Encouraging companies, especially large and multinational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

12.7 Promoting sustainable procurement practices

Promote sustainable public procurement practices in line with national policies and priorities.

12.8 Promoting sustainability awareness and a sustainable lifestyle

By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness of sustainable development and a lifestyle in harmony with nature.

12.a Strengthen scientific and technological capacities worldwide

Support developing countries in strengthening their scientific and technological capacities to move towards more sustainable consumption and production patterns.

12.b Promote fair and sustainable tourism

Develop and implement tools to monitor the impact of sustainable development on sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.

12.c Stopping exploitative developments

Rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions in line with national circumstances, including restructuring taxation and phasing out these harmful subsidies where they exist to reflect their environmental impact, taking full account of the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the potential negative impact on their development in a way that protects the poor and affected communities.

13 "Take immediate action to combat climate change and its effects"

13.1 Strengthening resilience and adaptability

Strengthen resilience and adaptability to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

13.2 Integrating climate protection measures holistically

Incorporate climate protection measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

13.3 Education and awareness-raising

Improve education and awareness-raising as well as human and institutional capacities in the areas of climate change mitigation, climate adaptation, climate impact reduction and early warning.

13.a Comply with the Framework Convention

Implement the commitment of developed countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to mobilize USD 100 billion annually from all sources from 2020 to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation action and transparency in implementation, and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible.

13.b Expand planning and management capacities

Promote mechanisms to strengthen effective climate change planning and management capacity in Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, including targeting women, young people and local and marginalized communities.

14 "Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development."

14.1 Reducing marine pollution

By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce all forms of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities and in particular marine litter and nutrient pollution.

14.2 Protect and manage marine and coastal ecosystems sustainably

By 2020, marine and coastal ecosystems should be sustainably managed and protected to avoid significant adverse impacts. This includes strengthening their resilience and taking measures to restore them in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.

14.3 Reducing ocean acidification

Minimize ocean acidification and combat its effects, including through increased scientific cooperation at all levels.

14.4 Regulating fishing activity

By 2020, effectively regulate fishing activities and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans to restore fish stocks in the shortest possible time to at least a level that ensures maximum sustainable yield taking into account their biological characteristics.

14.5 Preserve coastal and marine areas

By 2020, conserve at least 10 percent of coastal and marine areas in accordance with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information.

14.6 Regulate fisheries subsidies

By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and not introduce new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should form an integral part of the negotiations on fisheries subsidies conducted within the World Trade Organization.

14.7 Increasing economic benefits from marine resources

By 2030, the economic benefits for small island developing states and the least developed countries are to be increased through the sustainable use of marine resources. This includes the sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.

14.a Using research and technologies correctly

Enhance scientific knowledge, strengthen research capacity and transfer marine technologies, taking into account the criteria and guidelines of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries.

14.b Support small-scale fishermen

Ensure access to marine resources and markets for small-scale artisanal fishers.

14.c Strengthen the conservation and use of the oceans through international law

The conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources should be enhanced through the implementation of international law as reflected in UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). This Convention provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The Future We Want".

15 "Protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems."

15.1 Protect terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems - also check text again

By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in accordance with commitments under international agreements.

15.2 Protecting and preserving forests

By 2020, marine and coastal ecosystems should be sustainably managed and protected to avoid significant adverse impacts. This includes strengthening their resilience and taking measures to restore them in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.

15.3 Combating desertification

By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and flooding, and strive for a land degradation neutral world.

15.4 Preserving mountain ecosystems

By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to strengthen their capacity to deliver significant benefits for sustainable development.

15.5 Protecting biodiversity

Take immediate and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt biodiversity loss and protect and prevent the extinction of endangered species by 2020.

15.6 Promoting genetic resources

Promote the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and appropriate access to these resources, as agreed at international level.

15.7 Protecting plant and animal species

Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected plant and animal species and address the problem of supply and demand for illegal wild plant and animal products.

15.8 Contain alien species

Introduce measures by 2020 to prevent the introduction of invasive alien species, significantly reduce their impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and control or eradicate priority species

15.9 Preserving ecosystems and biodiversity

By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and overall accounting systems.

15.a Increase financial resources

Raise and significantly increase funding from all sources for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems.

15.b Raising substantial funds

Raise substantial funds from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide appropriate incentives to developing countries to increase the use of this form of management, in particular for the purpose of forest conservation and reforestation.

15.c Support the fight against poaching

Increase global support for measures to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihoods.

16 "Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development."

16.1 Reduce all forms of violence

Significantly reduce all forms of violence and violence-related mortality everywhere.

16.2 End the abuse and exploitation of children

End the abuse and exploitation of children, child trafficking, torture and all forms of violence against children.

16.3 Promoting the rule of law

Promote the rule of law at national and international level and ensure equal access to justice for all.

16.4 Reduce illicit financial and arms flows

By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and restitution of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime.

16.5 Reducing corruption and bribery

Significantly reduce corruption and bribery in all its forms.

16.6 Building institutions

Build effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

16.7 Making decision-making fair

Ensure that decision-making at all levels is needs-oriented, inclusive, participatory and representative.

16.8 Including developing countries

Expand and strengthen the participation of developing countries in global governance institutions.

16.9 Enabling the legal identity of all people

By 2030, ensure that all people have a legal identity, in particular by registering births.

16.10 Ensuring public access to information

Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international conventions.

16.a Strengthen international cooperation

Support the relevant national institutions, in particular through international cooperation in capacity building at all levels to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime, especially in developing countries.

16.b Establish non-discriminatory legislation and policies

Promote and enforce non-discriminatory legislation and policies in favor of sustainable development.

17 "Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development".

17.1 Mobilization of domestic resources

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries to improve national capacity to collect taxes and other levies.

17.2 Comply with the binding nature of official development assistance

Ensure that developed countries fully meet their ODA commitments, including the commitment made by many developed countries to reach the target of 0.7 percent of their gross national income for ODA to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 percent to least developed countries; ODA donors are encouraged to consider providing at least 0.20 percent of their gross national income to least developed countries as a target.

17.3 Mobilizing developing countries

Mobilize additional financial resources from various sources for developing countries.

17.4 Achieving long-term debt sustainability

Help developing countries achieve long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies to promote debt financing, debt relief or debt restructuring, and address the problem of external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce over-indebtedness.

17.5 Establish investment promotion systems

Adopt and implement investment promotion systems for the least developed countries.

17.6 Cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation

Improve regional and international North-South and South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation in science, technology and innovation and access to it, and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through better coordination between existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology support mechanism.

17.7 Improve cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on mutually agreed favorable terms, including concessional and preferential terms.

17.8 Expand capacities for science, technology and innovation

Fully operationalize the Technology Bank and the Capacity Building Mechanism for Science, Technology and Innovation for Least Developed Countries by 2017 and improve the use of enabling technologies, in particular information and communication technologies Capacity building.

17.9 Strengthen capacity building in developing countries

Strengthen international support for the implementation of effective and targeted capacity building in developing countries to support national plans for the implementation of all Sustainable Development Goals, notably in the context of North-South and South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation.

17.10 Ensuring a fair trading system

Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization, in particular by concluding negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda.

17.11 Increase exports from developing countries

Significantly increase exports from developing countries, particularly with a view to doubling the least developed countries' share of global exports by 2020.

17.12 Enable duty-free and quota-free market access for least developed countries

Achieve rapid implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a permanent basis for all LDCs in line with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from LDCs are transparent, simple and contribute to facilitating market access.

17.13 Improve global macroeconomic stability

Improve global macroeconomic stability, in particular through policy coordination and policy coherence.

17.14 Improve policy coherence

Improve policy coherence in favor of sustainable development.

17.15 Respect the leadership role of each country

Respect the policy space and leadership of each country in defining and implementing policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

17.16 Promoting multi-actor partnerships

Expand the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships to mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, particularly in developing countries.

17.17 Supporting and promoting partnerships

Support and promote the formation of effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and fundraising strategies of existing partnerships.

17.18 Generate high-quality, up-to-date and reliable data

By 2020, increase capacity-building support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, with the aim of having significantly more high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in the national context.

17.19 Building up statistical capacities

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measures of progress for sustainable development that complement gross domestic product and support statistical capacity building in developing countries.

Cultivating our inner life and developing and deepening our relationship to our thoughts, feelings and body help us be present, intentional and non-reactive when we face complexity.

Subgoals:
1.1 Inner compass: Having a deeply felt sense of responsibility and commitment to values and purposesrelating to the good of the whole.
1.2 Integrity and authenticity: A commitment and ability to act with sincerity, honesty and integrity.
1.3 Openness and willingness to learn: Having a basic mindset of curiosity and a willingness to be vulnerable and embrace change & grow.
1.4 Self-awareness: Ability to be in reflective contact with own thoughts,feelings and desires; having a realistic self-image & ability to regulate oneself.
1.5 Presence: Ability to be in the here and now, without judgement & in a state of open-ended presence.

Developing our cognitive skills by taking different perspectives, evaluating information and making sense of the world as an interconnected whole is essential for wise decision-making.

Subgoals:
2.1 Critical thinking: Skills in critically reviewing the validity of views, evidence and plans.
2.2 Complexity Awareness: Understanding of and skills in working with complex and systemic conditions and causalities.
2.3 Perspective Skills: Skills in seeking, understanding and actively making use of insights from contrasting perspectives.
2.4 Sense-making: Skills in seeing patterns, structuring the unknown and being able to consciously create stories.
2.5 Long-term Orientation and Visioning: Long-term orientation and ability to formulate & sustain commitment to visions relating to the larger context.

Appreciating, caring for and feeling connected to others, such as neighbors, future generations or the biosphere, helps us create more just and sustainable systems and societies for everyone.

Subgoals:
3.1 Appreciation: Relating to others and to the world with a basic sense of appreciation, gratitude and joy.
3.2 Connectedness: Having a keen sense of being connected with and/or being a part of a larger whole, such as a community, humanity or global ecosystem
3.3 Humility: Being able to act in accordance with the needs of the situation without concern for oneʼs own importance.
3.4 Empathy and compassion: Ability to relate to others, oneself and nature with kindness, empathy and compassion and address related suffering.

To make progress on shared concerns, we need to develop our abilities to include, hold space and communicate with stakeholders with different values, skills and competencies.

Subgoals:
4.1 Communication skills: really listen to others, to foster genuine dialogue, to advocate own views skillfully, to manage conflicts constructively & to adapt communication to diverse groups.
4.2 Co-creation skills: Skills and motivation to build, develop and facilitate collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders, characterized by psychological safety and genuine co-creation.
4.3 Inclusive mindset and intercultural competence: Willingness and competence to embrace diversity and include people and collectives with different views and backgrounds.
4.4 Trust: Ability to show trust and to create and maintain trusting relationships.
4.5 Mobilization skills: Skills in inspiring and mobilizing others to engage in shared purposes.

Qualities such as courage and optimism help us acquire true agency, break old patterns, generate original ideas and act with persistence in uncertain times.

Subgoals:
5.1 Courage: Ability to generate and develop original ideas, innovate and being willing to disrupt conventional patterns.
5.2 Creativity: Willingness and competence to embrace diversity and include people and collectives with different views and backgrounds.
5.3 Optimism: Ability to sustain and communicate a sense of hope, positive attitude and confidence in the possibility of meaningful change.
5.4 Perseverance: Ability to sustain engagement and remain determined and patient even when efforts take a long time to bear fruit.

Bio:

Marc is a key figure in the fight against climate change and shaping the global regenerative development agenda. For more than three decades, he has been actively involved in various expert groups at the highest international level. He is the author of the UN-SDG Manifesto and a close collaborator of the UNFCCC, dedicated to the development of systemic regenerative futures. He has been at every COP since COP1 in Berlin where Angela Merkel was Environmental Minister.

As a member of the EU ESG Taxonomy PSF Commission, he influences environmental policies worldwide, advocating future-fit models of society and governance. He is an expert in Regenerative Agriculture and sustainable built environments, actively creating ecological civilization frameworks.

As a Global Food Reformist he is dedicated to reforming the agriculture, food, and beverage industry through impactful projects and moonshot companies. This includes teaching and speaking about climate change and food reform worldwide.

Host of Inside Ideas: He hosts the video and audio podcast Inside Ideas which is produced by OnePoint5 Media and Innovators Magazine. The podcast features discussions with thought leaders, innovators, futurists, and experts working on global challenges, including sustainability, regeneration, environmentalism, and food reform.

He is Board member of the Dubai Future Foundation, Chair of the UNFCCC Innovation Hub, and active contributor to the World Economic Forum’s expert groups, and is the author of books such as “Leadership for Sustainable Futures”.

To Empower all 8+ Billion Global citizens to live an adaptive lifestyle of health and sustainability (ALOHAS) regenerating our Earth so we all are within the safe operating spaces of our planetary boundaries. A Symbiotic Earth that works for 100% of Humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without the ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone. through living systems and the universal regenerative principles of creating the conditions that are conducive for life to thrive and flourish amid ever-changing life conditions.

Website of ALOHAS Regenerative Foundation:

https://www.alohas.bio/

Social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckleymarc/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcearth/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marcearth/

Podcasts:

Podcast: https://www.insideideas.org/
YouTube Inside Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/@InsideIdeas/

Speaker Profile:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcearth/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarcEarth/

Daniel Nicolai is the initiator of ReGen4futures.org and a key figure when it comes toproviding young people around the world with education for sustainable development. Driven by his guiding principle "Build a sustainable future - fast", he founded the non-profit NGO KNE Sustainability Institute gGmbH to impart knowledge about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and motivate people to act sustainably through the free e-learning platform ReGen4futures.org.

With over 25 years of experience in research and education, business and entrepreneurship as well as marketing and technology, Nicolai combines his diverse skills in this project. His personal history, shaped by experiences in East and West Berlin and his early contact with analog and digital worlds, have had a lasting impact on his desire to make the world a better place.

Nicolai is an experienced education entrepreneur who is extensively involved in the education sector. His commitment to education is evident in numerous projects, including setting up the educational project ReGen4futures.org itself, as well as developing communication measures for various schools and helping to develop guiding principles of the Honorable Businessman. He has always seen the importance of education as a core value that goes beyond the mere transfer of knowledge and encompasses the development of skills, character and social reflection.

His award-winning academic work on the topic of the "honorable businessman" at Humboldt University in Berlin laid the foundation for his deeper commitment to responsible corporate governance and led to numerous media appearances, lectures and publications in addition to his teaching activities. He was actively involved in making this model accessible to a wider public and communicating its importance for business and society.

As founder and managing director of the communications agency KNE, Nicolai has been using his expertise in marketing (link on www.KNE.marketing) and digitalization (link on www.KNE.education) for more than 10 years to help sustainable organizations and projects gain more visibility and development. He sees marketing as education and uses modern technologies, including e-learning, to promote his vision of a sustainable and regenerative future.

More details on his curriculum vitae

Connect on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-nicolai-kne/