The SDGs were agreed by the 193 members of the UN in 2015. They provide a shared blueprint for building a better world for people and the planet. For Emerging Markets alone to achieve the SDGs, $2.5 trillion more capital is needed each year (this is often called the ‘financing gap’).
The SDGs are interdependent: improving health outcomes, clean water, access to education and creating decent work opportunities are all essential to alleviating extreme poverty. Climate change is likely to have a disproportionate impact on poor people, as the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights found:
“[climate change] could push more than 120 million more people into poverty by 2030 and will have the most severe impact in poor countries, regions, and the places poor people live and work.”
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