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GOAL 17: Partnerships for the goals
Strengthen the means of implementation
and revitalize the Global Partnership for
Sustainable Development
Representatives from the 20-member Climate Vulnerable Forum together with 23 incoming members from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle
East, and the Pacific met at Manila and agreed to move unitedly to strengthen their collaboration and domestic climate action to trigger increased commitments
from all countries and seize the COP21 opportunity for a climate-secure framework to keep warming below 1.5oC. (Credit: The CVF)
The Sustainable Development Goals are pretty big to-do list,
don’t you think? In fact, it’s so big, you may just want to throw
your hands up in the air. “Forget it! Can’t be done! Why even try!”
But we’ve got a lot going for us. The world is more interconnect-
ed today than ever before, thanks to the internet, travel and
global institutions. There’s a growing consensus about the need
to work together to stop climate change. And the Sustainable
Development Goals are no small matter either. 193 countries
agreed on these Goals. Pretty incredible, isn’t it? 193 countries
agreeing on anything? The final Goal lays out a way for nations to
work together to achieve all the other Goals.
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