MANY PRESSING CHALLENGES
REQUIRE TRANSFORMATION, RATHER THAN INCREMENTAL CHANGE & TRADE OFFS…
THE URGENT NEED & OPPORTUNITY
Many pressing challenges require transformation, rather than incremental change and trade-offs. These ‘grand challenges’ are reflected in the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the nations of the world in September 2015 at a meeting titled Transforming Our World, and in the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (together called Agenda 2030). Agenda 2030 requires deep – many call it radical – change in mindsets, and ways of acting and organizing. Agenda 2030 present the challenges as inter-dependent ones of environment, equity and poverty.
The knowledge, tools and action for achieving transformative change are, however, inadequate and fragmented across disparate disciplines, issues, organizations and people. There is, therefore, an urgent need to develop, nurture and connect ways of working and learning for transformative change. The SDG Transformation Forum is addressing this need.
To learn more, please visit: SDG TRANSFORMATION FORUM
