President Obama Speaks at the UN = 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals

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Published on Sep 27, 2015

President Obama delivers remarks at the Closing Session of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals in New York City. September 27, 2015.

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1. The New Sustainable Development Goals: a Vision for Living in Harmony with Nature

The New Sustainable Development Goals: a Vision for Living in Harmony with Nature
Wildlife Conservation Society on September 25, 2015
Cristián Samper and John Scanlon

This week in New York, the U.N. General Assembly will adopt a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets that represent an unprecedented opportunity to safeguard globally threatened wildlife species. The new goals are part of an agenda called Transforming Our World: The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda – a vision for the planet in which “humanity lives in harmony with nature and in which wildlife and other living species are protected.”

The new effort picks up the work of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – an 8-pronged approach to eliminating poverty while improving health care and education that were adopted a decade and half ago and will sunset this year. Although governments, agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industry have become more engaged in – and committed to – sustainable development since the MDGs were adopted in 2000, much more needs to be done.

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2. Climate Change And President Obama's Action Plan

https://www.whitehouse.gov//climate-change

Protect the health of American families. In 2030, it will:

Prevent up to 3,600 premature deaths

Prevent 1,700 non-fatal heart attacks

Prevent 90,000 asthma attacks in children

Prevent 300,000 missed workdays and schooldays

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