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The Grand Challenge of Sustainable Development:

This article discusses the grand challenge of sustainable development in the 21st century, focusing on building blocks for the next 18 months. It explores sustainable development goals, comprehensive climate agreements, means of implementation, data monitoring and updating, as well as governance and accountability. It also highlights examples of environmental crises like drought, forest fires, water scarcity, pollution, and extreme weather events. Practical solutions for energy transformation are presented. Key elements for 2015 include SDGs, climate financing, technology research and development, financial sector reform, and the 2-degree Celsius climate agreement.

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The Grand Challenge of Sustainable Development:

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  1. The Grand Challenge of Sustainable Development: Laying the Vital Foundations for the 21st Century Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs Special Advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon High-Level Political Forum July 8, 2014

  2. Building Blocks of the Next 18 Months: Sustainable Development Goals Comprehensive Climate Agreement The Means of Implementation Data, Monitoring and Updating Governance and Accountability

  3. “PLANETARY BOUNDARIES” Source: Rockström et al 2009a)

  4. HOTTEST MAY IN RECORDED HISTORY (Anomalies relative to 1981-2010)

  5. MEGA-DROUGHT IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL FEBRUARY 2014

  6. Drought and Forest Fires in Sumatra, March 2014

  7. LOW WATER LEVELS IN ISTANBUL’S ALIBEYKöY RESERVOIR FEBRUARY 2014

  8. BEIJING ENVELOPED IN POLLUTION, JANUARY 2014

  9. Algal Bloom, Qindao, Shandong Province, 2013

  10. BEICHUAN, SICHUAN PROVINCE, JULY 2013

  11. By some measurements, Typhoon Haiyan was the most intense storm ever to make landfall

  12. 2014

  13. PERTH 2011

  14. QUEENSLAND FLOODS, JANUARY 2013

  15. California Drought Monitor, May 2014

  16. STEVENS CREEK RESERVOIR, MAY 2014

  17. BOSNIA, May 16 2014

  18. BELGRADE, SERBIA, MAY 16 2014

  19. BAU: 4-6 degree C 2-degree C

  20. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO ENERGY TRANSFORMATION AT WWW.UNSDSN.ORG

  21. SOME KEY ELEMENTS FOR 2015: SDGs: 10 Headline Goals Means of Implementation: ODA, Climate Financing, Technology RDD&D, Financial Sector Reform 2-Degree C Climate Agreement Annual High-Quality Data Cycle Annual High-Level Political Review

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