Climate action has been recognised as the most significant opportunity in the 21st century to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which guide the global, regional and national development efforts of governments worldwide.
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The SDGs, outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030), include 17 global goals, covering areas such as poverty eradication, gender equality and climate action. Agenda 2030 was finalised in 2015, the same year the historic Paris Agreement was adopted globally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Both serve as comprehensive policy frameworks that promote country-led implementation processes towards a more resilient and sustainable future for all. However, there has been limited coordination between the two frameworks until as recent as 2020.
This is when countries were required to revise their national climate plans – known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – as part of the terms of the Paris Agreement. The revision of NDCs offered the opportunity to align climate commitments with sustainable development targets.
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