Ambitions affordable for Asia-Pacific

Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the region has some catching up to do. Despite making progress, the region is not on track to reach the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

We live in a time of booming prosperity, yet many of us get left behind. Basic needs, such as the freedom from hunger and poverty, ill health and gender-based discrimination for all, and equal opportunity for everyone are elusive. Economic, social and planetary well-being has a price tag. Calculations by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific show that it is mostly affordable for the region.

Realizing ambitions beyond growth