ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 focuses on the most ambitious, far-reaching, landmark global development agenda of all time: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. It sheds light on the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the future, with a focus on the implementation and achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, from a developing country perspective, and based on information available by October 2020. It outlines the global response to the pandemic in light of the Decade of Action for delivery on sustainable development to accelerate collective action and build back better, more inclusive, resilient and sustainable societies, with a particular focus on three key areas: Governance, Inequalities and Climate Change. A critical milestone to assess the efforts of our actions is the next global stock-take of the 2030 Agenda in 2023, and the chapter will therefore offer practical approaches for a positive trajectory for the future of sustainable development leading up to 2023.
