1. Progress has been made on all MDGs, except one L Progress has slowed down; only 1 MDG-target will be reached  Progress for people; regress for planet MDG storyline

2. 3 targets achieved 5 years before deadline 1.Extreme poverty 2.Safe drinking water 3.Slum upgrading

3. “They use statistics as drunken men use lamp posts – for support rather than for illumination” Andrew Lang Scottish poet (1844-1912) “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics” Mark Twain American author (1835-1910)

4. SDGs 1.UN Task Team 2.Sectoral consultations 3.H-L Panel on MDGs 4.OWG on SDGs 5.H-L Political Forum 6.SDSN 7.10YFP

5. “Poverty eradication is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development” First of 169 targets: by 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day

6. “Growing inequality is one of the biggest social, economic and political challenges of our time” (2012) (WEF) “…societies are increasingly under pressure from economic, political and social developments including rising income inequality”

8. In UK, carbon emissions of top 10% are 3 times greater per capita than those of bottom 10% Estimates do not include emissions caused by heating and maintaining second homes They are 8 times greater from car use; 9 times from international flights In India, top 1% pollute twice as much as rest of top 10%

9. Of all the competing ends we might pursue, addressing inequality must come first High inequality = Bad inequality It leads to unequal treatment of citizens and makes all other goals so much harder to achieve