2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a UN Initiative. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of 17 aspirational "Global Goals" with 169 targets between them. The SDGs act as the Post 2015 Development Agenda (successor to the Millennium Development Goals), and builds on the Principles agreed upon under Resolution A/RES/66/288, popularly known as The Future We Want. The SDGs have been agreed on by 193 countries in in New York in September 2015. The Goals aim to end poverty, hunger and inequality, take action on climate change and the environment, improve access to health and education, build strong institutions and partnerships, and more.

2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP 21  2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP: Formal meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Parties (Conference of the Parties) held yearly as part of the UN Climate Change Conferences. The Paris Agreement (French: L'accord de Paris) is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020. It sets a target of limiting climate change to 2°C target with 1.5°C ambition with clear actions determined by each country for how to mitigate climate change as well as plans for adaptation. The language of the agreement was negotiated by representatives of 195 countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris and adopted by consensus on 12 December 2015. It was opened for signature on 22 April 2016 (Earth Day) in a ceremony in New York City. As of October 2016, 191 UNFCCC members have signed the treaty, 81 of which have ratified it. After the European Union ratified the agreement in October 2016, there were enough countries (55 required as per the agreement) that had ratified the agreement that produce enough of the world's greenhouse gases for the agreement to enter into force. The agreement will take effect on 4 November 2016.

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/sendai-framework 4 priorities of actions: Understanding disaster risk Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk Investing in disaster reduction for resilience Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. /

Addis Ababa Action Agenda http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/AAAA_Outcome.pdf https://www.flickr.com/photos/131248360@N06/with/23279522756/ 7 Action Areas : - Domestic public resources - Domestic and international private business and finance - International development cooperation - International trade as an engine for development - Debt and debt sustainability - Addressing systemic issues - Science, technology, innovation and capacity-building