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==== 14.1.2.2 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals ====

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It has long been clear that a failure to mitigate climate change would exacerbate existing poverty, accentuate vulnerability and worsen inequality (Denton at al. 2014), but there is an emerging attempt to harmonise mitigation actions with those oriented towards social and economic development. A key development since AR5 is the adoption in 2015 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Agenda offers an aspirational narrative, coherent framework and actionable agenda for addressing diverse issues of development through goals that balance the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development as well as issues of governance and institutions ( [[#ICSU%20ISSC--2015|ICSU ISSC 2015]] ). Scholars have noted that these dimensions of sustainable development are inter-dependent ( [[#Nilsson--2016|Nilsson et al. 2016]] ), and, as such it is difficult if not impossible to achieve economic and social gains while neglecting environmental concerns, including climate change ( [[#Le%20Blanc--2015|Le Blanc 2015]] ). The SDGs are closely linked to the Paris Agreement, adopted a few weeks later. There is a growing body of literature that examines the interlinkages between SDGs, including SDG 13 (taking urgent action to combat climate change) and others, concluding that without a proper response to climate change, success in many of the other SDGs would be difficult if not impossible ( [[#ICSU%20ISSC--2015|ICSU ISSC 2015]] ; [[#Le%20Blanc--2015|Le Blanc 2015]] ; [[#Nilsson--2016|Nilsson et al. 2016]] ; [[#Weitz--2018|Weitz et al. 2018]] ). Likewise, failure to achieve the SDGs will have a detrimental effect on the ability to limit climate change to manageable levels. Initiatives such as The World in 2050 ( [[#TWI2050--2018|TWI2050 2018]] ), a large research initiative by a global consortium of research and policy institutions, work on the premise that pursuing climate action and sustainable development in an integrated and coherent way, based on a sound understanding of development pathways and dynamics, is the strongest approach to enable countries to achieve their objectives in both agreements.

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