National and regional development banks have already shown that they can act as pioneers for sustainable development and catalysts for climate finance. In the interests of both planet and people, governments should rely on them much more in implementing the 2030 development agenda.
PARIS – Back in 2015, the world gorged itself on multilateralism. Addis Ababa, New York, and Paris: the year featured landmark international summits that, together, marked a critical step forward to put a world increasingly fractured by climate change, social inequalities, and renewed forms of conflict on the path to sustainable development. Despite considerable progress made in bringing sustainable development to the top of the international agenda, the 2015 summits have not yet led to solutions commensurate to the projected systemic change.
PARIS – Back in 2015, the world gorged itself on multilateralism. Addis Ababa, New York, and Paris: the year featured landmark international summits that, together, marked a critical step forward to put a world increasingly fractured by climate change, social inequalities, and renewed forms of conflict on the path to sustainable development. Despite considerable progress made in bringing sustainable development to the top of the international agenda, the 2015 summits have not yet led to solutions commensurate to the projected systemic change.