At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the General Assembly called on United Nations entities to “further enhance the mainstreaming of sustainable
development in their respective mandates, programmes, strategies and decision- making processes”. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 agenda such as such as SDG 13(climate change), SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 2 (nutrition) – all work towards realizing SDG 1 (poverty eradication) and SDG 10 (reducing inequality). Because in addressing the climate change mitigation and adaptation while improving the nutritional status of the people and establishing gender equality and women’s empowerment, we will be already be looking at a better resilient world.
Thus the four thematic areas of climate change, gender, nutrition and youth have become an essential part of today’s development agenda.
Read more about the IFAD’s work through the resources prepared for “Consultation on the Eleventh
Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources (IFAD11) on Looking ahead: IFAD in the
context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” here.
