The natural environment is deteriorating at an alarming rate: sea levels are rising ocean acidification is accelerating the past four years have been the warmest on record one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction and land degradation continues unchecked. Notwithstanding that progress, this report identifies many areas that need urgent collective attention. The United Nations, for its part, is working hard to reposition to the United Nations development system to be better equipped to meet the needs of governments to respond to this integrated and transformative agenda. And a wide range of other actors-international organizations, businesses, local authorities, the scientific community and civil society-have engaged with the SDGs in a manner that generates great hope for the coming decade. About 150 countries have developed national policies to respond to the challenges of rapid urbanization, and 71 countries and the European Union now have more than 300 policies and instruments supporting sustainable consumption and production. Countries are taking concrete actions to protect our planet: marine protected areas have doubled since 2010 countries are working concertedly to address illegal fishing 186 parties have ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, and almost all have communicated their first nationally determined contributions.
Extreme poverty has declined considerably, the under-5 mortality rate fell by 49 per cent between 20, immunizations have saved millions of lives, and the vast majority of the world’s population now has access to electricity. The report demonstrates that progress is being made in some critical areas, and that some favorable trends are evident.
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