U.N.'s 2030 Agenda needs a reboot

Success of G20 and G7 summits can provide new momentum toward advancing SDGs

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Farmers with cassava in Oyo, Nigeria: Further incorporation of African perspectives into the G20 will be a major step forward toward boosting sustainability and climate action. © Reuters

Sujan Chinoy is director general of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and chair of Think20 India, a think tank engagement group attached to New Delhi's Group of 20 presidency. Tetsushi Sonobe is dean and chief executive of the Asian Development Bank Institute and lead chair of Think7 Japan, which is attached to Tokyo's Group of Seven presidency.

This month's Group of 20 summit in New Delhi brought unequivocal support for realizing the U.N. 2030 Agenda for achieving its Sustainable Development Goals and putting a new emphasis on the Global South. The G20's unanimous agreement to embrace the African Union as a member, signals a historic opportunity.

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