Key points

•    While much fear and anxiety feature in public opinion and public debate, now is not the time to be gloomy. Optimism is key to delivering success with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

•    A Five-Point Agenda for Humanity calls for countries to reach out to those worst off first; among them those forcibly displaced by conflict.

•    Climate change is central to the ability of many countries to achieve development aims. If climate change is not tackled, they will not be able to reach the SDGs. 

•    There is no security without resilience, growth, democracy and human rights.

•    Resourcing women’s rights and resourcing gender equality require the doors of opportunity and funding to open wide to ensure women can enter the decision-making space and be in conversation with others to make the choices that we need.