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ommon ground: Framing the next development agenda as a form of global risk management, rather than a system of aid, to deal with the challenges the world faces, might prove unifying. Photo: Supplied

GERMAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

The world needs a new bargain

The real problem with the UN Sustainable Development Goals is not that they lack ambition. It is that they lack credibility

Daryl Swanepoel

World view: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) stands with Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank (left), on a balcony of the town hall before a session of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on 7 October in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: Marcus Brandt/Getty Images

Hard truths in Hamburg hit home

Among the truths is that most of the 17 sustainable development goals adopted by UN member states are doomed to fail

Luke Feltham