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Emmanuel Macron's summit to get the sustainable development goals back on track must focus on seven aims.
France's President Emmanuel Macron prepares to welcome the UN Secretary-General in Paris.
Photographer: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFPThe United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, recently sounded an ominous alarm bell. The Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to significantly reduce poverty around the world and create a better quality of life for all, are off track, he warned.
And so French President Emmanuel Macron called a global conference in Paris this month to address getting the 2030 SDG targets back on course. As world leaders from Barbados to Kenya to Germany gather, there are seven things they must focus on. This blueprint for prosperity is too important to let slide.