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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

• [New] Longer droughts, rising populations and a siphoning off of resources via a large dam in Ethiopia may soon contribute to conflicts over water and its natural resources downstream in Egypt, potentially putting millions of people at risk of poverty and starvation. News Decoder
• [New] The CPF is aligned with Indonesia's commitment to building ecoregion food systems that are sustainable, healthy and resilient, and reducing poverty through the strengthening of food security and nutrition, as laid out in Government of Indonesia's 2025-2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan. TEMPO.CO
• [New] The hope that the remaining 840 million people could be lifted out of extreme poverty by 2030 became the foundation of the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals. Brookings
• [New] The Asian Development Bank estimated that developing countries in Asia-Pacific require US$ 26 trillion up to 2030 to really look at poverty eradication, climate change, healthcare challenges. The Business Times

Last updated: 14 September 2026