The year will be punctuated by four big events: the World Education Forum in Incheon will discuss how to improve the delivery of education, which is increasingly recognized as critical to addressing many of today’s most pressing social problems; the United Nation’s third international conference on financing for development in Addis Ababa will help create more effective financial channels that can handle the sizeable investments required to place economies on low-carbon trajectories; this year’s U.N. General Assembly will convene heads of state to agree on a set of sustainable development goals for the next 15 years; and there is great anticipation that the COP21 ministerial meeting in Paris can deliver agreement on combating climate change and its impacts. 2015 provides a historic opportunity for global political consensus to be reached on the contours of sustainable development.

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