The Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives today launches its latest Discussion Paper. "Goals for the Rich - Indispensable for a Universal Post-2015 Agenda" deals with the question of how a fair sharing of costs, responsibilities and opportunities among and within countries can be achieved in formulating and implementing a Post-2015 Sustainability Agenda.
March 18, 2015 | Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives
Goals for the Rich
Indispensable for a Universal Post-2015 Agenda
Discussion Paper
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The Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectivestoday launches its latest Discussion Paper. "Goals for the Rich - Indispensable for a Universal Post-2015 Agenda" deals with the question of how a fair sharing of costs, responsibilities and opportunities among and within countries can be achieved in formulating and implementing a Post-2015 Sustainability Agenda.
In this regard, the rich and powerful have special responsibilities. For them we can broadly distinguish three types of goals and targets: those that are of particular relevance to the internal affairs of all including rich countries, requiring changes in their domestic policies (»domestic sustainability targets«); those that address the need to change domestic policies in order to reduce negative external effects beyond a country’s borders (»do-no-harm targets«); and those that zero in on their international duties and responsibilities (»international responsibility targets«).
Furthermore, the paper identifies three specific »goals for the rich«, which are particularly important for sustainable development worldwide. The goal to reduce inequality within and among countries, the goal to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, and the goal to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for development. The Post-2015 Agenda will only succeed if these goals include specific and time-bound targets and commitments for the rich that trigger the necessary regulatory and fiscal policy changes.
In short, the paper argues to leave no-one out of the Post-2015 Agenda; particularly not the rich.
Goals for the Rich
Indispensable for a Universal Post-2015-Agenda
Discussion Paper | March 2015
Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives
Published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Third World Network, Global Policy Forum, Development Alternatives with Women for a new Era (DAWN), Social Watch, terre des hommes and Arab NGO Network for Development.
ISBN 978-3-95861-114-6
"Goals for the Rich" has been published in the International Policy Analysis series of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
