When 193 countries ratified the new set of Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations last month, many of us applauded world leaders for launching an impressive blueprint to advance human development in all countries — rich and poor — over the next 15 years.
The new goals call for transformative change across the world through 2030, including eliminating extreme poverty, ending preventable maternal and child deaths and combating climate change.
But these lofty goals will fail unless world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, also take concrete action now to address the world’s mushrooming number of vulnerable and desperate people trying to manage in fragile and conflict-ridden countries and ongoing crises.
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Michael Klosson
Michael Klosson is vice president for policy and humanitarian response at Save the Children. He oversees the agency’s public policy and advocacy work with the U.S. and foreign governments as well as contributes to its global humanitarian response work. Prior to joining the organization in 2007, Klosson served as a career foreign service officer with numerous overseas posts in Asia and Europe.
