“THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs) were in many ways palliative, they were not radical, transformative goals,” Macharia Kamau, the Co-Chair of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has said. With 240 million hungry and 25% youth unemployment in some areas, Africa will require SDGs that are well-developed, “radical,” and “transformative.”
Richard Munang is the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Africa Regional Climate Change Co-ordinator. He tweets as @MTingem.
Jesica Andrews is the Ecosystem Adaptation Officer with the UNEP Regional Office for Africa, @lapeqi.