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Title
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CONTENTS
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Foreword
Foreword
Acronyms and abbreviations
Author biographies
Introduction
1 A new beginning: conceiving the Sustainable Development Goals
Introduction
The Millennium Development Goals
The global financial crisis and the role of the UN
The death and rebirth of sustainable development
The Rio+20 preparatory process
The UN Development Group's initial ideas on SDGs
The birth of the SDGs.

2 Understanding complexity: development or sustainable development parallel paths emerging as one
Introduction
Preparations for 2015
The Open Working Group: an unusual negotiation process
UN global compact consultations
Financing for (sustainable) development
Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Finance (ICESDF)
The UN system task team
Informal alliances: why are they important and how did they shape the process?
Stakeholder preparation and influence in the policy definition process
3 The big year: the preparatory process
Introduction.

Moving forward from the OWG
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit and the Pope's address
Indicators: the Statistical Commission 2015
4 A transformational agenda: outcomes from 2015 and what they mean
Introduction
A journey finished, another one started: a retrospective look at what has been achieved
Climate change and the 2030 agenda: competing or complementary agendas?
Is the UN fit to implement the 2030 Agenda?
Implementation at the national level
Local and subnational levels.

The role of partnerships
The private sector
5 Understanding the future: from 2015 to 2030, the challenges ahead
Introduction
Global migration, forced displacement: a new phenomenon
Nexus: climate, water, energy, food
From exclusion to inclusion: a new policy response to peace and security challenges
Health
Disruptive industries
Afterword: 2030 Agenda adoption poem
References
Annex - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Index.