To Reach the SDGs, the World Needs a Multi-Generational Alliance

Last year, more than 190 world leaders committed to end extreme poverty, reduce social and economic inequalities, and address the horrors of climate change, all by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are very ambitious--some would argue too ambitious. But last week, the participants in the Global Youth Forum at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., made me more optimistic about our chances for success.

Youth activists from dozens of countries participated, leading panel discussions, taking questions from the audience, and making sure their voices and their stories were heard. Also in attendance were high-level government, business and civil society leaders with an authentic and purposeful focus on engaging the world's young people, with all of their passion, innovative thinking, and creativity, as full partners in the work to meet the SDGs.

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