How We Work - UNEP Programme and Project Management Manual - 2023 Edition

In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which cut across disciplines, sectors and institutional mandates. The goals acknowledge the integrated nature of the many challenges that humanity faces, from gender inequality to inadequate infrastructure, youth unemployment and environmental degradation. Through the 2030 Agenda, world leaders affirmed that they are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations”. UNEP’s mandate in the 2030 Agenda is to develop and enhance integrated approaches to sustainable development, and demonstrate the links between a healthy environment, strong economies and thriving societies.