This paper puts forwards Oxfam’s proposals for what new goals and targets should be included in the post-2015 development agenda, and how they can be designed to bring about lasting change.

The briefing argues that, as the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) comes to an end, two major injustices continue to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger: inequality and climate change. It argues that the post-2015 framework that succeeds the MDGs must address these twin challenges through stand-alone goals to eradicate extreme economic inequality and to ensure climate-resilient and sustainable low-carbon development, as well as in targets throughout the framework that address both.