The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda's report sets out a universal agenda to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 through sustainable development. In the report, the Panel calls for the new post-2015 goals to drive five big transformative shifts:
Leave no-one behind: we should move from reducing to ending extreme poverty, in all its forms.
Put sustainable development at the core: immediate action is needed to slow the pace of climate change and environmental degradation.
Transform economies for jobs and inclusive growth: more diversified economies, with equal opportunities for all, can drive social inclusion, as well as foster sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Build peace and effective, open and accountable institutions for all: peace and good governance must be recognised as a core element of wellbeing, not an optional extra.
Forge a new global partnership: it should be centred around people and include civil society organisations, multilateral institutions, local and national governments, the scientific and academic community, businesses and private philanthropy.
The report offers illustrative goals and targets intended as a basis for further discussion: 1) End poverty, 2) Empower girls and women and achieve gender equality, 3) Provide quality education and lifelong learning, 4) Ensure healthy lives, 5) Ensure food security and good nutrition, 6) Achieve universal access to water and sanitation, 7) Secure sustainable energy, 8) Create jobs, sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth, 9) Manage natural resource assets sustainably, 10) Ensure good governance and effective institutions, 11) Ensure stable and peaceful societies, 12) Create a global enabling environment and catalyse long-term finance.
It argues that we can end extreme poverty is we commit, prioritise and make a roadmap which does not consider targets ‘achieved’ unless they are met for all relevant income and social groups.