WEBVTT 00:00:00.660 --> 00:00:02.510 In the year 2000, 00:00:02.510 --> 00:00:06.610 leaders from 189 countries agreed on a vision for the new millennium. 00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:09.970 They wanted to end extreme poverty in all of its forms. 00:00:10.530 --> 00:00:12.480 So, they made a list of 8 goals, 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:14.670 called the Millennium Development Goals. 00:00:14.670 --> 00:00:17.880 And they wanted to achieve this goals in 15 years. 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.860 One of the leading organisations working to fulfill this goals 00:00:21.860 --> 00:00:25.520 has been the United Nations Development Program or UNDP. 00:00:26.070 --> 00:00:29.800 We're present in more than 170 countries and territories. 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.360 We championed the goals so that people everywhere would know what they were 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:35.380 and how people could do their part. 00:00:35.380 --> 00:00:38.080 We funded projects that helped fulfill the goals. 00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:40.830 We helped countries to accelerate MDGs progress. 00:00:40.830 --> 00:00:44.050 By breaking down the silos and working across sectors. 00:00:44.050 --> 00:00:48.020 We acted as scorekeeper helping countries to track the progress. 00:00:49.110 --> 00:00:50.080 As a result, 00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:53.340 the number of people that live on less than $1.25 per day 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:55.200 has dropped by more than half. 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:58.220 The number of primary school age kids 00:00:58.220 --> 00:01:00.990 who don't go to school, down by almost half. 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.580 The number of people getting life-saving treatment for HIV, 00:01:04.580 --> 00:01:06.430 increased by over 15 times. 00:01:08.015 --> 00:01:11.465 Child mortality, down by almost half. 00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:14.640 As much progress as we have made together 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:16.230 there's still a lot more to do. 00:01:16.950 --> 00:01:19.000 Over 8 hundred million people 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.290 are still living on less than $1.25 a day. 00:01:21.960 --> 00:01:25.540 1 in 9 people on our planet goes asleep hungry each night. 00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:29.880 Deforestation remains alarmingly high in many countries. 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:31.679 Oceans are becoming more acidic, 00:01:31.679 --> 00:01:34.339 threatening food security and marine ecosystems. 00:01:34.739 --> 00:01:38.229 And about 1 in every 6 adults in the world is illiterate. 00:01:38.229 --> 00:01:39.969 Two thirds of them are women. 00:01:40.679 --> 00:01:44.989 We think those are tough numbers and so do leaders from the countries were we work. 00:01:45.674 --> 00:01:47.914 So in September 2015, 00:01:47.914 --> 00:01:52.874 they agreed on a new set of goals to help finish the work we all started in 2000. 00:01:54.161 --> 00:01:58.191 The new goals are called the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. 00:01:59.700 --> 00:02:03.250 We have made significant progress in the last 15 years. 00:02:03.250 --> 00:02:05.670 And we think that is plenty of room for hope, 00:02:05.670 --> 00:02:08.260 for action in the next 15 years. 00:02:09.211 --> 00:02:12.091 Today, the world is more connected by technology. 00:02:13.282 --> 00:02:16.702 We know more about how to balance the 3 pillars of sustainable development. 00:02:17.312 --> 00:02:21.022 Social progress, economic growth and environmental protection. 00:02:21.693 --> 00:02:24.823 However, our climate is changing. 00:02:25.653 --> 00:02:27.393 Our planet is transforming. 00:02:28.053 --> 00:02:31.643 And there are more people on Earth than ever before. 00:02:31.643 --> 00:02:35.173 We at UNDP believe that everyone can have enough of what they need, 00:02:35.183 --> 00:02:37.413 living within our planetary boundaries, 00:02:37.413 --> 00:02:40.543 and we are working around the world to make this happen. 00:02:41.033 --> 00:02:44.933 Our goals to reach by 2030 are to eradicate extreme poverty, 00:02:44.933 --> 00:02:47.423 protect our environment, and much more. 00:02:47.423 --> 00:02:50.033 UNDP has 50 years of experience 00:02:50.513 --> 00:02:52.983 working with countries to make this more prosperous 00:02:52.983 --> 00:02:55.913 healthy, inclusive and sustainable world. 00:02:56.220 --> 00:02:57.120 Join us.