POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: JOMO SUNDARAM

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) broke new ground in setting global development priorities from 2000 to 2015. As the clock ticks down on the MDGs, the world community is deep in discussion over a successor global framework for the next 15 years. Jomo Sundaram is Assistant Director-General for Economic and Social Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization. He explains what the post-2015 development agenda is, and why a growing global population, diminishing natural resource base and worsening effects of climate change are shaping talks along the lines of future sustainability.