It takes a village to raise a child. But the enormity and frequency of current socio-economic woes require not just villages, but entire towns, cities and countries to raise the lot of humankind.
These challenges include access to clean water and affordable clean energy, biodiversity collapse and a widening income gap that exacerbates social inequalities. These challenges are part of the United Nations' 2015 blueprint of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the aim to improve on each SDG by 2030. The SDGs are grand challenges. To tackle these challenges effectively, a great deal of coordination and collaboration is required among multiple stakeholders in many geographical locations and on diverse platforms.
