Guterres said that only 15% of the sustainable development goals globally have been implemented and 85% have not been implemented. This is why there are obstacles.
Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals has been slowed by cascading and intersecting crises, especially COVID-19, climate change, and conflict. Upstream, the crises the world faces stem from the need to drive major economic transitions, first and foremost; renew the social contract to address mutually reinforcing strands and layers of inequality; step up work to transform the international financial architecture; and invest in data systems.