The long list of proposed goals that will replace the Millennium Development Goals are not going to be trimmed down. Doing so would put the progress made toward reaching consensus at risk, said the head of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP. It means the list of 17 goals and 169 targets is likely here to stay. “I am not anticipating that there will be any significant change,” said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark today in London while speaking at think tank the Overseas Development Institute As a comparison, there are only eight Millennium Development Goals, MDGs. The comments from Clark kick off a year of meetings and deliberation to figure out what comes after the MDGs expire at the end of the year. Debates over what goals should be included, how they are measured and more will intensify over the coming months in the lead up to the special summit for the sustainable development goals, in September. All are to set the global agenda for issues ranging from ending extreme poverty to reducing hunger to reversing the trend of climate change.

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