1、GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2 23TIMES OF CRISIS,TIMES OF CHANGE SCIENCE FOR ACCELERATING TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 2Introduction:The importance of sustainable transport for the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement TIMES OF CRISIS,TIMES OF CHANGE SCIENCE FOR ACCELERAT

2、ING TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2 23TIMES OF CRISIS,TIMES OF CHANGE:SCIENCE FOR ACCELERATING TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTIIIGLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT NOTETIMES OF CRISIS,TIMES OF CHANGE:SCIENCE FOR ACCELERATING TRANSFORMAT

3、IONS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTIIIIn the outcome document of the Rio+20 Conference,in 2012,entitled“The future we want”,and again in“Transforming our world:the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”,in 2015,United Nations Member States decided that the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Dev

4、elopment would be informed by the Global Sustainable Development Report.In the Ministerial Declaration of the 2016 Forum,Member States decided that the report would be produced quadrennially by an independent group of scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General and comprising 15 exp

5、erts representing a variety of backgrounds,scientific disciplines and institutions,with geographical and gender balance.This report,Times of crisis,times of change:Science for accelerating transformations to sustainable development,is the second quadrennial Global Sustainable Development Report prep

6、ared by an independent group of scientists.The first report,The future is now:Science for achieving sustainable development,was published in 2019.Independent Group of Scientists 2023 Co-chairs J.Jaime Miranda(Peru),CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases and School of Medicine,Universidad