Preparing for the future:

SUMMARY: Adopted by all U.N. Member States in September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) entered into effect on 1 January 2016 to guide development efforts. The SDGs are in the early stages of implementation and are still being mainstreamed into mine action. This article draws on a timely study from the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and the United Nations Development Programme that aims to stimulate collective thinking in the sector, provides policy recommendations, and offers implementation tools.