Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. 

Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and their vision for a better world can be achieved - watch his Ted Talk above and read the article outlining the debate that is attached to the top of this post. 

Watch Green's follow up video that shows the progress made in relation to these goals.

Do you think that the UN Sustainable Development Goals can change the world or are they idealistic/utopian? Explain your ideas in the comments below.