Abstract
The United Nations passed two important resolutions, Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement in 2015 to change our world. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted as the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which set out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals. The overarching goal of the Paris Agreement is to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2°C above the pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Science, technology, and innovation (STI) is one of the most prominent strategies promoted to aid SDG implementation. In this perspective, we provide specific mechanisms and strategies for STI to jointly promote climate change goals and SDGs.