Background Paper for the Ministerial Consultations: Environmental Challenges within Sustainable Development and the Contribution of the United Nations Environment Programme to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Production: Discussion Paper by the Executive Director

The ministerial round tables will examine the ways in which global environmental goals can be integrated together with social and economicgoals into sustainable development goals that place people at the centre of sustainable development, identifying potential goals, targets and indicators that track over time improvement in human well-being and reduction in human vulnerability.