Goal 7 · Aspiration 1

Environmentally Sustainable and Climate Resilient Economies and Communities

Goal 7 of Agenda 2063, contributing to Prosperous Africa.

About this goal

The continent made slow progress in increasing the proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity that are protected areas by ecosystem type, meeting 25% of the 2019 target. The importance that Member States attach to protecting terrestrial and freshwater sites explains the good performance recorded among some Member States.

No specific indicators are tracked for this goal yet.