Reports indicate that at the current rate of execution, the SDGs will miss their deadline of 2030 by 64 years (2094), unleashing a disastrous world for the bottom one billion global inhabitants who are categorised as extremely poor. The timing could not be more urgent. We have a limited and crucial time horizon to act quickly, decisively and collectively.

Catalyst 2030 is a collaborative movement of leading social entrepreneurs (SE) along with funders and intermediaries from across the globe. More than 130 SE’s representing Ashoka, Echoing Green, the Schwab Foundation for...