Above all, we should treat the large and diverse set of countries in the Global South as partners to progress. Given their growing economies, Indian decisions between investing in new coal plants or more solar power, Brazilian decisions on how to develop their agriculture and exploit their tropical resources, African approaches to mining, protection of biodiversity, and low-carbon urbanization will all help determine whether the world meets the Sustainable Development Goals. Global South countries can be pioneers on sustainable development, whether through Argentinian techniques of ‘dry tilling’ to promote low-carbon farming, or innovations in the development of sustainable biofuels in Kenya, Tanzania and other African countries. India’s recent successes in lunar exploration open a vista to joint research with established space powers on the feasibility of mining for minerals on the moon, or further afield in our solar system. With the right technical support, African countries could undertake the genetic sequencing of new viruses locally, becoming key links in the early warning chain for global health.
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