The international community adopted four agreements in 2015 of major importance to development and environment. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2015a) establishes out a new set of global goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and seeks a balance between environmental, economic and social development in a way that ‘leaves no one behind’. Agreement on the 2030 Agenda followed the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (UN, 2015b) on financing for development, proposes a comprehensive approach to financing sustainable development in order to achieve the ambitious 2030 Agenda.