The United Nations’ adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SD), including 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets, is a watershed moment in the global effort toward a sustainable life on earth. Pope Francis added his voice to urge action by stating that “a true ‘right of the environment’ does exist,” that “any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity,” and that “human beings are not authorized to abuse it, much less to destroy it.” He went on to lay blame for environmental degradation on the “selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity” that is leading to increased suffering for the poor who “are cast off by society”.