A/HRC/29/35 on the Post-2015 Development Agenda,40 envisioning a universal agenda driven by “five big transformative shifts”, describing the fifth as “the most important transformative shift towards a new spirit of solidarity, cooperation and mutual accountability that must underpin the post-2015 agenda”, namely, leave no one behind; put sustainable development at the core; transform economies for jobs and inclusive growth; build peace and effective, open and accountable institutions for all: and forge a new global partnership. 41 III. Conclusion 39. In 2015, two important international agreements to be decided upon by States will affect the future of human development. One is a new set of sustainable development goals to take over from and continue the Millennium Development Goals, which expire at the end of 2015. The other is the outcome of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the primary international intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. The Conference is crucial because it must produce an international climate agreement for adoption in December 2015. The new agreement will limit global warming to the 2-degrees Celsius target, requiring a commitment from each government to indicate targets for reducing the levels of carbon emissions. Funding for those efforts will also be pledged at the Conference. The binding agreement will apply to all countries and will be implemented in 2020. 40. The lead-up to the Conferenceand the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda has been closely monitored by stakeholders and advocates who have been continuously calling for human rights to be at the forefront of the negotiations and to be integrated into the final agreements. The United Nations conferences at which States have pledged their commitments to goals and objectives that entail action at the national, regional or international level, are much too numerous to mention in the present report. Furthermore, information on the actual implementation of such pledges and their outcomes is very difficult to obtain, perhaps because of the paucity of action taken. The Independent Expert reiterates that international solidarity cannot be inferred merely from collective decisions or commitments agreed upon between State and non-State entities, until such time as those agreements are acted upon. But the integration of human rights into such agreements will indicate the path leading to the desired outcome of international solidarity. 41. The claim is not that genuine international solidarity as described above, nor international solidarity in general, is a magic formula for achieving desired outcomes. Rather, the Independent Expert suggests that international solidarity is a powerful tool for addressing key global challenges to human rights. In the context of the sustainable development goals and the climate agreement to be forged in 2015, international solidarity as described in the present report would ensure a fair and just relationship between State and non-State actors engaged in the pursuit of common goals or in overcoming a common challenge, in full cognizance of the human rights of the peoples, individuals and groups concerned. This resonates with the view of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: “This is 40 41 16 Ibid. United Nations, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development: Report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.13.I.10).