Abstract
This commentary intends to make the readers of the Medical Research Archives agree with the author that, in times of extreme human rights neglect and of extreme economic and environmental plunder, extreme planetary measures are needed. It then asks: With only five years to go, do the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) live up to this challenge? 1
[Disclaimer: Planetary health as a concept supersedes the2 concept of planetary health if the latter is used as a health sector-centered concept.2 This commentary takes the former overarching position pointing out why the current development agenda is falling way short of needed binding commitments by United Nations (UN) member states and by the wide range of development practitioners. It takes a human rights and a rights of nature approach].2