The United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals aiming not only to end poverty, but also to address social needs and environmental challenges. The 2016 Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, marked a new direction in international climate policies. Both these multilateral frameworks established new approaches for managing the future of our planet in which innovation – and by extension, intellectual property – will play an important role. The newest international intellectual property treaty, the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired, entered into force last year. At the plurilateral level, the Trans-Pacific Partnership – which includes extensive intellectual property provisions – was agreed, though its future remains uncertain after the withdrawal of the US.

联合国通过了《2030年可持续发展议程》，其中17项可持续发展目标不仅旨在消除贫困，还旨在应对社会需求和环境挑战。《联合国气候变化框架公约》下的2016年《巴黎协定》标志着国际气候政策的新方向。这两个多边框架都为管理我们星球的未来确立了新的方法，其中创新——以及由此延伸的知识产权——将发挥重要作用。最新的国际知识产权条约《马拉喀什视障者条约》于去年生效。在诸边层面，达成了包括广泛知识产权条款在内的跨太平洋伙伴关系（Trans-Pacific Partnership）协议，尽管在美国退出后，该伙伴关系的未来仍不明朗。