4.7.2 Sustainable Development Goals Notes

1. The Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) are a set of 17 global objectives established by the United Nations in 2015.
2. They aim to address the world's most pressing challenges.
3. These goals are intended to help the world to tackle its most pressing issues regarding environment, politics and economics.
4. SDGs are planned to be reached by the year 2030.

The 17 SGDs

These are the 17 SDGs set by the UN:

1. No poverty: end poverty in all its forms everywhere.
2. Zero hunger: end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Good health and wellbeing: ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality education: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender equality: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
6. Clean water and sanitation: ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
7. Affordable and clean energy: ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
8. Decent work and economic growth: promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure: build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation.
10. Reduced inequality: reduce inequality within and among countries.
11. Sustainable cities and communities: make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
12. Responsible consumption and production: ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
13. Climate action: take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
14. Life below water: conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
15. Life on land: protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss.
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions: promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships for the goals: strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.

Advantages of the SDGs

1. Universal and inclusive
   1. The SDGs apply to all countries, regardless of their level of development.
   2. They emphasise leaving no one behind, focusing on the most vulnerable and marginalised populations.