Number of sustainable development goals

By Owais Ali Jun 5 2023 Reviewed by The Sustainable Development Goals offer a collective roadmap for a peaceful and prosperous future for people and the planet. These goals are interconnected, so progress in one area affects the others, emphasizing the need for sustainable development that balances social, environmental, and economic factors. Image Credit:brutto film/Shutterstock.com Sustainable Development Goals In 2015, all United Nations member states adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and pledged to fast-track progress for those furthest behind through the " Leave No One Behind" initiative. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to achieve prosperity and peace by addressing poverty, education, health, inequality, climate change, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. While progress has been made since 2015, the 2022 Sustainable Development Goals report warns that goals are currently off track and not expected to be achieved by 2030. UN Sustainable Development Goals - Overview Play Video Credit: UNICEF Georgia/YouTube.com Goal 1: No Poverty The 2030 agenda for sustainable development has set a crucial target of eliminating extreme poverty worldwide by 2030. Despite significant progress since 1990, over 800 million people live in extreme poverty. This goal seeks to address relative poverty, establish social security systems, and strengthen livelihood resilience to prevent people from falling back into poverty. Technological development to fast...

Copied • • • In 2015, the United Nations created the As more and more companies focus on sustainability and social responsibility, they’ve often used the 17 SDGs as a blueprint for their own environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts. Here’s a closer look at each of the goals, along with tips on how promotional products suppliers and distributors can implement them in their own operations. Goal 1: No Poverty Ending poverty goes hand in hand with promoting sustainability. For example, poverty and inequality often exacerbate environmental challenges, with poorer communities frequently experiencing inadequate access to clean water, sanitation and healthy living conditions. How promo can help: Consider organizing a donation drive to gather crucial items for underserved communities. Last year, for example, the Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA) Goal 2: Zero Hunger This goal is about achieving food security and improved nutrition as well as promoting sustainable agriculture. The U.N. notes that one in 10 people worldwide is suffering from hunger and nearly one in three lacks regular access to adequate food. How promo can help: Look for products that offer a giveback to organizations like Feeding America, or make a donation to your local food bank. (Remember that hunger is year-round – not just during the holiday season.) Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being Secure healthy living and well-being, as well as access to healthcare, for people at any age of l...

Education enables upward socioeconomic mobility and is a key to escaping poverty. Over the past decade, major progress was made towards increasing access to education and school enrollment rates at all levels, particularly for girls. Nevertheless, about 260 million children were still out of school in 2018 — nearly one fifth of the global population in that age group. And more than half of all children and adolescents worldwide are not meeting minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, a majority of countries announced the temporary closure of schools, impacting more than 91 per cent of students worldwide. By April 2020, close to 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school. And nearly 369 million children who rely on school meals needed to look to other sources for daily nutrition. Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time, disrupting learning and upending lives, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. The global pandemic has far-reaching consequences that may jeopardize hard won gains made in improving global education. • 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes • 4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary educa...

December 2022 - You are accessing an archived version of our website. This website is no longer maintained or updated. The Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform has been migrated here: Progress in every area of sustainable energy falls short of what is needed to achieve energy access for all and to meet targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Meaningful improvements will require higher levels of financing and bolder policy commitments, together with the willingness of countries to embrace new technologies on a much wider scale. • Globally, 85.3 per cent of the population had access to electricity in 2014, an increase of only 0.3 percentage points since 2012. That means that 1.06 billion people, predominantly rural dwellers, still function without electricity. Half of those people live in sub-Saharan Africa. • Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking climbed to 57.4 per cent in 2014, up slightly from 56.5 per cent in 2012. More than 3 billion people, the majority of them in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, are still cooking without clean fuels and more efficient technologies. • The share of renewable energy in final energy consumption grew modestly from 2012 to 2014, from 17.9 per cent to 18.3 per cent. Most of the increase was from renewable electricity from water, solar and wind power. Solar and wind power still make up a relatively minor share of energy consumption, despite their rapid growth in recent years. The challenge is to increase the share ...

December 2022 - You are accessing an archived version of our website. This website is no longer maintained or updated. The Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform has been migrated here: Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 18. The increasingly adverse impacts of climate change (including ocean acidification), overfishing and marine pollution are jeopardizing recent gains in protecting portions of the world’s oceans. • Global trends point to continued deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution and eutrophication (excessive nutrients in water, frequently a result of run-off from land, which causes dense plant growth and the death of animal life from lack of oxygen). Of the 63 large marine ecosystems evaluated under the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme, 16 per cent of the ecosystems are in the “high” or “highest” risk categories for coastal eutrophication. They are located mainly in Western Europe, Southern and Eastern Asia, and the Gulf of Mexico. • Ocean acidification is closely linked to shifts in the carbonate chemistry of the waters, which can lead to a significant weakening of the shells and skeletons of many marine species (such as reef-building corals and shelled molluscs). • Studies of marine acidity at open ocean and coastal sites around the world have indicated that current levels are often outside preindustrial bounds. • Overfishing reduces food production, impairs the function...

• 74% of adults globally are aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) • Great Britain and Japan rank lowest in terms of familiarity, with 51% having never heard of them; 50% of respondents in the United States have never heard of the SDGs; in comparison, 92% of respondents in Turkey have heard of them • The top-ranked SDGs are those related to humanitarian human needs, including zero hunger, clean water and good health • Learn more In terms of familiarity, however, a large gap exists between the 28 countries. In Turkey, for example, 92% of respondents have heard of the SDGs, with 56% either very familiar or somewhat familiar. Likewise in China, 90% have heard of the SDGs, including 52% who were either very or somewhat familiar. By contrast, Great Britain and Japan ranked as the two countries that are least familiar, with 51% of respondents having never heard of them. These two countries were closely followed by the United States, home of the UN, where 50% have never heard of them. "We are living in a time when governments and businesses that understand the need to deliver the sustainable development goals are searching for the very same thing as many activists: a social, or multistakeholder movement capable of making systems change happen. None of them can do it alone. What we need is a worldwide movement for change, on the street, across the boardrooms or in cabinets,” said Dominic Waughray, Managing Director, Head of the Centre for Global Public G...

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Currently, the world is facing a global health crisis unlike any other — COVID-19 is spreading human suffering, destabilizing the global economy and upending the lives of billions of people around the globe. Before the pandemic, major progress was made in improving the health of millions of people. Significant strides were made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. But more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues. By focusing on providing more efficient funding of health systems, improved sanitation and hygiene, and increased access to physicians, significant progress can be made in helping to save the lives of millions. Health emergencies such as COVID-19 pose a global risk and have shown the critical need for preparedness. The United Nations Development Programme highlighted huge disparities in countries’ abilities to cope with and recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic provides a watershed moment for health emergency preparedness and for investment in critical 21st century public services. • 3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. • 3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to r...