11—SDGs

Question 1

What are the MDGs’ limits?

Answer 1

They did not recognize the multidimensional nature of poverty

Question 2

What are the SDGs?

Answer 2

The UN developed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, following the 2000 Millenium Development Goals. They are a set of 169 targets, organised into 17 principles. They are joint global goals, providing guidelines for state and non-statal actors

Question 3

SDGs vs MDGs

Answer 3

SDGs

1-6: resume MDGs
7-12: regulate new areas
13-15: “Green agenda”
16: governance
17: means of implementation

Question 4

How is a verifiable target defined?

Answer 4

A verifiable target has:

1. a numerical outcome
2. a specific deadline
3. conceptual clarity

💡 Only the SDG 13 n.4 possesses the characteristics of a verifiable target

Question 5

Are further revisions of the SDGs scheduled?

Answer 5

SDGs include periodical follow-ups and reviews, overseen by the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HPLF)

Question 6

SDGs’ limits

Answer 6

1. Vague Goals
2. Collective Action Problem
3. Trade-offs between goals
4. Lack of accountability for countries and non-state actors
5. Financial constraints (many countries lack the capital needed to make the necessary investments)
6. Capacity building (Successful implementation demands skills, tools and education to carry out tasks to achieve goals. This is often not possible due to various reasons including location, finance, and trained personnel.)
7. Technology and data to assess and monitor SDG progress are not available yet
8. Cultural limits (People are not open to new ideas.)

Question 7

Enlists the SDGs

Answer 7

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. 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. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development