Global Sustainable Development Report, 2022 Flashcards
WHY IN NEWS?
Recently, UN SDSN has released the Sustainable Development Report 2022 where it has revealed that for the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs.
2022 REPORT
India was ranked 121 out of the 163 countries. It was ranked 117 in 2020 and 120 in 2021.
The report is published by a group of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
SDSN was launched in 2012 to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical problem solving for sustainable development and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The overall score measures the total progress towards achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The 2022 SDG Index is topped by Finland, followed by three Nordic countries –Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
East and South Asia is the region that progressed most on the SDGs since their adoption in 2015.
Bangladesh and Cambodia are the two countries that progressed most on the SDGs since 2015.
By contrast Venezuela has declined the most on the SDG Index since their adoption in 2015.
INSIGHTS ON WORLD’s SDG’s
Multiple and simultaneous health, climate, biodiversity, geopolitical and military crises are major setbacks for sustainable development globally.
The SDG Index world average has slightly decreased in 2021 for the second year in a row, largely due to the impact of the pandemic on SDG1 (No Poverty) and SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and poor performance on SDG11-15 (climate, biodiversity, and sustainable urban development goals).
Besides their massive humanitarian costs, military conflicts – including the war in Ukraine – have major international spill overs on food security and energy prices, which are amplified by the climate and biodiversity crises.
