Lesson 7

Question 1

How many member states agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Answer 1

193

Question 2

What are the 17 SDGs?

Answer 2

1 - no poverty
2 - zero hunger
3 - good health and well-being
4 - quality education
5 - gender quality
6 - clean water and sanitation
7 - affordable and clean energy
8 - decent work and economic growth
9 - industry, innovation and infrastructure
10 - reduced inequalities
11 - sustainable cities and communities
12 - responsible consumption and production
13 - climate action
14 - life below water
15 - life on land
16 - peace, justice and strong institutions
17 - partnership for the goals

Question 3

What are the most relevant SDGs to land-based and animal care industries?

Answer 3

2 - zero hunger
3 - good health and wellbeing
12 - responsible consumption and production
14 - life below water
15 - life on land

Question 4

What does agenda 2030 outline?

Answer 4

the government’s approach to delivering the global goals at home and around the world.

Question 5

The zero hunger goal focuses on ending food poverty including what?

Answer 5

• famine due to war
• high food prices
• natural disasters
• extreme climate
• lack of humanitarian access.

Question 6

What does the good health and wellbeing SDG focus on?

Answer 6

investing in preventing, and reacting to, global health crises and in particular leading globally by promoting, protecting and supporting sexual and reproductive health.

Question 7

What does the good health and wellbeing SDG aim to create?

Answer 7

the safest and highest quality healthcare services by supporting research and innovation, ensuring mental healthcare and treatment and publishing annual personal wellbeing indicators.

Question 8

What are 3 examples of responsible consumption and production?

Answer 8

• Forestry: long-term harvesting plans and quotas of certain timbers to prevent depletion of resources, market price crashes and loss of habitat.
• Floristry: use of flowers and material that will last more than a couple of days, or not overproducing flower crops to avoid waste.
• Land-based machinery: material and work that are not short-term solutions; choice of correct materials and machinery for the appropriate task.

Question 9

What aims does the Agenda 2030 set out for the UK involving life below water?

Answer 9

• Working internationally to manage ocean change sustainably and provide modern, accurate marine data. Developing the skills needed to manage and protect critical marine ecosystems.
• Developing and encouraging sustainable fishing regulations, reducing water contamination and protecting healthy UK marine biodiversity

Question 10

What aims does the Agenda 2030 set out for the UK involving life on land?

Answer 10

• Promoting effective use of natural resources and the environment through development programmes.
• Promoting conservation and sustainable management of UK habitats, including forests and woodlands, and protecting important sites, such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). This includes the preservation of genetic material (eg the Millennium Seed Bank at Kew Gardens).