Q2. united nations sustainable development goals

Question 1

What happened between 2009-2018 and what is the highest threat to oceans?

Answer 1

life below water: Between 2009 -2018 the ocean lost 14 per cent of coral reef. Human activity is
endangering the planets largest ecosystem (ocean) due to plastic/marine pollution (over –
fishing) (United nations,2022)

Question 2

How many hectares of forest are destroyed every year and what is the cause of deforestation?

Answer 2

Goal 15: 10 million hectars of forest are destroyed every year, almost 90% of global
deforestation is due to agriculture expansion (united nations, 2022)

Question 3

What number of species is being at risk due to extinction and the number of forests being destroyed?

Answer 3

Goal 15: Life on land: Human activities have lead to 40,000 species becoming at risk of extinction/ 10
million hectars of forest are being destroyed each year (united nations, 2022)

Question 4

Why are sustainable development goals put in place?

Answer 4

The sustainable development goals are to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and
prosperity (Vorisek, Yu, 2020)

Question 5

In what year was the sustainable development goals put in place and how many goals in total?

Answer 5

In 2015, all the countries of the UN general assembly made a commitment to promote
sustainability in the agenda 2030 by introducing a worldwide concept of 17 goals (Grochova and
Litzman, 2021)

Question 6

How is land use represented by five categories?

Answer 6

Human systems are connected to natural systems. Ifs represents; production, trade and use of
multiple energy forms. Land use is represented across five categories; crop, mean and fish
production are tied to both households and industry. (Moyer and Hedden, 2020)

Question 7

How is carbon stocks produced within the atmosphere that cause an impact on temperature and precipitation levels?

Answer 7

Carbon stocks in the atmosphere, interacting with ocean and forest sinks, are driven by
changing patterns of fossil fuel consumption and then impact temperature and precipitation
change at national levels (Moyer and Hedden, 2020)

Question 8

What are the five main drivers of biodiversity loss? (United Nations)

Answer 8

Biodiversity loss is caused by five main direct drivers: land and sea use change, climate change,
direct exploitation, invasive alien species and pollution (UN, 2022)