SDGs Flashcards
Sustainable Development Goals
- Global sustainability goals, which are to be reached by 2030
- 15 years to transform the world
*A world without hunger
without environmental pollution
without poverty
without war
Objective: Produce a set of universal goals that meet urgent social, economic and environmental challenges
- Global goals, which are to be reached by 2030
- Launched in 2015
- Clustered into 17 goals –> based on MDGs
- Officially Adopted by 193 Countries
*Result of a 3 year stakeholder process - Overall 300 issues were determined
- They are all interconnected and therefore indivisible
- SDGs are universal: goals and targets apply to all countries
- SDGs require policy coherence and government wide approaches –> If a specific policy is developed, it has to be made sure, that it is in line with the SDGs goals and targets
- Designed for all sectors (application in business) large multinational companies were the first to sign on
- Enhance communication, because all use the same “terminology”
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
– agreed on in 2000 (UN Summit for Sustainable Development) by leaders from 189 nations
8 Goals –> 21 Targets –> 60 Indicators
MDG report 2015
- Millennium Development Goals Report 2015:
– Final assessment of global and regional progress
towards the MDGs
– Based on official statistics
– compiled by the Inter Agency and Expert Group (IAEG) on MDG indicators - Main findings
– Significant progress across all goals
– Examples : * Drinking water sources: 91% in 2015, 91%, 76% in 1990 - Poverty: 50% lived on less than $1.25 a day in
MDG report 2015: identified challenges (unsolved issues)
unsolved issues:
*…the progress has been uneven across regions/countries
Millions of people are being left behind, esp. the poorest and those disadvantaged because of their sex, age, disability, ethnicity, geographic location, e.g.
data:
* Large data gaps remain in several development areas:
→ Poor data quality (e.g. old/outdated and/or no disaggregated data)
Some critics related to MDGs
* Too narrow scope
* Some relevant aspects of SD are missing (e.g. many environmental impacts , education quality, human rights, economic growth, infrastructure
* Focus on global and national average
* Role of industrialized countries: performance is not measured
* Financing: money was given by the developing countries, without considering local resources
MDGs and SDGs
*Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
– agreed in Sept 2000 (UN Summit for Sustainable
Development) by leaders from 189 nations
– 8 goals
– 21 targets
– 60 indicators
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
– Agreed in 2015 (follow up of MDGs)
– 17 goals
– 169 targets
– > 200 indicators
Better understand the impacts: requires to look at all groups, also the minority ones
If we do not meet the needs of the most vulnerable, we failed
SDG 17 the heart of the SDGs
- Heart of the SDGs - Partnerships for achieving the SDGs
– SDGs can only be realized with strong global
partnerships and cooperation
– 19 targets
– Strengthening and streamlining cooperation
between nation state - Addresses financing, technology,
capacity building, trade, systematic issues (policy and
institutional coherence)
– Improve access to technology and knowledge
– Coordinating policies to help developing countries manage their debt
– Promoting investment
– Promoting international trade
SDG indicators classification
- Indicator selection process started taking into account 10 criteria (e.g. data availability , universality , science based
Categorization of the indicators in a public consultation process
* Tier I: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology/standards, data regularly produced by countries –> robust
* Tier II: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology/standards; data not regularly produced by countries –> harder to quantify
* Tier III: no established methodology/standards (work plans started in Nov 2016) –> even harder
- NOTE: All indicators are equally important; the tier system intends to assist developing implementation strategies & is continuously revised
Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022
- Yearly report
- Reviews progress in the 7 th year of SDGs
- Presents highlights of progress & remaining gaps based on the latest available data
SDG Report 2022 Key findings (1)
- before the Covid 19 outbreak progress was not on track to meet the SDGs by 2030
- Now with the pandemic the SDGs was disrupted abruptly and, in some cases, turned back
- Ukraine Crisis triggered food shortages for the World’s poorest people, set back
global economic recovery, and the global refugee figure hits a record high - Increasing poverty and economic decrease
- Women and children were especially affected by the pandemic
- Access to drinking water and sanitation remains insufficient
- Systematic shifts to combat climate change are needed
- The pandemic is enforcing existing data gaps
- Strengthening multilateralism and global partnership are more important than ever
SDG dashboard for OECD countries
Determination of an overall SDG index for all countries
* Equal weight to all 17 goals
* Worst (0) and the best (100) outcomes
* Inclusion of 85 global indicators plus an additional 30
indicators for the OECD countries
SDG implementation: High Political Forum (HLPF)
- Established in 2012 as the main UN platform for follow up and review of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Goal: to keep sustainable development on high on
the political agenda
– To review the progress on (selected) SDGs
– Facilitate cooperation between different stakeholders
– Discuss relevant topics - Participants: Member States and leaders from civil society, business, UN System, specialized agencies, academia and other stakeholders
- Takes part every year
– Specific topics
– National reviews
– Open and closed sessions
HLPF
2022
- Took place at the UN under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from 5 7 th , 11 15 th , 18 th of July 2022 in New York
- Theme was “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
Voluntary national reviews
VNR countries submit comprehensive written reports &
provide main messages summarizing their key findings
- 2022: 9 countries in Europe, 7 in Asia Pacific, 7 in Latin Ameria, 21 in Africa –> only some countries (193 adopted SDGs)
Implementation at national level
- Implementation at national level
– Shaping policies (e.g. national strategy, local plans)
– Financing sustainable development –> SDGs will require at least US$1.5 trillion extra a year –>Conference on financing in Addis Ababa
– Establishing multi stakeholder expert groups - Measuring progress: Annual SDG report
–> Data collection at local level particularly important for the agenda that seeks to leave no one behind - Regional reports –> Some of Germanys federal states
already adapted their sustainability strategy accordingly, for example Brandenburg
SDG implementation : Who should be engaged ?
- National governments ministries , gov . representatives
– National strategy ( ies ) & monitoring framework - Local governments (e.g. local representatives , planning bodies
– Implementation & data collection; Connects gov. & citizen - Academia (e.g. universities , research centers )
R&D; Experts/advisory; Education - Civil society (e.g. NGOs, organizations movements )
Representing the needs of underrepresented & experience in delivering services - UN country teams
Technical expertise & data collectors - International financial institutions
Provide financial support & DDG needs assessments - Business
Represented in the SDG planning process, e.g. via ( i ) sustainable production processes, (ii) regenerative use of natural resources, (iii) improved social protection for labor, (iv) corporate social responsibility, initiatives, and (v) donations
Partnership with other stakeholders
