SDGS U4A2 Flashcards
Rational SDG
- A new set of goals were needed after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs: 2000- 2015) finished.
- Progress in all areas was very uneven. Hence, not every goal was achieved. The poor and the most disadvantaged groups were left behind in terms of progress, indicating work still needed to be done to ensure all people experience improvements in human development
- New global challenges had emerged including extreme conflict, widespread migration and environmental changes.
Objectives SDG
- End extreme poverty
- Address climate change
- Fight inequality and injustice
Key features of SDG 3
-Maternal and child H+W
-Communicable diseases
-Non-communicable diseases
5 areas of importance SDG
People
planet
prosperity
peace
partnership
people
To end poverty and hunger in all their forms and
dimensions,
- to ensure that all human beings can fulfill their potential with dignity and equality in a healthy environment
planet
To protect the planet from degradation through
sustainable consumption and production, management of natural resources and acting on climate change to support the needs to the present and future generations
prosperity
To ensure all people can enjoy successful and fulfilling lives that economic, social & technological progresses occurs in harmony with nature
peace
To foster peaceful, just and inconclusive societies that are free from fear and violence. It recognizes that there can be no sustainable development without peace
partnership
emphasizes the need to implement SDGs with a
global partnership
Backgrounds of SDGs
Who: United Nations (UN) member countries leaders and some other non government organisations aiming to make the world a better place
What: 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets were set
Where: Developed at the UN Summit- September 2015 in New York.
Why: to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
When: Began in 2016 and aiming to be achieved by 2030 (within next 15 years)
SD1 No poverty
- Eradicate extreme poverty
- Ensure equal rights to resources & services
- Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems
SDG 2 Zero hunger
- Adequate nutrition!
✓ ensure all people have access to adequate food
✓ end all forms of malnutrition - Sustainable agriculture!
✓ improve farm practices to increase yield and ensure sustainability
SDG 4 Quality education
“Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”
✓ Aim for all boys and girls to have equal access to high quality, free and equitable education
✓ Build and upgrade education facilities
✓ Increase the number of youths and adults who have the relevant technical and vocational skills required for employment
✓ Ensure all individuals have adequate literacy and numeracy skills
SDG 5 Gender Equality
“Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls.”
- ensure that all females have the same opportunities as males at all
levels of life
- end discrimination and violence towards women and girls
- ensure universal access to and reproductive health and reproductive rights
SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
- Achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
- Improve water quality by reducing pollution, elimination dumping and minimise release of hazardous chemical and materials, halving the proportion of untreated waste water and substantially increasing recycling and safe refuse globally
SDG 13 Climate action
“Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.”
- Strengthen resilience to climate-related natural disasters (e.g. floods, bushfires, droughts)
- Implement climate related practices into national policies and planning
- Improve education and awareness to mitigate climate change
The priorities of the WHO
- Achieving universal health coverage -1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
- Addressing health emergencies- 1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies
- Promoting healthier populations - 1 billion people enjoying better health and wellbeing
The work of the who
- Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing
- Conduct research and provide health and wellbeing information
- set norms and standards and promote and monitor their implementation
- develop policies to assist countries to take action to promote health and wellbeing
- Provide technical support and help build sustainable health systems
- monitor health and wellbeing and assess health and wellbeing trends
End extreme poverty
- Ending extreme poverty means people can access the resources required for a decent standard of living
- It will assist in achieving equity around the world since most poverty related deaths occur in low income countries
address climate change
- Climate change has the potential to destroy basic resources that all living things survive off.
- Contributes to food shortages and people can’t obtain enough food to live a long healthy life which contributes to premature death
- Contributes to extreme weather events, impacting people from working productively in low, middle-income countries to escape from poverty
- People can die from preventable diseases and not be able to access clean air, safe water, and adequate food due to climate change
Fighting inequality and injustice
- People around the world face persecution due to factors such as sex, religion and race, decreasing their ability to have a happy and healthy life
- Females do not have access to choice and freedoms such as education and employment, reducing their ability to participate fully in their community
