Sustainable development goals

Question 1

How many goals are there in the SDGs?

Answer 1

17

Question 2

When do the SDGs expire?

Answer 2

2030

Question 3

How are the SDGs backed up?

Answer 3

Through 169 targets

Question 4

How long did it take to negotiate the SDGs?

Answer 4

2 years

Question 5

Who negotiated the SDGs?

Answer 5

The United Nations

Question 6

How many nations agreed to the SDGs?

Answer 6

Nearly all of them

Question 7

When were the SDGs agreed?

Answer 7

25th September 2015

Question 8

What is new and different to the 17 SDGs?

Answer 8

Universality
Integration
Transformation

Question 9

What is meant by universality?

Answer 9

The Goals apply to every nation and every sector. Everyone is challenged to act

Question 10

What is meant by integration?

Answer 10

All of the Goals are inter-connected and this is recognised. Not only one goal can be achieved, they all have to be

Question 11

What is meant by transformation?

Answer 11

It is recognised that big, fundamental changes need to be made in terms of how we live on Earth

Question 12

Explain how the MDGs were different

Answer 12

They were mainly for developing countries
8 siloed goals
From the UN Secretariat
Means of implementation, monitoring and follow-up were not defined in advance

Question 13

Explain the key differences in the SDGs compared to the MDGs

Answer 13

They are universal- for all countries
17 goals, 169 targets which integrated 3 dimensions of SD
Negotiated by Member States with stronger country ownership
Means of implementation inter-governmentally negotiated, global architecture and monitoring system is being shaped

Question 14

How many people lived below the poverty line in 2013?

Answer 14

767 million

Question 15

What is the international poverty line?

Answer 15

$1.90 a day

Question 16

Is poverty rising or declining?

Answer 16

Declining

Question 17

Where has the post significant progress in terms of poverty been made?

Answer 17

In Eastern and South East Asia

Question 18

What is essential for preventing and reducing poverty?

Answer 18

Social protection systems

Building the resilience of the poor and strengthening disaster risk reduction

Question 19

In 2016, what percentage of people were effectively protected by a social protection system?

Answer 19

45%

Question 20

How does poverty affect people with disabilities?

Answer 20

Only 28% of people with severe disabilities collected disability benefits

Question 21

How many women receive maternity benefits?

Answer 21

41%

Question 22

How many unemployed people receive unemployment benefits?

Answer 22

22%

Question 23

What does Goal 2 recognise?

Answer 23

The inter-linkages among supporting sustainable agriculture, empowering small farmers, promoting gender quality, ending rural poverty, ensuring healthy lifestyles, tackling climate change and other issues

Question 24

Efforts to do what have advanced significantly since 2000?

Answer 24

Efforts to reduce hunger and malnourishment

Question 25

Where are most efforts to combat hunger focused?

Answer 25

Africa and Asia

Question 26

What is an issue with malnutrition in young children?

Answer 26

It can stunt their growth

Question 27

How can hunger be ended?

Answer 27

By using sustainable food production techniques and resilient agricultural practices

Question 28

What is Goal 3?

Answer 28

Well-being for all

Question 29

What is a major risk factor for infectious diseases?

Answer 29

A lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH)

Question 30

Where does WASH affect most people?

Answer 30

sub-Saharan Africa and Central/Southern Asia

Question 31

What is the maternal death target by 2030?

Answer 31

Less than 70 per 100,000 live births

Question 32

What is Goal 4?

Answer 32

Education

Question 33

Name a Millennium Goal that was not achieved

Answer 33

Universal primary eductaion

Question 34

How can Goal 4 be achieved?

Answer 34

Increasing efforts in vulnerable areas including people with disabilities, indigenous people, refugee children and poor children in rural areas

Question 35

What is Goal 5?

Answer 35

Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls

Question 36

How can Goal 5 be achieved?

Answer 36

Legal frameworks, to counter deeply rooted gender-based discrimination that often results from patriarchal attitudes and related social norms

Question 37

What is Goal 6?

Answer 37

Access to water and sanitation

Question 38

Where do people without access to water predominantly live?

Answer 38

In rural areas

Question 39

How many people globally are living in areas with water stress?

Answer 39

2 billion

Question 40

Which continents are experiencing the most water stress?

Answer 40

Northern Africa and Western Asia

Question 41

How can water stress be reduced?

Answer 41

By combating desertification and the effects of droughts and floods

Question 42

What is Goal 7?

Answer 42

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Question 43

What percentage of people have access to electricity?

Answer 43

85.3%

Question 44

How many people are without electricity?

Answer 44

1.1 billion people

Question 45

Where do the majority of people who live without electricity live?

Answer 45

In rural areas | Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 46

What causes indoor pollution?

Answer 46

Cooking without clean fuels and heating with unsustainable fuels

Question 47

What is the global challenge in terms of electricity?

Answer 47

Find ways to reconcile the necessity and demand for modern and sustainable energy services with its impact on the environment and the global natural resource base

Question 48

What is Goal 8?

Answer 48

Inclusive and sustainable economic growth

Question 49

What is Goal 9?

Answer 49

Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Question 50

What is Goal 10?

Answer 50

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Question 51

What is Goal 11?

Answer 51

Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Question 52

What is Goal 12?

Answer 52

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Question 53

What is Goal 13?

Answer 53

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Question 54

What is Goal 14?

Answer 54

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

Question 55

What are global trends towards coastal waters?

Answer 55

The continued deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution and eitrophication