The Sustainable Development Goals

Question 1

What preceded the 17 SDGs?

Answer 1

The 8 Millenium goals.
Put in place in 2000 and aimed to be achieved by 2015.

Question 2

What is the purpose of these goals in tackling environmental and social issues?

Answer 2

The goals aim to:
- end poverty
- fight injustice and inequality
- tackle climate change

In other words, they aim to tackle all three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental and social.

Question 3

How do we get funding for the SDGs?

Answer 3

• Governments
• Non-profit organisations
• Private business sector

Question 4

Are the SDGs going to be achieved in time?

Answer 4

• While much progress has been made in reducing the development gap, the SDGs are not being accomplished at the speed to meet the 2030 deadline
• There has also been a world rise in world hunger due to epidemics etc (see my presentation)