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Gec 8
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Source: https://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en/
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Source: https://www.gavi.org/our-alliance/global-health-development/millennium-
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Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all.
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world
we want to live in.
GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern
energy for all.
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and
opportunity.
GOAL 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the
conditions that allow people to have quality jobs.
GOAL 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation.
Investments in infrastructure are crucial to achieving sustainable
development.
GOAL 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES
Reduce inequality within and among countries.
To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle,
paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and
marginalized populations.
GOAL 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable.
There needs to be a future in which cities provide opportunities
for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing,
transportation and more.
GOAL 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Responsible Production and Consumption.
GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone,
everywhere.
GOAL 14: LIFE BELOW WATER
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable development.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key
feature of a sustainable future.
GOAL 15: LIFE ON LAND
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Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat
desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt
biodiversity loss.
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and
reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
GOAL 16: PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development, provide access to justice for all and build
effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable
institutions at all levels.
GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIPS
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the
global partnership for sustainable development.
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Sources:
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
https://sdgs.un.org/goals
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o What does it take for the SDGs to be achieved?
Since all 17 goals are big challenges, it will require a lot of effort from
both the international community but also from the citizens of the
world.
Here are 5 recommendations from Ortwin Renn, Managing Scientific
Director at Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
Potsdam, as to how to achieve these goals:
Take it step-by-step.
Think regional, not global.
Work from bottom-up.
Strategically balance conflicting objectives.
Use stories to drive change.
In summary, it will take a lot of continuous efforts, funding and
perseverance for the SDGs to be achieved.
o How can I help the SDGs?
Goals such as fighting for equality, stop climate change and eradicate
extreme poverty can be overwhelming. It is easy to feel very small and
powerless when facing these 17 goals. But change starts with you and
with little actions that all of us can undertake every day.
On the individual level, you too can help achieve the SDGs. Here are,
from the UN’s Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World, just a few of
the examples you could partake in:
Turn off the lights when you don’t need them.
Speak up to your local governments to engage in new initiatives
that don’t harm the people or the planet.
Recycle.
Replace old appliances with energy-efficient models and light
bulbs.
Donate what you don’t use.
Use refillable water bottles and coffee cups.
Voice your support for equal pay for equal work.
Encourage your company to work with the civil society and find
ways to help local communities achieve their goals.
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