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PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY
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Learning objectives
To understand the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
To appreciate the purpose of
the SDGs.
To consider the progress
that has been made towards
meeting the SDGs.
What progress has been made towards
the Sustainable Development Goals?
The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation of 193
countries. It was established in 1945, at the end of the Second World
War. It aims to bring nations together to prevent future conflict.
In 2015, all UN member countries agreed 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030 (see Poster A).
These SDGs call for action by all countries to end poverty, fight
inequality and injustice, and promote environmental sustainability.
The goals are not legally binding, but the UN monitors governments
to see if they are working towards the goals. The year 2023 was
just beyond the halfway point for the goals to be achieved. In this
lesson, you will consider what progress has been made.
A The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
A sustainable world is one where people
can escape poverty and enjoy decent work
without harming the Earth’s essential
ecosystems and resources; where
people can stay healthy and get the food
and water they need; where everyone
can access clean energy that doesn’t
contribute to climate change; where
women and girls are afforded [given] equal
rights and equal opportunities.
B Former UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon speaks in 2015
about the importance of the
Sustainable Development Goals
mina
C UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina
Mohammad commenting at the
e observance
of International Women’s Day att UN
gress
headquarters in 2023 about progress
towards the SDGs at the halfway point
Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards
the Sustainable Development Goals has faltered and even
gone into reverse on some important targets and goals.
Multiple interconnected, cascading crises are playing out on
a global stage that is divided and slow to respond. The wars
and the impacts of the triple planetary crisis of climate,
biodiversity loss and pollution are threatening food security
and water availability.
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