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Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022

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    10Pointer
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    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    9th Jul, 2022

Context

Recently “Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2022” was released.

  • The report provides a global overview of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Key-Findings

  • Need of action to meet deadline: The report states that urgent action is needed to achieve the 2030 deadline of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Global issues affecting SGDs: According to the report, all 17 SDGs, set at the UN General Assembly in 2015, are in jeopardy due to the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in the number of conflicts across the world.
    • The pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have already led to lowering of global economic growth projections by 0.9 percentage point. 
    • It is harming in more ways-
      • Raising food and fuel prices
      • Hampering global supplies and trade
      • Roiling financial markets
  • Impacted areas: The “cascading and intersecting” issues impact the environment, food and nutrition, health, peace and security as well as education, according to a UN statement on the report.
  • Environment: Greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise 14 percent over a decade, antithetical to the Paris Agreement plan — a 2025 peak followed by a 43 percent decline by 2030 and Net 2050.
    • Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions shot up 6 percent, taking down gains due to COVID-19.
  • Economic shocks and poverty: Economic shocks due to the worldwide health emergency pushed 93 million into poverty in 2020 alone, undoing “more than four years” work at alleviating poverty.
  • Education and healthcare:It also affected the education and healthcare services for millions. 
    • Immunisation, for example, has dropped for the first time in a decade even as deaths from malaria and TB have risen.
  • Cascading effect:The report also flagged threats to food security and aids, rising unemployment (especially among women) and increases in child labour as well as child marriages. 
    • The burden was greater on least developed countries and vulnerable population groups.  
  • Undoing progress:The report details the reversal of years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, providing basic services, and much more.

What is sustainable development?

  • The United Nations defines sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. 
  • It includes “harmonising” three elements: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.

 Sustainable Development Goals

  • The United Nations Document “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
    • This agenda contains 17 goals and 169 targets. 
  • The agenda is built on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were adopted in 2000 and were to be achieved by 2015.
  • SDGs provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. 
     
  • They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

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