The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

what are the sdgs in 2015 world leaders from 193 countries agreed the sustainable development goals or sdgs the world's new action plan for the next 15 years to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger fight inequality tackle climate change and Achieve sustainable development for all the sdgs follow the Millennium development goals or mdgs agreed in 2000 in a global coordinated attempt to tackle development issues as a result the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than half compared to 1990 more girls and boys go to Primary School than ever before and far more

people have access to water and essential medicines but progress of the mdgs has been mixed today over 800 100 million people still live in extreme poverty they are also most vulnerable to the increasing impacts from climate change and environmental degradation years of hardw progress fighting poverty could easily be wiped out by even small conflicts economic crises or natural disasters also subsaharan Africa and Southern Asia consistantly achieved less progress than other regions the mdgs measured success on National averages often missing what happened with marginalized groups like people with disabilities indigenous groups rural communities and women the

International Community recognized the new challenges and that human Prosperity must go handin hand with protecting the planet after a 3-year participatory process world leaders finally adopted 17 sustainable development goals so what are these goals for they are end poverty for all freedom from Hunger health and well-being quality of Education gender equality clean water and sanitation sustainable energy for all decent work and economic development Innovation and resilient infrastructure reducing inequalities sustainable cities and communities sustainable consumption and production action on climate change healthy oceans sustainable ecosystems peace and Justice Global Partnerships there are four underlying principles that

come with the sdgs and that are transformational in the way we work on development in the future firstly the sdgs are Universal they apply to every country rich and poor North and South de developed and developing they recognize that Global challenges like tackling climate change and changing models of development require Global Solutions domestic policies that look at these issues in one country will have an impact on other parts of the world so we need to coordinate secondly they integrate all dimensions of sustainability Economic Development social progress and Environmental Protection for example they tell to grow

enough food for all without destroying the soil or overusing water to develop our economies without increasing inequality or to produce enough electricity for all without pumping more CO2 into the atmosphere this is similar to what Pope Francis says in his encyclical we are faced not with two separate crises one environmental and the other social but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environment mental strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combating Poverty restoring dignity to the excluded and at the same time protecting [Music] nature the SGS tell us we should

leave no one behind governments have agreed no goal should be met unless it is met for everyone including those in society most vulnerable and hard hardest to reach so education must reach indigenous communities jobs created for women and men Quality Health Care available for all rural communities and water and sanitation facilities accessible for people living with disabilities tackling exclusion is the key to tackling inequality and finally the SGS require the participation of all the process to agree the SGS took years and included dialogues consultations with civil society groups the private sector and Academia and ended

with negotiations between all governments at the UN there's a strong sense of ownership of these goals the result is ambitious but it reflects what the world wants today the implementation of the sdgs requires ongoing participation at a national and local level all stakeholders have a role towards their successful achievement taken together with the Paris climate change agreement and the popes and cyclical AL C the SGS provide a new framework for approaching sustainable [Music] development