SDGs
Global development agenda
SDGs is the abbreviation for Sustainable Development Goals, seventeen global objectives adopted by the United Nations in 2015 to address poverty, inequality, climate change, and other challenges by 2030.
The goals range from ending hunger to achieving gender equality to protecting ocean ecosystems.
Progress on the SDGs has been uneven across regions.
Severe lack of resources
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- healthCondition of body, mind
- educationSystematic development of mind
- genderSocial identity category
water · sanitation · energy · inequality · cities · consumption · climate · marine
Capable of restoration
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
emissions · carbon-neutral · green · recycling · low-impact · zero-waste · decarbonization · resilience
Basic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- productivityOutput relative to input
technology · employment · livelihoods · skills · education · digitalization · investment · trade
Practice of welcoming all
- equalitySame status for all
- accessibilityEase of approach
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
Intended aims or marks
- indicatorsSigns that reveal status
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- reportingConveying documented information
- implementationPutting plans into effect
progress · benchmarks · milestones · tracking · assessment · evaluation · accountability · review
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- public-privateInvolving both government and business
NGOs · governments · private-sector · academia · multi-stakeholder · financing · solidarity
poverty
Severe lack of resources
gender · water · sanitation · energy · inequality · cities · consumption · climate · marine · terrestrial
renewable
Capable of restoration
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
climate · emissions · carbon-neutral · green · recycling · low-impact · zero-waste · decarbonization · resilience · regeneration
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
productivity · technology · employment · livelihoods · skills · education · digitalization · investment · trade · entrepreneurship
inclusivity
Practice of welcoming all
- equalitySame status for all
- accessibilityEase of approach
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
targets
Intended aims or marks
- indicatorsSigns that reveal status
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- reportingConveying documented information
implementation · progress · benchmarks · milestones · tracking · assessment · evaluation · accountability · review · follow-up
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
public-private · NGOs · governments · private-sector · academia · multi-stakeholder · financing · solidarity
Decline of natural surroundings
resource depletion · short-termism · Washington Consensus · resource exploitation · climate denial
SDGsunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
nationalism · isolationism · protectionism · America First · anti-globalization
sustainable, sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining, sustainability, development, develop, develops