Sustainable

Development
Sustainable
--- able to be maintained at a certain rate or level

Sustainability
--- a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world)
Sustainable development
--- was described by the 1987 Bruntland Commission
Report as “development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.”

--- is the overarching or the encircling paradigm of

the United Nations.
 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by
all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a
universal call to action to end poverty, protect
the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace
and prosperity by 2030.
 SDGs are integrated that is, in which action in one area will
affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance
social, economic and environmental sustainability.

The pledge to Leave No One Behind, means that countries have

committed to fast-track progress for those furthest behind first.

SDGs are designed to bring the world to several life several

life-changing ‘zeros’, including zero poverty, hunger, AIDS and
discrimination against women and girls.
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Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and

equitable quality
education and promote
lifelong learning
opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality
and empower all
women and girls

Ensure availability and

sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all
 Ensure access to
Promote sustained,
affordable, reliable, inclusive and sustainable
sustainable and economic growth, full and
modern energy for all productive employment and
decent work for all
Build resilient
infrastructure, promote
inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster
Reduce inequality
innovation
within and among
countries
Make cities and human
settlements inclusive,
safe, resilient and
sustainable
Ensure sustainable
consumption and
production patterns
Take urgent action to
combat climate change
and its impacts*
Conserve and sustainably
use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for
sustainable development
 Protect, restore and promote Promote peaceful and
sustainable use of terrestrial inclusive societies for sustainable
ecosystems, sustainably manage development, provide access to
forests, combat desertification, justice for all and build effective,
and halt and reverse land accountable and inclusive
degradation and halt biodiversity institutions at all levels
loss
Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for
sustainable development
 UNDP is well-placed to help implement the
Goals through their work in some 170 countries
and territories.
-- focusing on systems, root causes and
connections between challenges—not just
thematic sectors
-- to build solutions that respond to people’s
daily realities.
 2030 Agenda seeks to strengthen the social, economic and
environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

The Implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires a more

holistic, coherent and integrated approach at the national,
regional and global levels.
 Policies to implement the 2030 Agenda need to:
-- address inter-linkages within the social sector, as well as between the
social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable
development.

-- existing institutions or institutional mechanisms that are working in the

field of social development will have to adjust or expand the scope of work
so as to accommodate the new mandates arising from the SDGs.
References:
https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-
development-goals/goal-3-good-health-and-well-being.html

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal10

https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development/what-is-esd/sd

https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html