Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs
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The United Nations General Assembly has proposed a group of 17 goals so called Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to be achieved by 2030- “Transforming Our World the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
The documentary screened at the Rio+20 conference (2012) – “Future We Want” presented the idea of a post-2015 development agenda. SDGs) are an intergovernmental agreement formulated to act as post-2015 Development agenda, its predecessor being Millennium Development Goals.
The 17 goals under the SDGs are as mentioned below:
1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all stages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Built resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequalities within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern
13. Take urgent actions to combat climate change and its impact
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managed forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
It’s an opportune time to redirect our thoughts whether Fiji, our beloved nation is moving in the right directions to achieve those SDGs appropriately; “Transforming our Fiji”