Towards A More Equitable And Sustainable World - India's Efforts And The Imminent Challenges

Biba Jasmine, in this article, focuses on the three global goals, namely sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12), water and sanitation (SDG 6), and combating climate change (SDG 13) as the three most transformational challenges facing India.

- Biba Jasmine

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are ubiquitous in the manner that they encapsulate a commonly shared vision of development towards a safer, civilized economical space for all individuals to survive on the planet. The global goals illustrate the moral standards that no one and no state will be left behind, and everybody and every government would be seen as having a separate responsibility to raise their share in achieving a global vision. Therefore, in broad terms, all the goals are described as bringing both expectations and difficulties to all countries. All of the strategies and priorities involve important ideas and concerns for both developed and developing countries. Nevertheless, the specific strategies and objectives display different levels of risk and achievement for different countries, focusing on their current developmental stage and national circumstance. With different environmental challenges emerging, there is a need for a comprehensive strategy to concerns such as climate change, clear water, and air, employment, sustainable production and consumption and so on.

Redoubling Efforts to Achieve a Truly Universal and Transformative Agenda

By introducing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, leaders of the world have addressed to free humanity from inequality, secure a healthy planet for subsequent generations, and develop peaceful, inclusionary societies as a base to ensure respectful lives for all. At the heart of this mutual journey is a pledge to leave no one behind. The global goals also focus on lifting millions out from shackles of poverty, ensure food security, quality education within reach of all, provide clean water and air, progress towards sustainable energy, and greater investments for sustainable production and consumption among many others.