This September of 2017, it would be three years since the world embarked on the journey to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). World over countries are working towards achieving these ambitious SDGs, and within these 17 goals, considerable efforts have been undertaken by nations. However, mammoth efforts are still awaited to be ensured in many aspects of SDGs. On July 19, 2017, India presented its first voluntary national report on the implementation of SDGs at the United Nations. Currently, India ranks at 116 out of 157 nations on the global index that assesses performance of countries towards achieving the ambitious SDGs. In this article, Monika Paliwal talks about energy as the connecting thread among all SDGs and as essential for meeting the goals.
In this era of Anthropocene, we have the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are formulated as a plan of action for addressing people, planet, and prosperity. These 17 goals are wide spectrum that go beyond the millennium development goals (MDGs) and seek to strengthen universal peace and freedom.
On September 25, 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda.1 This new universal agenda comprises 17 SDGs and 169 targets. Prior to these were the aspirational MDGs. These were adopted at the UN Millennium Declaration of September 2000. Participating nations committed to a new global partnership in order to reduce extreme poverty and defined a series of time-bound targets. Following are the eight goals of MDGs that were worked towards a deadline of 2015. The goals were to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; to achieve universal primary education; to promote gender equality and empower women; to reduce child mortality; to improvematernal health; to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; to ensure environmental sustainability; and eighth goal is to develop a global partnership for development. However, by 2015 these goals were not uniformly achieved all over the world and there was huge disparity still left within countries and also across countries.
To continue this endeavour of sustainable development agenda, in 2015 the SDGs came into action to complete what MDGs could not accomplish. Thus, SDGs are built upon the achievements of the MDGs and are aimed at addressing their unfinished venture. SDGs endeavours towards linking the three dimensions of sustainable development in the realms of economic, social, and environmental sphere.
SDGs: At a Glance
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