The Sustainable Development Goals (SL IB Economics)

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Steve Vorster

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Economics & Business Subject Lead

Defining Sustainable Development

  • Sustainable development is economic development that meets the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
  • In 2015 the United Nations Member States committed to a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future

    • This blueprint is called The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • Integral to the blueprint are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which recognise that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and generate economic growth – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests

    • The SDGs build on more than fifty years of work by countries and the United Nations

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals

  • The SDGs provide both a target for sustainable development and also a metric to measure and gauge the progress made
     

An Explanation of the 17 SDGs (Source: UN SDGs)


2030 Goal


Explanation

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  • End all forms of poverty by 2030, including absolute and relative poverty
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  • End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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  • Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
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  • Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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  • Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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  • Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
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  • Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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  • Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
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  • Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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  • Reduce inequality within and among countries
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  • Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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  • Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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  • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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  • Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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  • Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
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  • Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
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  • Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

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Steve Vorster

Author: Steve Vorster

Expertise: Economics & Business Subject Lead

Steve has taught A Level, GCSE, IGCSE Business and Economics - as well as IBDP Economics and Business Management. He is an IBDP Examiner and IGCSE textbook author. His students regularly achieve 90-100% in their final exams. Steve has been the Assistant Head of Sixth Form for a school in Devon, and Head of Economics at the world's largest International school in Singapore. He loves to create resources which speed up student learning and are easily accessible by all.