Sustainable development goals

 1-The first goal focuses on eradicating poverty through some strategies, including strengthening social protection systems and building the resilience of the poor. The global poverty rate has more than halved since 2000, but still there is need to alleviate the suffering of the poor and build their resilience.

2-Through this second goal, countries commit to ending hunger and ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030 and to have enough good food for everyone to lead a healthy life. This goal can be achieved by providing support for sustainable agriculture and addressing the impacts of climate change.

3-Ensuring a healthy life and encouraging  everyone's well-being of is a necessary component of sustainable development the aim is to improve reproductive and maternal and child health; end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS,malaria, tuberculosis.

4-Quality education is essential to ensure a full and productive life for all individuals and to achieve sustainable development the aims is to ensure that all people have access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities.

5-The fifth goal is to take advantage of these achievements to ensure an end to discrimination against women and girls everywhere. There are still significant inequalities in the labour market in some areas, with women regularly denied equal access to jobs.

6-The sixth goal is to increase investments in infrastructure, provide sanitation facilities, and promote hygiene at all levels. The protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems in forests, mountains, wetlands and rivers is essential if water scarcity is to be alleviated. More international cooperation is also needed to encourage water efficiency and support treatment technologies in developing countries.

7-The seventh goal is to encourage clean energy to generate more than 20 per cent of global energy from renewable sources, however, one in five people remains without access to electricity, and as energy demand continues to rise, the need for renewable energy production worldwide continues to increase dramatically.

8-The eighth goal is to grow economic growth steadily and to increase levels of productivity and technological innovation. In this regard, promoting entrepreneurship and job creation and taking effective measures to eliminate forced labour, slavery and human trafficking are critical to achieving the overall goal of achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men by 2030.

9-Technological progress is also key to finding lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges, such as providing new jobs and promoting energy efficiency. Promoting sustainable industries, and investing in scientific research and innovation, are all important ways to facilitate sustainable development.

10-Income inequality has increased in nearly everywhere in recent decades, but at different speeds. It’s lowest in Europe and highest in the Middle East.

These widening disparities require sound policies to empower lower income earners, and promote economic inclusion of all regardless of sex, race or ethnicity.

11-Making cities sustainable means creating career and business opportunities, safe and affordable housing, and building resilient societies and economies. It involves investment in public transport, creating green public spaces, and improving urban planning and management in participatory and inclusive ways

12-he efficient management of our shared natural resources, and the way we dispose of toxic waste and pollutants, are important targets to achieve this goal. Encouraging industries, businesses and consumers to recycle and reduce waste is equally important, as is supporting developing countries to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption by 2030.

13-Supporting vulnerable regions will directly contribute not only to Goal 13 but also to the other SDGs. These actions must also go hand in hand with efforts to integrate disaster risk measures, sustainable natural resource management, and human security into national development strategies. It is still possible, with strong political will, increased investment, and using existing technology, to limit the increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, aiming at 1.5°C, but this requires urgent and ambitious collective action.

the 14th goal is about life below water, it aims to manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, as well as address the impacts of ocean acidification. Enhancing conservation and the sustainable use of ocean-based resources through international law will also help mitigate some of the challenges facing our oceans.

 

The 15th goal is about life on land. Since Human life depends on the earth as much as the ocean, the goal aims to take Urgent action to reduce the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity which are part of our common heritage and support global food and water security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and peace and security.

 

The 16th goal is about Peace, justice, and strong institutions, it aims to reduce all forms of violence, and work with governments and communities to end conflict and insecurity. Working with law and human rights are key to this process, as is reducing the illegal arms and strengthening the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance.

 

The 17th goal aims mainly to Strengthen the means of implementation, use all possible ways to spread the development plan worldwide, and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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