Sustainable Development Goals

Communications Workshop31 May-2 June 2016

Lilongwe, MalawiMrs Asha Kannan,

Senior Economics AdvisorUNDP, Lesotho

Outline of the presentation•What are the Sustainable Development Goals?•Critical areas of the Sustainable Development Goals•Difference between SDGs and MDGs•Mainstreaming SDGs•Adapting SDGs to National and Local Contexts

What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

• At the UN Summit on 25th September 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the new sustainable development agenda “Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

• It officially came into effect upon expiry of the Millennium Development Goals on 1 January 2016, and will run through December 31, 2030.

• The 2030 Agenda sets forth “a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity” and seeks to strengthen universal peace amongst others.

• The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprise of 17 goals and 169 targets which are integrated and indivisible. ( The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) comprised of 8 goals and 21 targets).

Sustainable Development

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere • Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved

nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture • Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at

all ages • Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and

promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

SDGs contd…..• Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and

girls • Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of

water and sanitation for all • Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and

modern energy for all • Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic

growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

SDGs contd…..• Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and

sustainable industrialization and foster innovation• Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries • Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,

resilient and sustainable • Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production

patterns

SDGs contd…..• Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its

impacts* • Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine

resources for sustainable development • Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial

ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss • * Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.

SDGs contd…..• Goal 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 • Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and

revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Critical areas of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next 15 years in 5 areas of critical importance:○ People, as it is determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

○ Planet, to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.

○ Prosperity, to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

○ Peace, to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

○ Partnership, to mobilize the means required to implement this agenda through a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.

Pillars of SDGSocial, Economic and Environment

Diagram adapted from Adams, WM (2006).

SDGs….

• SDGs seeks to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what it did not achieve.• SDGs are “integrated and indivisible and balance the three

dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.” • SDGs are “universally applicable, taking into account different national

realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities.”

Contd……• Each government will also decide how these targets should be

incorporated in national planning processes, policies and strategies.” • The new agenda also envisages a world of universal respect for

human rights, equality and nondiscrimination.• The overriding message of the new agenda is “to leave no one

behind”.

Key Principles of the New Agenda Six principles of the new agenda affecting national plans, strategies, and policies.• national ownership• participatory and inclusive approach• universality• leaving no one behind• integrated approach• Human rights-based approach

Difference between SDGs and MDGs

• Wider scope, beyond predominantly ‘social’ goals of MDGs, incorporating more fully aspects of economic and environmental sustainability, aspiration for peaceful and inclusive societies.

• More ambitious agenda, to eliminate rather than reduce poverty, with more demanding targets on health, education, gender equality.

• Universal agenda, applying to all countries and all people, with explicit recognition that international collective action is required.

Translating global agenda into national goals – Steps for Mainstreaming SDGs• Building Awareness • Applying Multi-stakeholder Approaches for SDG Integration • Tailoring SDGs to National, Sub-national and Local Contexts • Creating Horizontal/vertical Policy Coherence• Budgeting for the Future ( Means of Implementation)• Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability • Assessing Risk and Fostering Adaptability

Means of Implementation and Follow-up• For Implementing the SDGs focus is placed on - multi-stakeholder approaches and the inclusion of new partners such

as national parliaments, regional and local authorities, academia and volunteer groups besides bringing together Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors; - mobilizing all available resources: domestic public resources,

domestic and international private business and finance and international development cooperation;- Follow-up and review: data and monitoring

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