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Things you should consider while reviewing the reading materials.
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The aim is for you to familiarise yourself with the diversity of environmental, social and economic issues integrated into the SDGs; and to identify within those the issues you are personally most passionate about tackling.
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<aside> 🗺️ A brief introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) is a global framework for communicating about and coordinating action on the most broadest and deepest challenges humanity faces.
17 Goals, 169 Targets, 5424 Actions, 1 Framework
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.
They recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
They are the destination, not the solution. The 17 goals are a framework to help you make decisions based on the local context and problem — which are different for every person, company, community, country — and there is no single right or easy answer for how to get there.
17 Global Goals?! That seems like a lot. And why are they important? How are they all interconnected? How can I use them to understand and work towards a sustainable future?
Please watch the short (6 min) video below for an explanation of the UN SDGs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfOgdj4Okdw
For this program you do not need to know any of the detailed targets or indicators. We would strongly encourage you however, to familiarise yourself with the broad narrative of the 17 goals to help you consider where your personal passions and professional interests intersect with the SDGs.
For a brief description of each SDG, you can visit the UN Sustainable Development Goals Website and hover over each goal (and you can click on the goal to open further information about it).
On visual representation of the interconnected social, environmental and economic dimensions represented by the UN Sustainable Development Goal.
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<aside> 🗺️ Valuable Resources
<aside> 💡 These are valuable resources to return to later when you start researching your local community!
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On this website you can select a specific country or goal to visually see progress on an SDG and its targets. Also available are country profiles tracking progress and trends on achieving the goals for each of the 193 UN Member States.
The SDG Tracker presents data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data webpage, using official statistics from the UN and other international organisations. Select a specific SDG to view global progress towards that goal through interactive maps and data sets. (You can also use the broader datasets available on this webpage for further research on your Challenge Context!)
The following page provides additional resources (case studies, interactive maps, videos, etc) for each of the 17 SDGs. You are NOT REQUIRED to review any of them, however you may find them interesting and/or helpful when researching your local (exchange) community – or simply for strengthening your overall knowledge on global sustainability!
<aside> 🌐 Additional Resources
THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development
Home | Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities - Tommy Wiedmann
Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate Action - Ben Newell
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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