ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT AND

CHANGE
NEW SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 NEW AGENDA
• End Poverty by 2030
• Universally promote shared economic
prosperity, social development and
environmental protection (SEE)
• 193 countries of UN
• Sustainable development Summit @ New York
• 17 new SDG
• Built on success of MDG
• 700 million people came out of poverty
 Millennium Development Goals
• MDG @ 2000 – 8 goals
• Issues –
1. Poverty
2. Hunger
3. Disease
4. Gender Inequality
5. Water and Sanitation  Target - 2015
 MDG FRAMEWORK REPORT
• Poverty --- 50%  14%
• Undernourished people – 23.3% to 13.9%
• Primary school net enrolment rate – 83% to 91%
• Literacy rate – 83% to 91%
• Women employment – 35% to 41%
• Parliamentary representation - Doubled
• Under 5 mortality rate - declined more than
50%
• Maternal Mortality Rate – declined by 45%

Progress – UNEVEN across countries

 UNEVEN - Gaps
• Gender Equality
• Gap between Poorest and Richest
• Poverty and Hunger
• Climate change & Environmental Degradation
• Conflicts
 Rio +20 Conference
• Member states agreed to launch SDG
• MDG lifted millions out of poverty
• New Goals – Global & Universally applicable
 CORE ELEMENTS
• Eradication of Poverty
• Integration of Economic, Social and
Environmental dimensions of sustainable
development
• 5 P’s – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and
Partnership
• 17 SDG & 169 Targets
• Tackle key systematic barriers
1. Inequality
2. Unsustainable consumption and production
patterns
3. Inadequate infrastructure
4. Lack of decent jobs
 ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION
• Oceans
• Marine resources
• Ecosystems
• Biodiversity
Implementation : Finance, technology and
capacity development
 CENTRAL ROLE
• High level political forum on Sustainable
development
• Follow up and Review

Technology Facilitation Mechanism –

collaboration between Member states
 ADDIS CONFERENCE
• Forum on science, technology and innovation
& online platform for collaboration
• Provided momentum for the negotiations on a
new binding climate change treaty @ Climate
Change conference in Paris
ISSUES OF DEVELOPMENT AND
CHANGE
NEW SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 BASICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
What is Sustainability?
• Basic questions of equity – social justice & better
quality of life
• Protect Natural Resources and Natural
Environment
• Peace and Harmony
• Fulfill social, economic and other requirements of
present and future
 Why has sustainability come about?
• Unintended social, environmental and
economic consequences of rapid population
growth, economic growth and consumption of
natural resources.
How are SDGs different from MDGs?
MDG – 15 targets, SDG – 169 targets

SDG – 1st time introduced country wise monitoring

mechanism

Rich countries provide money to developing countries

for achieving goals which was not there in MDGs
• Is India’s Development Model Sustainable?
Per Capita food & energy consumption <
Developed Nations
1/3rd population lives on basic minimum
facilities
Not equitable and sustainable
• How can India adopt Sustainable Development
Model?
 Inclusive growth policies
 Improve income levels of poor
 Social security schemes – performance
 Improve quality of education
 Protect Ecology
 Decentralised Power
 17 SDG
• End poverty E5 SCR HQ PG COT WI
• End hunger  food security, nutrition,
sustainable agriculture
• Healthy living
• Quality education
• Water management
• Energy
• Economic growth and employment
• Infrastructure & Industrialization
• Equality - Gender
• Safe human settlements
• Consumption and Production patterns
• Climate change
• Oceans, seas and marine resources
• Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Peaceful societies
• Global partnership for SD
• Reduced Inequalities