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John Ronald Longasa
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WHAT IS
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT?
Sustainable development is an
organizing principle for meeting human
development goals while also
sustaining the ability of natural systems
to provide the natural resources and
ecosystem services on which the
economy and society depend.

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Sustainable development is a broad term to describe policies, projects and investments that
provide benefits today without sacrificing environmental, social and personal health in the
future. These policies are often described as green because they focus on limiting the impact of
development on the environment. However, the benefits of sustainable development are also
felt across a wide cross section of human health and well-being, including reductions in
pollution- and environment-related disease, improved health outcomes and decreased stress.
As the threats of climate change become increasingly important, win-win strategies for
mitigation, health improvement and cost savings offer a range of advantages for various
stakeholders. For example, greener health care operations can generate patient and worker
health benefits while also saving energy, mitigating climate risks and creating long-term cost
savings. The World Health Organization is committed to pursuing sustainable development in
all its work to help protect the people of tomorrow from the health growing health risks of
today.

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IMPACT
Many sustainable development strategies can offer significant wins for
health, climate and the environment, and the benefits can be seen
almost immediately. For example, many health and development goals
can be achieved simultaneously by tackling air pollution, which is
responsible for an estimated 7 million premature deaths annually.
Polluting emissions include powerful short-lived climate pollutants
(SLCPs)—particularly black carbon, ozone and methane—which are
very harmful to health but have only brief atmospheric lifetimes.
Transport policies and investments that favour clean public transport,
along with walking and cycling, can have a dramatic impact on air
quality. This can reduce multiple health risks at the same time,
including stroke, heart attack, lung disease and some cancers. They
can also reduce the estimated 1.25 million deaths annually from traffic
injury, while also improving access to health services, particularly in
densely populated areas.

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AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

WHO’s work is guided by the Sustainable

Development Goals, particularly Goal 3: “Ensure
healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all
ages.” The Goals inform projects and policies across
the Organization, including guidelines on housing,
urban development, transportation systems and
health care delivery.
The Urban Health Initiative (UHI) also focuses on
ways for cities to enable good health by catalyzing
effective action on urban air pollution and short-
lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—saving lives by
linking health, environment and sustainable
development. WHO also collaborates with the
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) on the
Breathe Life campaign, which aims to cut air
pollution and reduce the 7 million premature deaths
annually that it causes.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or
Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked
global goals designed to be a "shared blueprint for
peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now
and into the future". The SDGs were set up in 2015
by the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA)
and are intended to be achieved by 2030. They are
included in a UN-GA Resolution called the 2030
Agenda or what is colloquially known as Agenda
2030. The SDGs were developed in the Post-2015
Development Agenda as the future global
development framework to succeed the Millennium
Development Goals which were ended in 2015. The
SDGs emphasize the interconnected environmental,
social and economic aspects of sustainable
development, by putting sustainability at their
center.
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