You have the power to tackle climate change.

Small changes can make a big difference if we all

work together. The United Nations has identified key actions that you can take in your daily life
and record here.
1. DRIVE LESS
The transport sector is the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The
main drivers of this growth are light- duty vehicles such as individual cars. Transport
accounts for about 64% of global oil consumption, 27% of all energy use, and 23% of the
world’s energy- related CO2 emissions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
time_continue=14&v=VSbsvPmyHJc&feature=emb_title

2. LOCAL PRODUCE
Buy local and seasonal produce. They taste better and are environmentally friendly.
Supporting local businesses helps prevent trucks from driving long distances.
https://youtu.be/VcL3BQeteCc

3. BRING YOUR OWN BAG

Up to 5 trillion single- use plastic bags are used every year. Besides polluting the ocean
and environment, plastic bags can increase the transmission of diseases like malaria by
clogging sewers.
https://youtu.be/ju_2NuK5O-E

4. UNPLUG
The less energy that is used, the less needs to be produced. Although there are climate
friendly energy sources, change needs to come from the end- users – residents,
businesses, industries – who must control their consumption.
https://youtu.be/kh5KzBQBGcE
5. RECYCLE
Most plastics, about 80% never fully decompose; they just get smaller until they are
ingested by fish and animals. Recycling paper, plastic, glass and aluminum leads to
substantial resource savings and helps keep landfills from growing.
https://youtu.be/Mdl_fbb29Vk
6. LIGHTS OFF
When you switch your lights off, even for a few seconds, it saves more energy than it
takes for the light to start up, regardless of the bulb type. From now on, always turn the
lights off in rooms that aren’t being used. rooms
7. REFILL AND REUSE
1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute and then discarded, adding to over
300 million tons of plastic waste a year that pollutes our environment.
https://youtu.be/psKpRLNuaDw

17 Goals to Transform Our World

The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-
income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty
must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social
needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate
change and environmental protection.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the
planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. Today, progress is being
made in many places, but, overall, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or
scale required. 2020 needs to usher in a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals by 2030.
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable
future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty,
inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all
interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by
2030.
1. NO POVERTY https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/poverty/

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

More than 700 million people, or 10% of the world population, still live in extreme
poverty and is struggling to fulfil the most basic needs like health, education, and access
to water and sanitation, to name a few.
Poverty has many dimensions, but its causes include unemployment, social exclusion,
and high vulnerability of certain populations to disasters, diseases and other phenomena
which prevent them from being productive.

Facts and Figures:

 More than 700 million people, or 10% of the world population, still live in extreme
poverty. Surviving on less than US$1.90 a day.
 Having a job does not guarantee a decent living. In fact, 8 per cent of employed workers
and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2018.
 Globally, there are 122 women aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty for every 100
men of the same age group.
 The majority of people living on less than $1.90 a day live in sub-Saharan Africa.
 High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries.
 Poverty affects children disproportionately. One out of five children live in extreme
poverty.
 As of 2018, 55% of the world’s population have no access to social protection.
 In 2018, only 41% of women giving birth received maternity cash benefits.

Goal 1 target:

1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people
living on less than $1.25 a day

1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living
in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.

1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including
floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have
equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control
over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology
and financial services, including microfinance

1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their
exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and
environmental shocks and disasters

1.A Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through

enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for
developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and
policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

1.B Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on
pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in
poverty eradication actions

2. Goal 2: Zero Hunger

 It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right, agriculture,
forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all and generate decent incomes,
while supporting people-centered rural development and protecting the environment.
Right now, our soils, freshwater, oceans, forests and biodiversity are being rapidly
degraded. Climate change is putting even more pressure on the resources we depend on,
increasing risks associated with disasters, such as droughts and floods. Many rural
women and men can no longer make ends meet on their land, forcing them to migrate to
cities in search of opportunities. Poor food security is also causing millions of children to
be stunted, or too short for the ages, due to severe malnutrition.

Facts and Figures:

Hunger

 An estimated 821 million people were undernourished in 2017.

 The majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 per cent of the
population is undernourished.
 Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest prevalence of hunger, with the rate
increasing from 20.7 per cent in 2014 to 23.2 per cent in 2017.
As of 2015, most of the global poor live in sub- Suharan Africa.

 In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of undernourished people increased from 195 million in 2014 to
237 million in 2017.
 Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45 per cent) of deaths in children under five – 3.1 million children
each year.
 149 million children under 5 years of age—22 per cent of the global under-5 population—were still
chronically undernourished in 2018.

Goal 2 target:

2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable
situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.

2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on
stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls,
pregnant and lactating women and older persons.

2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular
women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access
to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for
value addition and non-farm employment.

2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that
increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to
climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land
and soil quality.

2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals
and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the
national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.

2.A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure,
agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in
order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed
countries.
2.B Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets, including through the
parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect,
in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round.

2.C Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and
facilitate timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food
price volatility.

3.

For quality education - the legal framework for institutionalizing the Alternative Learning
System has been set. The Department of Education, working with the private sector, has
been reaching out to what we call the last mile, which includes out-of-school youth and
other vulnerable groups, to deliver education services.

To reduce inequality - the Conditional Cash Transfer provides targeted interventions to

disadvantaged families. Responding to Republic Act 10524 which reserves employment
for persons with disability, companies such as Lamoiyan Corporation employ
handicapped people who comprise a significant proportion of their personnel. To offset
regional disparities, the Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities provides a support
fund for poorer local governments to build access roads and water system projects,
among others.

For climate action - the Climate Risk Management Framework provides risk information
to enhance adaptive capacity. Project NOAH exemplifies the partnership between the
academe and government in providing timely weather information for disaster
preparedness. A ban on single-use plastics is already implemented in a number of cities
and municipalities. A Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan is now being
formulated to provide a coherent framework for climate action.

For peace, justice, and strong institutions – A major milestone is the ratification of the
Bangsamoro Organic Law, which was a result of cumulative initiatives, including those
by the international community, to address a long-standing conflict in southern
Philippines. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/philippines

https://youtu.be/qjWyOnp4LCs - PDP 2017 TO 2022

Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022

The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 is the first medium-term plan to be

anchored on the 0-10 point Socioeconomic Agenda and is geared towards the AmBisyon
Natin 2040 which articulates the Filipino people’s collective vision of a MATATAG,
MAGINHAWA, AT PANATAG NA BUHAY PARA SA LAHAT. It also takes into
account the country’s international commitments such as the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals.