WAE &

SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
 Suspected Catastrophe - Urgent Need to Realize
Covid 19 has taught us many things that we would carry for centuries to come. It has shown us how fragile the
world is and how a microscopic virus has brought us all down on our knees begging for it to end.
It has also shown us strongly how mankind is the reason for all the contamination and pollution which we dread and
are already suffering.

Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles
in almost 80% of the people tested

“Our study is the first indication that we have polymer particles in our blood – ​it’s a breakthrough
result,” said Prof Dick Vethaak, an ecotoxicologist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time

We have learnt to live with an AQI index of 400 and above!

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 Suspected Catastrophe - Urgent Need to Realize
During the pandemic when we all were tucked inside our houses, the environment and nature too had a second to
breath and for the first time in years we could see a sky as clear as our childhood dreams. For the firsts time in
generations, the Himalayas were visible from Punjab.

Lions had reclaimed the roads and dolphins had returned across Italy

This itself is one of the biggest mark for us to realize how we have contaminated our own cities and are on the way
to make it a living hell for our immediate next generation including our own children.

• The next 8 -10 years are going to determine the quality of life for the next 100 years
• By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans then the fishes.
• The change is possible, the only issue is our will and efforts

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 Understanding The Sustainable Development Goals

• What is Sustainable Development: Sustainable development has been defined as development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• SDG Goals or Global goals provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now
and into the future. There are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action
by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

“ It always seems impossible until it’s done

- Nelson Mandela
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 Understanding The Sustainable Development Goals

• SDGs have been adopted by UN in 2015 with 17 Goals & 169 Targets and 230 indicators
• They have come into effect from 1.1.2016.
• The time period for SDGs is 2016-30.
• Several goals are to be achieved before 2030, and some of them even by 2020.
• Addressing three dimension of development; Social , Economic & Environmental
• Goals 1 to 6 address social development, Goals 7-11 Address Economic development and Goals 12 to 15 on
Environment issues.
• There is a Goal on Good Governance (Goal 16) and a Goal on Means of Implementation (Goal 17).
• India is signatory of the UN Resolution and committed to implementation of SDGs.

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 Vision - The Sustainable Development Goals

The new agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere.

It is a universal, integrated and transformative vision for a better world.
It is an agenda for people, to end poverty in all its forms.
An agenda for the planet, our common home.
An agenda for shared prosperity, peace and partnership.
It conveys the urgency of climate action.
It is rooted in gender equality and respect for the rights of all.
Above all, it pledges to leave no one behind.
BAN Ki-Moon
Ex-Secretary-General, United Nations 7
 The Sustainable Development Goals - 2030 Agenda (5Ps)

The Global Goal's agenda is an aspirational plan of action for the “five Ps”
that shifts the world onto a sustainable and resilient path for global
development.

• Implementation Period : January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2030

• 17 Goals, 169 Targets and 230 indicators

• No one Leaves Behind – Addressing the needs of all classes

• Universal – Implementation across the Globe

• Five P’s – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership

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 Social SDGs

Economic SDGs

Environment SDGs Means of Implementation

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 SDG - Agenda Builds on Millennium Development Goals
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development builds on the Millennium Development Goals but SDGs are different

(1) Process
• 3 year long transparent participatory
process
• Informed by global summits and (2) Structure
agreements
• Broader than the MDG
• Member States Open Working Group
results framework
(OWG) charged with proposing a set of
Sustainable Development Goals that • In addition to goals and
culminated to “Transforming our world: targets, 2030 Agenda spells
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable a vision with principles, an
Development” implementation strategy,
and a review framework.

(3) Scope
• Broad in scope. Address the interconnected elements of
sustainable development.
• Includes focus on Peace and Planet. MDGs focused
primarily on the social agenda.
• SDGs are universal and apply to all countries, whereas
the MDGs were intended for action in developing
10 countries only.
 Targets to be achieved by - 2020
SDGs and related target
3.6 Halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
(No Progress)
6.6 Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests,
wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes.

8.6 Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education

or training.
14.4 Effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices.
15 Conservation and sustainable management related to terrestrial ecosystem,
natural habitats and water ecosystem (15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.8) and
integrating biodiversity values into the planning process (15.9).

No progress or moving away from the target Progress has been made, but is insufficient to meet the target

No data or data are insufficient to assess progress Target is achieved or on track to being achieved

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Report status as per the data available in May 2020: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/progress-summary-for-SDG-targets/
 Why India could make or break the success of SDGs

India Accounts to global burden

1. Area – seventh largest country in the world
2. Population – Second-most populous country (1.4 billion)
3. Population living Below Poverty Line (nearly a third of world)
4. Chronic Malnutrition's (one third)

5. Child Marriage (one third)

6. Open Defecation (more 50 per cent)

7. Maternal Deaths (15%)

8. Child Deaths (20%)

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India
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SDG 6

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 TARGETS INDICATORS
6.1 By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

6.2 By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open 6.2.1 Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a
defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable hand-washing facility with soap and water
situations

6.3 By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing 6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater safely treated
release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and 6.3.2 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally

6.4 By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable 6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time
withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the 6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available
number of people suffering from water scarcity freshwater resources

6.5 By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through 6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
transboundary cooperation as appropriate 6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for
water cooperation

6.6 By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, 6.6.1 Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

6.a By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing 6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is
countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, part of a government-coordinated spending plan
desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies

6.b Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and 6.b.1 Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational
sanitation management policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation
management
 SDG Inter-linkages

With SDG 6, governments have committed to achieving Clean water and

Sanitation. Clean water and sanitation are critical ‘enablers’ to achieving
any other SDGs

✓ Good health and well being (SDG 3)

✓ Gender equality (SDG 4)
✓ Building sustainable cities and communities
✓ and sustainable consumption. Without safe and clean drinking water
achieving these and other goals can be difficult or even impossible.
Likewise, various SDGs can help or hinder the achievement of SDG 6

Understanding the interlinkages between SDG 6 and other SDGs can be a

complex task but is very important to understand. A number of tools
exist to map and analyze interlinkages between different SDG targets

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