United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet

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“Environmental law ensures that collective action in relation to environmental problems is authoritative and consistent with the rule of law and other principles of legitimate action.” – Elizabeth Fisher, Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction

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The MDGs expire this year and the SDGs begin. But what are the SDGs all about?

The UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals are an urgent call for action by all countries, developing and developed, in a global partnership.

Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2030. Health has a central place in SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, underpinned by 13 targets that cover a wide spectrum of WHO’s work. Almost all of the other 16 goals are directly related to health or will contribute to health indirectly. The new agenda, which builds on the Millennium Development Goals, aims to be relevant to all countries and focuses on improving equity to meet the needs of women, children and the poorest, most disadvantaged people.

The SDGs are the frame of reference for global sustainable development

Abstract. ‘Convention’ explores the role of conventions in games and society. Conventions may be entirely arbitrary, but are extremely important in society

‘Today’s world is complex and unreliable. Tomorrow is expected to be more so.’ - Jennifer M. Gidley, The Future: A Very Short Introduction From the