UN Sustainable Development Goals

May, 2016.

The challenges of the early 21st Century require a global response. But how to organize it?

One way is through the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Two important goals are Goal 13 (Climate Action, for obvious reasons) and Goal 16 (Peace, for without that implementation is more difficult; see the Global Peace Index.

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"Looking at the overall process of elaborating the goals, targets, and indicators, the progression reveals a downward trend: with some exceptions, the set of goals are more ambitious than the targets, and the targets are more ambitious the indicators."


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The Global 21st Century »The Global 21st Century
The Challenges We Face  »The Challenges We Face
Other Lists of Challenges »Other Lists of Challenges
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Do the SDGs address risk? »Do the SDGs address risk?
How will we fund the SDGs? »How will we fund the SDGs?
What's not in the SDGs? »What's not in the SDGs?
Indicators »Indicators
Biodiversity  »Biodiversity
Scorecards »Scorecards
Select Goals »Select Goals
The use of ICT »The use of ICT
A new beginning »A new beginning
Time for degrowth: ... (2016) »Time for degrowth: ... (2016)
The SDGs are not the best framework to use. »The SDGs are not the best framework to use.
Work on a global challenge not identified by the SDGs »Work on a global challenge not identified by the SDGs
Is there any room for growth? »Is there any room for growth?
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