SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT

• The world has been hearing of news about sea creatures dying because of plastic waste ingestion
• A whale was found dead in the Davao gulf in March 2019, with 88 pounds of plastic waste recovered from its body
• Reports of sea creatures dying from plastic ingestion are becoming a constant reminder about the extent of environmental degradation happening around the world
• These images transcend the borders of each state as the world begins to rethink development from the lens of sustainability
• Key findings from the Forum for the Future report

  • Plastic Pollution
  • The Climate Crisis and Migration
  • The Problem of Nationalism
  • The Growth of On-line Life
  • Changing Asian Consumerism
  • The Failing Biodiversity
• Stability


  Short term firmness in position, permanence and resistance to change
• Sustainability


  The long term capacities of a system to exist, not its short-term resistance to change
• States are motivated to develop within the lens of economic growth
• Economic growth


  The capacity of a system to increase its production or manufacturing of goods and/or services within a particular time frame
• Factors affecting how states construct development policies

  • Natural Resources
  • Human Resources
  • Socio-Political Conditions
  • Technological Development
• Sustainability (sustainable development)


  Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• The Bruntland Report was a response to environmental problems the world faced in the 1980s
• The Bruntland Report demonstrated how the global economy and the environment are intertwined
• The United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a "universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity"
• The 17 Sustainable Development Goals

  • No Poverty
  • Zero Hunger
  • Good Health and Well-Being
  • Quality Education
  • Gender Equality
  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • Reduced Inequalities
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Production and Consumption
  • Climate Action
  • Life Below Water
  • Life on Land
  • Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
  • Partnerships for the Goals
• In 2015, leaders from 193 countries came together to create the Sustainable Development Goals
• The SDGs aim to rid the world of poverty and hunger, and safeguard it from the worst effects of climate change by 2030
• In 2000, the world committed to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, and this goal was met
• However, more than 800 million people around the world still live on less than $1.25 a day
• Not just in some faraway place, but in their own cities and towns and villages
• They knew things did not have to be this way
• They knew we had enough food to feed the world, but that it was not getting shared
• They knew there were medicines for HIV and other diseases, but they cost a lot
• They knew that earthquakes and floods were inevitable, but that the high death tolls were not
• They also knew that billions of people worldwide shared their hope for a better future
• Leaders from these countries created a plan called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• The SDGs imagines a future just 15 years off that would be rid of poverty and hunger, and safe from the worst effects of climate change
• In 2000, the world committed to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by the year 2015 and we met this goal
• More than 800 million people around the world still live on less than $1.25 a day, that is about the equivalent of the entire population of Europe living in extreme poverty
• In the past 20 years, hunger has dropped by almost half
• Many countries that used to suffer from famine and hunger can now meet the nutritional needs of their most vulnerable people
• Nearly one (1) out of every nine (9) people on earth go to bed hungry every night
• In the 25 years before the SDGs, preventable child deaths dropped by more than half, and maternal mortality went down by almost as much
• 6 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, and AIDS is the leading cause of death for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa
• Poverty, armed conflict, and other emergencies keep many kids around the world out of school
• Kids from the poorest households are four times more likely to be out of school than those of the richest households
• Since 2000, the total enrolment rate in developing regions has reached 91% for primary education
• There are still gross inequalities in work and wages, lots of unpaid "women's work" such as child care and domestic work, and discrimination in public decision-making
• More girls are in school now compared to year 2000, and most regions have reached gender parity in primary education
• The percentage of women getting paid for their work is on the rise