Showing posts with label UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IDEAS - The Social Ripples

 The United Nations has given the world a new dream of an inclusive society. It has created various goals and objectives that will change the current situation of the society. Its focus is on bringing sustainable development in the world by 2030. For that, it has created 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) that have given a direction towards a better and sustainable society. Sustainable means anything that remains forever or long-lasting. UN's sustainable development goals refer to a long-lasting sustainable along with a happy society. UN has created these sustainable goals that work over 17 different areas. The United Nations recognized the need for development in the world. Hence, the UN has created these sustainable development goals.

The United Nations concerns about the growing chronic environment situation and its ill-effects in society. Hence, it brings together the proposals and ideas in these regards so that other nations could also contribute to their achievement of goals. The united nations have got the attention and encouragement of various countries and some of the countries have achieved their development goals. The sustainable development goals are interrelated to each other and need to be attained together.

The basic principle of the sustainable goals is 'no one should be left behind'; it means that every individual should be equal and should attain equal opportunities of enjoying the activities of society without any discrimination. Hence, it has created goal no.8 decent work and economic growth. Social ripples are influenced by this goal and take measures to create an inclusive society. It focuses on generating awareness among the people about the need and positive effects of an inclusive society. Measures are taken by the social ripples and their team along with the different organizations and individuals in the communities so that they can create a lovable society that is loved by every person that coexists. People live with live, dignity, and confidence regardless of their caste, religion, race, disabilities, economic background, and geographic area. They also want disabled people should also feel included in society.

A sustainable and inclusive society also correlates with other development goals such as gender equality, rural development, women, and child development. All these goals are focused on empowering every individual of the society to raise its economic and social ability and live a dignified life forever. To cope up with each of the poverty eradication goals, the United Nations has taken measures to generate awareness about the need for education for economic growth. It gives employment opportunities and also eradicates inequality, accessibility of human settlements, and reduces illiteracy rates, and eradicates poverty.

Extending the definition of sustainable development, the United Nations is also focusing on environmental conditions. It defines sustainability as 'using natural resources by avoiding the risk of their depletion and ensuring that future generations will make effective use of natural resources and energy resources. Hence, we can say that sustainable development is all about maintaining the balance between the environmental, social, ecological, and environmental needs of human beings.

Some of the focus areas of the United Nations are as follows

Green jobs, youth employment, and social inclusion

Energy access, efficiency, and sustainability

Food security and sustainable agriculture

Water

Sustainable cities

Management of oceans, fisheries, and other marine resources

Improved resilience and disaster preparedness

The social ripples, focus on attaining sustainable goals and contribute to creating a sustainable, inclusive, and environmentally stable society

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