The 2030 Agenda is universal, transformative and rights-based. It is an ambitious plan of action for countries, the UN system, and all other actors. The Agenda is the most comprehensive blueprint to date for eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequality, and protecting the planet.
The 2030 Agenda envisions a secure world free of poverty and hunger, with full and productive employment, access to quality education and universal health coverage, the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and an end to environmental degradation.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched by a UN Summit in New York on 25-27 September 2015 and is aimed at ending poverty in all its forms. The UN 2030 Agenda envisages “a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination”.
In 2015, all 193 United Nations member countries signed on to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "create the future we want in 2030."
ECOSOC operates at the centre of the UN system's work on all three pillars of sustainable development—economic, social and environmental.
The world population is expected to reach 8.5 billion people by 2030. India will overtake China as the most populated country on Earth. Nigeria will overtake the US as the third most populous country in the world. The fastest-growing demographic will be the elderly: 65+ people will hit one billion by 2030.
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom recognizing that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
The Russian Federation is committed to achieve the goals defined by the international community in the 2030 Agenda. We have been making continued efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level.
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This is particularly relevant because while the Agenda 2030 is a not a legally binding instrument, the regional and international human rights Conventions and Covenants are, in fact, binding instruments of international law.
In 2015, all the member states of the United Nations (UN) approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - an action plan to help people and the planet, encompassing the 17 SDGs.
At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets out a vision for sustainable development grounded in international human rights standards, putting equality and non-discrimination at the centre of its efforts and encompassing not only economic and social rights but also civil, political, and cultural rights, and the ...
It represents the unequivocal commitment of all UN Member States to eradicate poverty in all its forms, end discrimination and exclusion, and reduce the inequalities and vulnerabilities that leave people behind and undermine the potential of individuals and of humanity as a whole.
The Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on the entire world, not just the US. For many years now, the experts at ITR Economics have forecasted that, a century after that trying event, a new Great Depression will be arriving around 2030.
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The United States will remain the world's third-most populous country in 2030. In fact, there's little change in the top 10 over the next 8 years. China and India swap places and Ethiopia leapfrogs Japan, Mexico and Russia to go from 12th in 2022 to 9th by 2030. India is set to overtake China by the end of the decade.
Signed on 25 September 2015 by the governments of the 193 Member Countries of the United Nations, and approved by the UN General Assembly, the Agenda sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, which are part of a broader programme of action consisting of 169 associated targets to be achieved in the environmental, ...
We will breakdown the five key elements: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership.
Sustainable management of the natural environment is essential to support the health and health equity of individuals and communities, and is, therefore, a necessary focus for public health efforts. Australia currently ranks highly in terms of environmental performance globally [1].
Avoiding all habitats of all threatened, vulnerable and endangered native species. Banning the export of raw materials (e.g. woodchips) Increasing the forest reserve system. Operate on long rotations, ideally at least 100 years.
Australia is a leader in blue carbon and is playing its role in championing greater blue carbon cooperation in the Indian Ocean region to mitigate the impacts of climate change and enable new opportunities for sustainable economic growth.
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.