Reflection on Sustainable Development Goals Lectures

October 08, 2021

 Assalamualaikum, greetings to all. Here I will share on my thoughts and what I learnt from the first lecture for the subject UNGS201 - Sustainable Development: Issues, Policies, and Practices.


So, what is Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?


"The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s shared plan to end extreme poverty, reduce inequality, and protect the planet by 2030." 



 5 PILLARS OF SDG


Based on the video above, I can understand that all 17 goals in SDG are implemented in 5 different pillars that are;

  1. PEOPLE (Goals 1,2,3,4,5)
  2. PLANET (Goals 6, 12,13,14,15)
  3. PROSPERITY (Goals 7,8,9,10,11)
  4. PEACE (Goals 16)
  5. PARTNERSHIP (Goals 17)

To understand why SDG is important, the following video is shared

WHAT IS SDG AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

The points that I get from watching this video is SDG is important because:
  1. The future generation should have the same opportunity of doing what we are doing now.
  2. The planet is having serious issues that can threaten the livelihood of plants, animals and even humans
  3. Natural resources like oil need to be sustained to be used in the future or looking for its alternative is the best plan
  4. Need to ensure a fair distribution of supply
  5. To give the rights of education to all people

Before SDG came into the picture, Millennium Development Goals (MDG) was started in the year 2000. To know more about the transition from MDG to SDG, the following video is shared:

TRANSITIONING FROM THE MDGs TO THE SDGs


SDG officially born in 2012, replacing the initial MDG that started in the year 2000. MDG had achieved some remarkable change including:

  1. More than 1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty (since 1990)
  2. Child mortality dropped by more than half (since 1990)
  3. The number of out of school children has dropped by more than half (since 1990)
  4. HIV/AIDS infections fell by almost 40 percent (since 2000)
Because the world is changing and there is so much more to be achieved, SDG had taken into the place with the hope of achieving more. 

As SDG is a global framework in changing the world for the better, the video below will shows Malaysia's SDG:

MONTAGE MALAYSIA SDG

In my opinion, even though some of the numbers are small, it is still a change. What matters are the effort towards achieving the goals. As long as the effort is continuous, we can make a significant change for the world.

Resources:

  1. Sustainable Development Goals - https://unfoundation.org/what-we-do/issues/sustainable-development-goals/?gclid=CjwKCAjw2P-KBhByEiwADBYWCivwO8TnOXqxWNOVNQ5qUiq6dePxI7jIoKIQFU4uETUJDdCmn2M6BRoCk7cQAvD_BwE
  2. Background of Sustainable Development Goals - https://www1.undp.org/content/oslo-governance-centre/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/background.html

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