Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları | Sabanci University Civic Involvement Projects

Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the Global Goals, are a universal call to action issued by the United Nations member states in 2015, including targets to be achieved by the end of 2030. A total of 17 goals have been set to address 3 key issues. These three key issues are ending extreme poverty, tackling inequality and injustice, and addressing climate change. These goals are relevant to everyone, and individuals and organizations must act on them.

No Poverty

● End poverty in all its forms by 2030

Today, over 700 million people are still living in extreme poverty and struggling to meet their basic needs such as access to health, education, clean water and sanitation. Half of the global poor live in lower middle-income countries such as China, India, Indonesia and Nigeria. This issue also affects developed countries. Today, a total of 30 million children are growing up in poverty in the world's richest countries. Seventy percent of those living on less than US$ 1.90 a day live in Southeast Asia and the sub-Saharan region.

1.1. Eradicate extreme poverty
1.2. Reduce poverty by at least 50%
1.3. Implement social protection systems
1.4. Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources
1.5. Building resilience against environmental, economic and social disasters
1.A. Mobilize resources to implement policies to end poverty
1.B. Create pro-poor and gender-sensitive policy frameworks

Zero Hunger

● Eng hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Extreme hunger and malnutrition are a barrier to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Hunger and malnutrition mean that people produce less, get sick more easily and therefore earn less income and are unable to improve their livelihoods. Around 800 million people around the world, mostly in developing countries, go to bed hungry at night.

2.1. Universal access to safe and nutritious food
2.2. End all forms of malnutrition
2.3. Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
2.4. Sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices
2.5. Maintain the genetic diversity in food production
2.A. Invest in rural infrastructure, agricultural research, technology and gene banks
2.B. Prevent agricultural trade restrictions, market distortions and export subsidies
2.C. Ensure stability in food commodity markets and timely access to information

Good Health and Well-Being

● Ensuring healthy lives and promoting happiness at all ages

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential for building prosperous societies. However, despite major improvements in people's health and well-being, inequalities in access to health services continue. More than 5 million children still die annually before the age of five, and only half of women in developing countries have access to the health services they need. Being healthy and happy is a human right, and that is why the Sustainable Development Goals offer a new chance for everyone to access the highest standard of health care and by healthy.

3.1. Reducing maternal mortality
3.2. End all preventable deaths under 5 years of age
3.3. Fight communicable diseases
3.4. Reduce mortality from non-communicable diseases and promote mental health
3.5. Prevent and treat substance abuse
3.6. Reduce road injuries and deaths
3.7. Universal access to sexual and reproductive care, family planning and education
3.8. Achieving universal health coverage
3.9. Reduce illnesses and death from hazardous chemicals and pollution

Quality Education

● Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Education is key to the realization of many Sustainable Development Goals. When people can get equality education, they can escape the vortex of poverty. Therefore, education helps reduce inequalities and achieve gender equality. It also enables people to live healthier and more sustainable lives, no matter where they are. Education also supports the development of tolerance and the building of peaceful societies.

4.1. Free primary and secondary education
4.2. Equal access to quality pre-primary education
4.3. Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education
4.4. Increase the number of people with relevant skills for financial success
4.5. Eliminate all discrimination in education
4.6. Universal literacy and numeracy
4.7. Education for sustainable development and global citizenship
4.A. Build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools
4.B. Expand higher education scholarships for developing countries
4.C. Increasing the supply of qualified teachers in developing countries

Gender Equality

● Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

It aims to achieve gender equality and strengthen the position of women and girls. Women and girls make up 50 percent of the world's population. This means they account for half of the world's potential. However, widespread gender inequality hinders social progress. As of 2014, 143 countries have guaranteed gender equality in their constitutions. 52 more countries need to take this step.

5.1. End discrimination against women and girls
5.2. End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls
5.3. Eliminate forced marriages and female genital mutilation
5.4. Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities
5.5. Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making
5.6. Universal access to reproductive health and rights
5.A. Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services
5.B. Promote empowerment of women through technology
5.C. Adopt and strengthen policies and enforceable legislation for gender equality

Clean Water and Sanitation

● Ensuring accessibility and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Access to clean water and sanitation is a human right. Yet billions of people still live without access to even the most basic services. Around 1.9 billion people drink unclean water every day. 2.4 billion people live without basic sanitation facilities such as toilets. Water scarcity affects 40 percent of the world's population and is projected to increase. 80 percent of wastewater from human activities is discharged untreated into rivers and seas, causing pollution.

6.1. Safe and affordable drinking water
6.2. End open defecation and provide access to sanitation and hygiene
6.3. Improve water quality, wastewater treatment and safe reuse
6.4. Increase water-use efficiency and ensure freshwater supplies
6.5. Implement integrated water resource management
6.6. Protect and restore water-related ecosystems
6.A. Expand water and sanitation support to developing countries
6.B. Support local engagement in water and sanitation management

Affordable and Clean Energy

● Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

For our daily lives to flow smoothly and for equitable development, we need accessible and reliable energy. A well-organized energy system supports all sectors, especially business, medicine, education, agriculture, infrastructure, communications and high technology. Lack of access to energy is a barrier to human and economic development.

7.1. Universal access to modern energy
7.2. Increase the global percentage of renewable energy
7.3. Double the improvement in energy efficiency
7.A. Promote access to research, technology and investments in clean energy
7.B. Expand and upgrade energy services for developing countries

Decent Work and Economic Growth

● Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Poverty can only be eradicated through regular and well-paid employment. Around 2.2 billion people earn below the extreme poverty line of US$2. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) data fort 2015, there are more than 204 million unemployed people worldwide. Global unemployment rose from 170 million in 2007 to 202 million in 2012. Young people make up 75 million of this group.

8.1. Sustainable economic growth
8.2. Diversify, innovate and upgrade for economic productivity
8.3. Promote policies that support job creation and growing enterprises
8.4. Improve resource efficiency in consumption and production
8.5. Full employment and decent work with equal pay
8.6. Promote youth employment, education and training
8.7. End modern slavery, trafficking and child labour
8.8. Protect labour rights and promote safe working environments
8.9. Promote beneficial and sustainable tourism
8.10. Universal access to banking, insurance and financial services
8.A. Increase aid for trade support
8.B. Develop a global youth employment strategy

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

● Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and strengthening innovation

Economic growth, social development and the fight against climate change depend heavily on investment in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. With the global economic landscape changing rapidly and inequalities on the rise, sustainable development must make opportunities accessible to all and be supported by innovative approaches and resilient infrastructure.

9.1. Develop sustainable, resilient and inclusive infrastructures
9.2. Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
9.3. Increase access to financial services and markets
9.4. Upgrade all industries and infrastructures for sustainability
9.5. Enhance research and upgrade industrial technologies
9.A. Facilitate sustainable infrastructure development for developing countries
9.B. Supporting domestic technology development and industrial diversification
9.C. Universal access to information and communication technology

Reduced Inequalities

● Reducing inequalities within and between countries

Inequalities between people based on income, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and religious beliefs still exist all over the world. In the long term, inequalities threaten social and economic development, undermine the fight against poverty and can make people feel worthless. This can lead to increased crime, disease and environmental degradation. More importantly, if people do not have equal opportunities and services, we cannot achieve sustainable development and fulfill our efforts to build a better world for all.

10.1 Reduce income inequalities
10.2 Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion
10.3 Ensure equal opportunities and end discrimination
10.4. Adopt fiscal and social policies that promote equality
10.5 Improved regulation of global financial markets and institutions
10.6 Enhanced representation for developing countries in financial institutions
10.7. Responsible and well-managed migration policies
10.A. Special and differential treatment for developing countries
10.B. Encourage development assistance and investment in least developed countries
10.C. Reduce transaction costs for migrant remittances

Sustainable Cities and Communities

● Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Today, half of all people, 3.5 billion people, live in cities. This number will only grow. Cities will be the future for many people. The huge problems facing humanity - poverty, climate change, health care, education - need to be addressed in cities.

11.1. Safe and affordable housing
11.2. Accessible and sustainable transportation systems
11.3. Inclusive and sustainable urbanization
11.4. Protect the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.5. Reduce the adverse effects of natural disasters
11.6. Reduce the environmental impact of cities
11.7. Provide access to safe and inclusive green and public spaces
11.A. Strong national and regional development planning
11.B. Implement policies for inclusion, resource efficiency and disaster risk reduction
11.C. Support least developed countries in sustainable and resilient building

Responsible Consumption and Production

● Securing sustainable consumption and production patterns

Even simple changes in consumption habits can have significant consequences for society. For example, one-third of the food produced each year, or 1.3 billion tons of food worth US$1 trillion, is thrown away. Some of this happens during production, sale and transportation, and companies need to find a solution to this situation. When we look at consumers, 29 percent of energy consumption takes place at home and 21 percent of carbon dioxide emissions come from household activities. If everyone around the world switched to energy-efficient lamps, US$ 120 billion would be saved annually worldwide. Water pollution is also an issue that needs urgent solutions. We are polluting water faster than nature can clean it.

12.1. Implement the 10-Year Sustainable Consumption and Production Framework
12.2. Sustainable management and use of natural resources
12.3. Halve global per capita food waste
12.4. Responsible management of chemicals and waste
12.5. Substantially reduce waste generation
12.6. Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and sustainability reporting
12.7. Promote sustainable public procurement practices
12.8. Promote universal understanding of sustainable lifestyles
12.A. Support developing countries’ scientific and technological capacity for sustainable consumption and production
12.B. Develop and implement tools for monitor sustainable tourism
112.C. Remove market distortions that encourage wasteful consumption

Climate Action

● Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Climate change is caused by human activity and threatens the future of the earth and people. By tackling climate change, we can build a sustainable world for all. But to do so, we need urgent action.

13.1. Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related disasters
13.2. Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning
13.3. Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change
13.A. Implement of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.B. Promote mechanisms to raise capacity for climate planning and management

Life Below Water

● Conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

The seas provide us with access to key natural resources, including food, medicine, biofuels and other products. It ensures that waste and pollution are cleaned by nature and acts as a buffer against the intensity of storms. Protecting the health of the seas facilitates the reduction of the effects of climate change and adaptation. Protecting the seas also contributes to the efforts in the field of combating poverty, thanks to its results such as increased fishing. It also helps to achieve gender equality through increased employment opportunities for women in small businesses. The seas are also home to many forms of life, from single-celled organisms to the largest creature on Earth, the blue whale. In addition, coral reefs, one of the environments where the most species live, are also found in the seas.

14.1. Reduce marine pollution
14.2. Protect and restore ecosystems
14.3. Reduce ocean acidification
14.4. Sustainable fishing
14.5. Conserve coastal and marine areas
14.6. End subsidies contributing to overfishing
14.7. Increase the economic benefits from sustainable use of marine resources
14.A. Increase scientific knowledge, research and technology for ocean health
14.B. Support small-scale fishers
14.C. Implement and enforce of international sea law

Life On Land

● Conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Forests cover 31 percent of the land. Forests provide the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. About 1.6 billion people live off forests. Approximately 75 percent of the world's poor are directly affected by the loss of productivity of soils. Forests are the habitats of 80 percent of land creatures. Of the 8,300 known animal species, 8 percent are extinct. Another 22 percent are in danger of extinction. The protection of biodiversity and ecosystems plays an important role in determining strategies to reduce disaster risks and adapt to climate change in order to make people more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

15.1. Conserve and restore terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
15.2. End deforestation and restore degraded forests
15.3. End desertification and restore degraded land
15.4. Ensure conservation of mountain ecosystems
15.5. Protect biodiversity and natural habitats
15.6. Promote access to genetic resources and fair sharing of the benefits
115.7. Eliminate poaching and trafficking of protected species
15.8. Prevent invasive alien species on land and in water ecosystems
15.9. Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity in governmental planning
15.A. Increase financial resources to conserve and sustainably use ecosystems and biodiversity
15.B. Finance and incentivize sustainable forest management
15.C. Combat global poaching trafficking

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

● Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, ensuring access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

For the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to succeed, we need societies that are peaceful, just and inclusive. To make progress on all of the Sustainable Development Goals, we need effective and inclusive public institutions around the world that can deliver quality education, health care, economic policies and protect the environment.

16.1. Reduce violence everywhere
16.2. Protect children from abuse, exploitation, trafficking and violence
16.3. Promote the rule of law and ensure equal access to justice
16.4. Combat organized crime and illicit financial and arms flows
16.5. Substantially reduce corruption and bribery
16.6. Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions
16.7. Ensure responsive, inclusive and representative decision-making
16.8. Strengthen the participation in global governance
16.9. Provide universal legal identity
16.10. Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms
16.A. Strengthen national institutions to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
16.B. Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies

Partnerships For the Goals

● Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development

In 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end poverty, tackle inequality and tackle climate change. Governments, civil society, the private sector and universities must come together and work together to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

17.1. Mobilize resources to improve domestic revenue collection
17.2. Implement all development assistance commitments
17.3. Mobilize financial resources for developing countries
17.4. Assist developing countries in attaining debt sustainability
17.5. Investing in least developed countries
17.6. Knowledge sharing and cooperation for access to science, technology and innovation
17.7. Promote sustainable technologies for developing countries
17.8. Strengthening the science, technology and innovation for least developed countries
17.9. Enhance SDG capacity in developing countries
17.10. Promote a universal trading system under the WTO
17.11. Increase the exports of developing countries
17.12.Remove trade barriers for least developed countries
17.13. Enhance global macroeconomic stability
17.14. Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.15. Respect national leadership to implement policies for the Sustainable Development Goals
17.16. Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development
17.17. Encourage effective partnerships
17.18. Enhance availability of reliable data
17.19. Further develop measurements of progress