Name: MONTES, ELEAZAR JUNIOR L.
Year/Section: BSIE-3A Date: September 6, 2023
ACTIVITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Complete the following table. List at least one challenge and its corresponding solution to every Sustainable Development Goals.
SDG GOALS Challenges Solutions
1. No poverty Poverty is more than the lack of income and Economic growth must be inclusive to
resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.
manifestations include hunger and malnutrition,
limited access to education and other basic services,
social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack
of participation in decision-making.
2. Zero Hunger Lack of proper infrastructure, funding, and Focus on strengthening its existing food
inadequate monitoring and evaluation. security programs and expanding their reach to
more vulnerable populations. Additionally, the
government could invest in agricultural and
rural development to improve food production
and availability.
This can be done by providing farmers with
access to markets, extension services, and
credit, and investing in infrastructure such as
roads, irrigation systems, and storage facilities.
Furthermore, the government should also
invest in creating a robust monitoring and
evaluation system to ensure that these
schemes are reaching the intended
beneficiaries and are making a meaningful
impact.
3. Good Health and Well-being Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and Provide financial protection and improve
stress are increasing, but there is still a lack of access to quality healthcare services,
awareness and resources to address them. particularly for the underprivileged and
marginalized sections of society.
With changing lifestyles, non-communicable
diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, Provide comprehensive healthcare services,
and cancer are on the rise in India. The burden of including maternal and child healthcare,
these diseases puts a strain on the healthcare system infectious disease control, and non-
and affects the overall productivity and development communicable disease prevention and
of the nation. management.
4. Quality Education Teacher shortages, accessibility, and digital literacy. More teacher trainers help teachers address
challenges related to professional
development, classroom practice, lesson
planning. They understand teachers and offer
them support as they build confidence and gain
the skills needed to lead a classroom.
5. Gender Equality The critical vulnerability of refugee women, Develop policies and programs to take a life-
increasing sexist hate speech and other forms of course approach to education and employment
violence against women, attacks to women’s for rural women and girls, recognizing and
reproductive health and rights, reduced resources understanding that access to learning is a
allocated to gender equality due to budgetary cuts human right at all ages, and that women and
and austerity measures, barriers preventing women girls living in rural areas have different needs at
from disadvantaged groups to benefit from gender different times in their lives.
equality policies and standards, shortcomings to
Work with local partners to improve facilities
achieving women’s balanced participation in political
to afford women and girls living in rural areas
and public decision-making, and the spread of
education that is accessible, of the highest
misconceptions about gender equality through the
standards and include gender appropriate and
label of “gender ideology”.
sensitive sanitation facilities and safe
environments.
Develop policies and programs which provide
quality, affordable, universally accessible health
care and education, including sexual and
reproductive health and rights.
6. Clean Water and Sanitation Inefficient water management practices, such as Implement measures to improve wastewater
over-extraction and pollution of water sources, lead treatment facilities in urban areas, reducing the
to water scarcity and poor water quality. discharge of untreated wastewater into rivers
and other bodies of water.
Many households in the country lack basic
hygiene facilities such as soap, handwashing stations, Incorporate hygiene education in the
and menstrual hygiene products. school curriculum to promote good hygiene
practices among children. This includes the
construction of handwashing stations in
schools, the promotion of handwashing before
meals, and the provision of soap and water.
7. Affordable and Clean Energy One in five people still lack access to modern Ensure everyone has access to clean,
electricity and three billion people rely on wood, affordable, reliable and modern energy. Invest
charcoal or animal waste for cooking and eating. in renewable energy and disseminate its use.
Put in place energy saving policies.
Every year indoor air pollution kills 4.3 million
people – most of them women and children.
Energy provided by fossil fuels is the main
contributor of climate change representing 60% of all
greenhouse gas
8. Decent Work and Economic Unemployment is on the rise around the world. Provide employment opportunities and
Growth Roughly half of the world population still lives on $2 decent work for women and men to eradicate
per day. Some economic activities directly or poverty.
indirectly harm the environment.
Create green jobs to provide work for the
470 million who will be entering the labour
market by 2030.
Promote green growth and jobs contributing
to restoring and protecting the environment
and natural resources.
9. Industry, Innovation, and Many countries lack basic and resilient Invest in infrastructure fostering sustainable
Infrastructure infrastructure. Poor infrastructure is a major barrier growth and development.
for thriving businesses.
Innovate to make green infrastructure,
Infrastructure and industrialization often cause increase energy efficiency and reduce their
environmental degradation adverse environmental impact.
Build resilient infrastructure protecting
livelihoods against environmental and natural
disasters.
10. Reduced Inequalities Exploitation of natural resources is a contributor to Invest in sound and fair management of
inequality fueling conflicts worldwide. natural resources to reduce inequalities.
Climate change and disasters have a dire impact Promote institutional arrangements
on the poorest and vulnerable groups and contribute providing equal and fair access and use of
to exacerbate existing inequalities within and across natural resources.
countries.
Protect the environment, adapt and fight
Natural disasters and environmental degradation climate change to reduce inequalities, conflicts
increase levels of displacement worldwide. Since and forced migration worldwide.
2008, around 22.5 million people have been
displaced by climate or weather-related hazards.
11. Sustainable Cities and The rapid and often unplanned urbanization Promote sound urban planning, sustainable
Communities witnessed worldwide has led to increased pressure building, low-carbon transports, green spaces
on the environment. and sustainable lifestyles.
Our cities account for up to 80% of energy Invest in renewable energy, waste
consumption as well as 75% of global waste and management, sustainable and green
carbon emissions. infrastructure.
Due to the high concentration of people, Protect cities - which are important social,
infrastructure, housing and economic activities, cities cultural and economic centers - from
are particularly vulnerable to climate change and environmental and climate threats.
natural disasters.
12. Responsible Consumption and Every year about one third of all food produced – Reduce the food wasted by producers,
Production equivalent to 1.3 billion tones – is wasted while 1 retailers and consumers.
billion people remain undernourished and another 1
Switch to energy efficient lightning to save
billion go to bed hungry.
$120 billion every year and prevent 16 billion
Households consume 29% of global energy tons of carbon emissions over the next 25
contributing to 21% of co2 emissions. years.
The world’s fresh water supply such as rivers and Reduce the release of chemicals and waste
lakes are polluted at much faster rate than nature can into the air, water and soil.
recycle and purify.
13. Climate Action Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have Inform and inspire people and institutions to
increased since the pre-industrial era, driven largely take actions against climate change.
by economic and population growth, and are now
Innovate and adopt technological solutions
higher than ever.
to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The world is warming at an alarming rate,
Protect the most vulnerable against climate
damaging our ability to grow food.
change impacts.
Storms, floods, hurricanes and droughts are
intensifying, oceans are warming and becoming more
acid, ice is disappearing and seas are rising.
14. Life Below Water Over three billion people depend on marine and Reduce pollution and protect marine and
coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Pollution coastal ecosystems.
threatens the world’s largest source of protein.
End harmful fishing subsidies and stop
40% of world’s oceans suffer from overfishing, unreported, unregulated and destructive
poor fishing practices and poor waste management. fishing practices.
Coral reefs which provide a home to 25% of all Fight climate change, reduce sedimentation,
marine life are being destroyed at an alarming rate. stop coral mining and promote sustainable
tourism.
15. Life on Land Every minute 23 hectares of arable land are lost to Combat desertification, and restore
drought and desertification. degraded land and soil.
Every year we lose 13 million hectares of forest Halt deforestation and restore degraded
that are home to more than 80% of all land-based forests to protect habitats.
species and provide livelihood to 1.6 billion people.
Halt deforestation and restore degraded
The world is losing its precious biodiversity at an forests to protect habitats.
alarming rate, pushing 22% of animals to the brink of
extinction.
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Illegal logging, waste trafficking, corruption and Stop all forms of environmental crimes.
Institutions bribery, plundering, exploitation of natural resources
Develop effective, accountable and
and poaching are examples of governance and
transparent institutions at all levels.
enforcement failures.
Provide alternative livelihoods to those at
Illegal trade in animals and plants - including
the bottom of the criminal chain.
timber and charcoal - is a large source of criminal
earnings in the world, estimated to be worth $50 to
$150 billion per year
Revenues generated by environmental crimes
enrich international criminal cartels and fuel conflicts
across the world.
17. Partnerships Drain on resources: commitment (often Determine who and how issues or concerns
significantly greater than anticipated) of time and will be brought forward.
energy of key staff in partnership building and project Clearly document the problem or conflict in
development in addition to any additional financial or a way that gets at the root issues, the sources
other resource contributions. and history of the conflict and clarifies the
assumptions. Consider issues of confidentiality.
Conflicts of interest: where a decision or action
that is right for the interests of the partnership but Identify possible solutions that best meet
may be at odds with the individual organization’s the needs and interests of all those affected. Be
interests prepared to compromise and find consensus.
Utilize any elements of the collaboration
agreement that helps frame solutions (e.g.,
value statement; roles and responsibilities).
Select and document the best possible
solution(s), and develop a plan to implement
them that includes actions, responsibilities and
timelines.
