What the Domestic Achievement of the Global Goals Means for Australia
Updated: Nov 3, 2018
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Over the past few weeks, we have delved into each of the goals and what they mean for Australia domestically and internationally.
But there’s 17 goals, and therefore, that’s 17 articles. And we know how busy you all are, so we condensed it into one, easy to read article right here.
Lift over 1 million Australians out of poverty
Ensure sustainable social protection systems, such as welfare, which aim to build resilience and empower Australians to lift themselves out of poverty
End hunger for one million Australians
End malnutrition for all Australians
Double agricultural productivity for small-scale farmers and ensure its sustainability
Maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, plants and farmed and domesticated animals
#Goal3: #GoodHealth and #WellBeing
End preventable death in newborns and children under 5
End AIDs, TB and other communicable diseases
Reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases
Improve mental health and well-being
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse
Halve the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
Achieve universal health coverage and ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services
Reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Ensure all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development
Ensure equal access to affordable technical, vocational and tertiary education
Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills for employment
Eliminate discrimination based on gender, disability, indigenous status and / or economic status in education
Ensure a substantial proportion of people achieve literacy and numeracy
Ensure everyone has access to knowledge and skills-training needed for a sustainable future
Upgrade education facilities to be child, disability and gender sensitive and to provide safe, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls
End all forms of violence against all women and girls (this is one in every three Australian women)
Eliminate all harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Recognise and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies
Promote shared responsibility within the household and family
Ensure women’s full participation at all levels of decision-making, politically and economically
Enhance the use of technology to promote female empowerment
Adopt sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality at all levels
#Goal6: #CleanWater & #Sanitation
Ensure all Australians have access to clean drinking water
Ensure access to adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities
Reduce pollution, eliminate dumping and minimise the release of chemicals into waterways
Halve the proportion of untreated wastewater
Increase recycling of water
Increase water-use efficiency across all sectors
Ensure withdrawals of freshwater are sustainable
Reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
Implement integrated water resources management at all levels
Protect and restore water-related ecosystems
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water management
#Goal7: #AffordableEnergy & #CleanEnergy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
Increase the share of renewable energy in the energy mix from 14%
Double the improvement rate in energy efficiency
Invest in energy infrastructure and clean energy research and technology
#Goal8: #DecentWork & #EconomicGrowth
Sustain per capita economic growth
Achieve higher levels of productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation
Promote development-oriented policies to support productive activities, job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation
Encourage the formalisation and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises
Improve resource efficiency in consumption and production
Decouple economic growth from environmental degradation
Achieve full and productive employment for everyone
Ensure equal pay for work of equal value
Reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
Eradicate forced labour
End modern slavery
End human trafficking
Eliminate child labour
Protect labour rights
Promote safe and secure working environments for all workers
Implement policies to promote sustainable tourism
Expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
#Goal9: #Industry, #Innovation & #Infrastructure
Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure
Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation
Increase industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product
Increase access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises to financial services
Upgrade infrastructure to ensure sustainability
Enhance scientific research
Upgrade technological capabilities of industrial sectors
Encourage innovation
Increase the number of research and development workers
Increase public and private research and development spending
Increase access to information and communications technology
Achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population at a higher rate than national average
Achieve social, economic and political inclusion of all
Ensure equal opportunity for all
Eliminate discriminatory laws, policies and practices
Adopt fiscal, wage and social protection policies to reduce inequalities
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration
Reduce the transaction costs of migrant remittances to less than 3 per cent
#Goal11: #SustainableCities & #SustainableCommunities
End homelessness
Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems
Expand public transport
Enhance capacity for sustainable human settlement planning and management
Protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
Reduce the number of deaths from disasters
Reduce the number of people affected by disasters
Decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters
Reduce the adverse environmental impact of cities
Provide access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening development planning
Increase the number of cities and towns adopting and implementing policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaption to climate change and resilience to disasters
#Goal12: #ResponsibleConsumption & #ResponsibleProduction
Achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
Halve per capita food waste
Achieve environmentally-sound management of chemicals and waste
Reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
Promote sustainable public procurement practices
Ensure that everyone everywhere has the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
Implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism
Rationalise inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption
Strengthen resilience to climate-related hazards and natural disasters
Improve education, awareness-raising and capacity on climate change
Prevent and reduce marine pollution
Protect marine and coastal ecosystems
Minimise and address the impacts of ocean acidification
Regulate harvesting
End overfishing
End illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Implement science-based management plans in order to restore fish stocks
Conserve at least 10% of coastal and marine areas
Prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing
Eliminate subsidies which contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Increase scientific knowledge on marine biology
Develop research capacity and transfer marine technology
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
Conserve and restore use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems
Sustainably manage all types of forests
Halt deforestation
Restore degraded forests
Increase afforestation and reforestation
Combat desertification
Restore degraded land and soil
Conserve mountain ecosystems
Reduce the degradation of natural habitats
Halt the loss of biodiversity
Protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species
Share genetic resources fairly, equitably and sustainably
End poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna
Address demand and supply of illegal wildlife products
Prevent the introduction of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems
Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning
Mobilise and increase financial resources to conserve biodiversity
Mobilise resources to finance sustainable forest management
#Goal16: #Peace, #Justice & #StrongInstitutions
Reduce all forms of violence
Reduce number of violence-related deaths
End abuse, exploitation and trafficking of children
End all forms of violence against children
End torture of children
Promote the rule of law
Ensure equal access to justice for all
Reduce illicit financial and arms flow
Strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets
Combat all forms of organised crime
Reduce corruption and bribery
Ensure the accountability and transparency of institutions at all levels
Ensure inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels
Ensure public access to information
Protect fundamental freedoms
Combat terrorism
Enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development
#Goal17: #Partnerships for the Goals
Enhance economic stability
Enhance policy coherence
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships
Build on existing initiatives to measure progress on sustainable development
There you have it…
The list above is incredibly extensive. So next time someone asks you, “aren’t the Global Goals about developing countries – not developed countries?” you can tell them about some of these points (or all of them if you can remember!).
Keep an eye out for an article later this week about how the Global Goals will impact developing countries and, more specifically, our neighbours in the Indo-Pacific region.
This article was originally published on the Global Goals Australia Campaign website.