In recent years, scientists and environmentalists have sounded alarms that if global progress isn’t made in a sustainable manner, generations to come could face a future steeped in inequality and climate crises. They advice that governments, businesses, and communities should come together to promote sustainable development
It is a development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Living within our environmental limits without exhausting the natural resources is one of the central principles of sustainable development. Other principles focus on ensuring a strong, healthy, and just society The United Nations’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers a vast range of issues such as ending poverty and hunger, ensuring clean energy, water and sanitation, good health, quality education, gender equality, economic growth, responsible consumption and peace among other issues.
Implementation
Governments must translate their sustainable development goals into national legislation, develop a plan of action, establish budgets, and partner with companies and communities for innovation and implementation.
What can you do?
Though achieving sustainability goals require the involvement of policy makers, individuals too have a part to play. Small actions taken collectively, can add up to real change.
- More than 800 million people live below the international poverty line. By donating whatever you can, you help fellow human beings meet their basic needs
- Donate books and notebooks to the needy
- Treat everyone equally irrespective of their gender, religion, and nationality Stand up for human rights
- Do not waste food. Support local farmers
- Avoid wasting water
- Use energy efficient appliances. Switch to solar power wherever possible. Use public transportation, cycle or walk
- Adopt minimalism, strive for zero waste
- Avoid plastic
- Plant a tree
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