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UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)

Catherine BirneySteven Bischak

Yongsik KimFrank Schalla

Contents

Background MDGs and SDGs SDG development

Water in the SDGs Goals 6, 14 and 13

Strengths and ChallengesNecessary Progress

. Background

Rio+20 (the UN Conference on Sustainable Development,2012) - agreed to establish an intergovernmental process to develop a set of "action-oriented, concise and easy to communicate" sustainable development goals (SDGs) - goals to be coherent with the Millennium Development Goals(2000) and United Nations post 2015 development agenda

It was decided establish an "inclusive and transparent intergovernmental process open to all stakeholders, with a view to developing global sustainable development goals to be agreed by the General Assembly“.

MDGs and SDGs

MDGs developed in 2000 and expire in 2015 8 total goals Progress as of 2014

New goals will be discussed in Sept. 2015

SDGs serve as the basis for implementing SD into the beyond 2015 goals

SDGs Decision Making Process

. How are SDGs made ?

Major Groups & Other Stakeholders

Thematic Clusters Coordinated by

Steering Committees

Individual Contribution

World We Want(Interactive Online

tool to crowdsource)

SDGS E-Inventory(Interactive Online

tool to crowdsource)

outcomes outcomes

Joint Position Papers

Open Working Group on SDGs

Proposals for SDGs (68th UN General Assembly)

2013

2014

2015

(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org)

Water in SDGs

Water is a key determinant in aspects of social, economic and environmental development for poverty eradication and sustainable development

Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, and the management of water resources are key factors for a water-secure world

Water security requires governments role for competing demands and protecting resources and ecosystems with the cooperation from local to global level

Water-related capacity development is fundamental

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

17 goals and 169 associated targets

Goal 6

“Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”

Targets Safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation/hygiene for all Improve water quality, reduce water scarcity Protect and restore ecosystems

Methods Ending open defecation Focusing on women/girls Increase water efficiency, sustainable water withdrawals IWRM, trans-boundary cooperation Expand international cooperation Capacity-building Participation of local communities

Goal 14

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Five Focus Areas Unstable extraction of marine resources Marine Pollution Alien invasive species Ocean acidification Physical alteration and destruction of

marine habitats

“Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable

development”

UNCLOS

Part VII, Section 2 : Conservation andmanagement of the living resources of the high seas States have duty to take scientific measures

on their nationals to protect living resourcesPart XII: Protection and preservation

of the marine environment States have obligation to protect and preserve Have sovereign right to exploit natural

resources

Goal 13

Missed opportunityThe United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has complete control

No quantitative goals

“Take urgent action to combat climate

change and its impacts”

Strengths and Challenges

Strengths The involvement of all

stakeholders Regionally and locally

aligned (i.e., generalized and self-regulating)

Challenges Many developing

countries have limited knowledge and/or resources

Enforcement/Transparency

Establishing and maintaining communications between various interests

Implementation conflicts between countries

Necessary Progress

Technology and knowledge sharingCreation of economic incentivesFinalization and member ratification

of SDGsMetrics for benchmarking

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Resources Planning

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