What is the main objective behind creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The main objective behind creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.

Here are the steps to understand this:

1. Understand the concept of Sustainable Development: Sustainable development is a way for people to use resources without the resources running out. It means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

2. Know the 17 SDGs: The 17 SDGs are a UN Initiative and include goals like No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Water and Sanitation, and Climate Action among others.

3. Understand the need for SDGs: The SDGs were set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030. They are required to address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.

4. Interconnection of SDGs: The SDGs are designed to bring the world to several life-changing ‘zeros’, including zero poverty, hunger, AIDS and discrimination against women and girls. Everyone is needed to reach these ambitious targets and the creativity, knowhow, technology and financial resources from all of society is necessary to achieve the SDGs in every context.