Connecting Global Priorities Biodiversity and Human Health

Table 3: Summary of the sustainable development goals and targets proposed by the
open working group on sustainable development goals, and how biodiversity, and ele-
The proposed sustainable development goals
(SDGs)
Biodiversity addressed in targets
Directly
Indirectly
End poverty in all its forms everywhere Targets 1.4; 1.5; 1.a; 1.b
End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote life-long learning opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality and empower all women
and girls
Targets 2.4; 2.5 Targets 2.1; 2.3; 2.a; 2.b
Targets 3.3; 3.4; 3.8; 3.9; 3.b;
3.d
Targets 4.5; 4.7
Targets 5.1; 5.5; 5.a; 5.c
Ensure availability and sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all
Ensure access to aordable, reliable, sustainable,
and modern energy for all
Target 6.6
Targets 6.1; 6.3; 6.4; 6.5; 6.a,
6.b
Target 7.a
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment
and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Target 8.4 Targets 8.2; 8.3; 8.5; 8.9
Targets 9.1; 9.4; 9.a; 9.b
Reduce inequality within and among countries Targets 10.2–10.4; 10.a; 10.b
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests,
combat desertication, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice
for all and build eective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels
Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the global partnership for sustainable
development
Targets 11.4; 11.7;
11.a
Targets 12.2; 12.4;
12.8
Targets 14.1–14.6;
14.c
Targets 15.1–15.9;
15.a-15.c
Targets 11.1; 11.3; 11.5;
11.6; 11.b; 11.c
Targets 12.1; 12.5; 12.7;
12.a; 12.b
Targets 13.1–13.3; 13.a; 13.b
Targets 14.7; 14.a; 14.b
Targets 16.3; 16.4; 16.6;
16.7; 16.8; 16.10; 16a; 16.b
Targets 17.2–17.4;
17.6-17.11; 17.14–17.19
⁵ From Progress report on the process of integrating biodiversity into the post-2015 framework for sustainable development
(UNEP/CBD/COP/12/15)
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