The Make-or-Break Decade for the SDGs has begun

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Figure 3: Urgency of SDGs % of experts, 2020 Climate Action 61 Life on Land 22 Reduced Inequalities 22 Responsible Consumption and Production 22 No Poverty 19 Quality Education 19 Zero Hunger 18 Decent Work and Economic Growth 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 16 Good Health and Well-being 15 Clean Water and Sanitation 14 Life Below Water 13 Affordable and Clean Energy 11 Gender Equality 9 Partnerships for the Goals 8 Sustainable Cities and Communities 7 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 5 Question Which three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) do you think require the most urgent action? Please choose at most three goals. Figure 4: Goal receving most attention within organizations % of experts, 2020 Climate Action 44 Responsible Consumption and Production 24 Quality Education 23 Partnerships for the Goals 21 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 21 Decent Work and Economic Growth 18 Gender Equality 18 Sustainable Cities and Communities 15 Good Health and Well-being 14 Affordable and Clean Energy 14 Life on Land 13 Clean Water and Sanitation 9 Life Below Water 8 Reduced Inequalities 6 Zero Hunger 6 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 5 No Poverty 4 Question Which of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), if any, receive the most attention within your own organization (or within your own work if more applicable)? Please choose at most three goals. 48 Global Goals Yearbook 2021
FRAMING THE DEBATE Sustainability experts tend to believe that several goals where progress has been the most unsatisfactory are also the most urgent, which is a cause for some concern. When asked to assess which goals require the most urgent action, experts overwhelmingly choose Climate action (Goal 13) — a goal that fewer than 1 in 10 experts say we have made good progress on achieving. Reduced inequalities – the goal with the lowest overall score in terms of our collective progress – also ranked as one of the most important areas for action, along with Life on land (Goal 15) and Responsible consumption and production (Goal 12). The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have further dampened experts’ views on our collective progress on the SDGs. Around one-third of those surveyed say that the pandemic will serve to accelerate headway on achieving the goals, perhaps placing their hope in the potential of Green New Deals or renewed faith in our potential to collectively solve great challenges such as developing vaccines to save humanity. But over half instead believe that the pandemic and its economic impacts will further slow our already dismal progress. Experts in the service and media sectors are more optimistic about the potential impact of the pandemic, whereas respondents in the academic and research and NGO sectors, along with those based in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, are most prone to pessimism — possibly reflecting the limited resources available in many markets, resources that may be directed away from long-term sustainability priorities to cover more immediate needs. (Figure 5) This diversion from the SDGs toward other, more immediate issues resulting from the pandemic and its economic impacts should be of great concern to all. At this crucial point in time, we need to ensure that our collective efforts on sustainable development are not only maintained but accelerated. The perceived urgency of reduced inequalities has increased compared to 2019 in the wake of the pandemic, highlighting the unequal impact experienced by poorer countries as well as more vulnerable populations within countries. (Figure 3) Within their own work and organizations, sustainability professionals are most likely to be addressing climate action; almost half of the experts surveyed (44 percent) and more than half of corporate sustainability professionals (52 percent) say this is one of the SDGs receiving the most attention within their own organizations or work. Climate action is prioritized by respondents across most sectors and regions except the academic and research sector and among those based in Africa and the Middle East, both of which focus more on Quality education (Goal 4). Figure 5: Impact of the pandemic on the SDGs % of experts, 2020 10% 54% 36% Accelerate progress No change Slow progress Far fewer (6 percent) say they focus their work on reduced inequalities, despite the relative parallel urgency of this secondary issue. Other goals that are mainly overlooked include No poverty (Goal 1), Peace, justice and strong institutions (Goal 16), and Zero hunger (Goal 2). (Figure 4) Question How will the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impacts affect society’s progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the coming decade? Source: All Charts: GlobeScan-SustainAbility Survey 2021| Evaluating Progress on the SDGs Global Goals Yearbook 2021 49
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