{"id":12658,"title":"How to Measure Global Sustainable Development","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/how-to-measure-global-sustainable-development\/","date":"30. September 2016","date_unix":1475245481,"date_modified_unix":1475245481,"date_iso":"2016-09-30T14:24:41+00:00","content":"

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\u201cSustainable\u201d. \u201cDevelopment.\u201d \u201cInclusive.\u201d\u00a0 We all know the buzzwords of global economic development\u2013 but what exactly do they mean? And more importantly, how can we gauge if we are moving towards accomplishing those goals?<\/em><\/p>\n

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In September 2015, the United Nations adopted The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) \u2013 basically that organization\u2019s answer to those fundamental questions. The goals were part of its broader Agenda 2030 <\/em>that outlined a strategy for sustainable development in the pursuit of universal peace and the eradication of poverty.<\/p>\n

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The SDGs replaced the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the developing world that the UN pursued from 2000-2015, broadening the objectives to include challenges faced globally. The MDGs aimed to halve extreme poverty, to end the spread of HIV\/AIDS, and to provide universal primary education, whereas the SDGs have the added value of also galvanizing the developed world to action. The SDGs are a continuation of the work accomplished by the MDGs over the past 15 years, but with a wider scope.<\/p>\n

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Uniquely, the SDGs combine economic development, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability, shifting away from the outmoded goals of prosperity and economic gains to sustainable development on local, national, and international levels.<\/p>\n

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