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SDGs for All

SDGs for All is a joint media project of the global news organization International Press Syndicate (INPS) and the lay Buddhist network Soka Gakkai International (SGI). It aims to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative goals and targets. It offers in-depth news and analyses of local, national, regional and global action for people, planet and prosperity. This project website is also a reference point for discussions, decisions and substantive actions related to 17 goals and 169 targets to move the world onto a sustainable and resilient path.

फोटो: अफ्रीका में बहुत से लोगों के लिए महासागरीय जीवन का महत्व बहुत कम है क्योंकि वे फोटो में दिखाए गए केप टाउन के समुद्र तटों जैसे म्यूज़ेनबर्ग समुद्र तट पर छुट्टियों का आनंद लेते हैं। क्रेडिट: जेफरी मोयो/ आईडीएन

जेफरी मोयो द्वारा

हरारे (आईडीएन) - सुबह होते ही, पेटिना ड्यूबे अपने घर से निकलती हैं, उनके सर पर उस कचरे से भरी बोरी है जो उनके घर के आँगन में पड़ा हुआ था क्योंकि रिपोर्ट के अनुसार ज़िम्बाब्वे की राजधानी हरारे में नगरपालिका के कचरा एकत्रित करने वालों के पास अपना कार्य करने के लिए ईंधन उपलब्ध नहीं है।

43 वर्ष की ड्यूबे जो हरारे के उच्च घनत्व वाले उपनगर वॉरेन पार्क की निवासी हैं को जाहिर तौर पर कोई परवाह नहीं है कि उसके द्वारा फेंका जाने वाला कचरा कहाँ जाएगा। ड्यूबे कहती हैं "मैं वाकई में इस बात को ले कर चिंतित नहीं हूं कि यह कचरा कहाँ जाएगा; मैं बस इसे पास ही स्थित नदी के पास फेंक दूँगी।"

Languages
Hindi

Photo: A school of Moorish Idols cruise over the coral reef, Ha’apai, Tonga. Credit: UNEP GRID Arendal/Glenn Edney

By J Nastranis

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Our ocean is critical to our shared future and common humanity in all its diversity. Our ocean covers three quarters of our planet, connects our populations and markets, and forms an important part of our natural and cultural heritage.

It supplies nearly half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs over a quarter of the carbon dioxide we produce, plays a vital role in the water cycle and the climate system, and is an important source of our planet's biodiversity and of ecosystem services.

It contributes to sustainable development and sustainable ocean-based economies, as well as to poverty eradication, food security and nutrition, maritime trade and transportation, decent work and livelihoods. (P13) INDONESIAN｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE | TAGALOG | THAI

Project Articles

The significance of ocean life across Africa means very little to many people here as they enjoy vacations on ocean-side beaches like Muizernberg beach in Cape Town, shown in the photo. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo | IDN-INPS

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE (IDN) – As soon as dusk falls, Petina Dube emerges from her house balancing a sack full of garbage which has been lying uncollected in her yard amid reports that the municipal garbage collectors have no fuel to carry out their job across many residential areas in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.

At the age of 43, Dube, a resident of Warren Park high density suburb in Harare, apparently does not care where the garbage will go after she dumps it. “I am honestly not worried about where this garbage will end up; I will just dump it by a stream not far from here,” says Dube.But  for many environmental experts like Happson Chikova, who holds a degree in environmental studies from Zimbabwe’s Midlands State University, waste dumped anywhere eventually ends up in oceans and this spells bad news for marine life. (P11)  HINDI｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE

Goal 13+14+15

Photo : Une plage par une journée ensoleillée dans l'atoll de Funafuti, au milieu des îles Tuvalu. Crédit photo : Wikimedia Commons.

Par Ramesh Jaura

BONN (IDN) – Les 48 pays les plus pauvres du monde, de surcroît les plus exposés au changement climatique, ont exprimé leur vive inquiétude quant à savoir si les progrès substantiels seraient faits au cours des prochains mois dans la mise en œuvre des différents points de l’Accord de Paris de 2015 sur le changement climatique.

Gebru Jember Endalew d’Éthiopie, président du groupe des pays les moins avancés (PMA), a souligné cette préoccupation lors de la clôture d’une session de négociations de deux semaines sur le changement climatique, organisée sous l’égide des Nations unies le 18 mai à Bonn, et à laquelle participaient des délégués de 140 pays.

Languages
French

फोटो: फुनाफुटी एटोल पर एक समुद्र तट, तुवालु, पर एक खिले हुए दिन। क्रेडिट: विकिपीडिया कॉमन्स।

रमेश जौरा द्वारा

बॉन (आईडीएन) - दुनिया के 48 सबसे गरीब और जलवायु परिवर्तन के संबंध में सबसे संवेदनशील देश इस बात को ले कर खासे चिंतित हैं कि क्या आने वाले महीनों में 2015 में पेरिस में हुए जलवायु परिवर्तन समझौते के सभी पहलुओं को लागू किया जाएगा।

इस बात को सर्वाधिक अविकसित देशों के समूह (एलडीसी) के अध्यक्ष, इथियोपिया के गेब्रू जेम्बर एन्दलेव ने बॉन में दो सप्ताह की संयुक्त राष्ट्र जलवायु वार्ता के अंतिम दिन 18 मई को जोर दे कर कहा। इस वार्ता में 140 देशों के प्रतिनिधियों ने भाग लिया।

एलडीसी उन देशों का समूह है जिन्हें संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने उनकी न्यून सकल राष्ट्रीय आय, कमज़ोर मानवीय संसाधन और अत्यधिक आर्थिक असुरक्षा के आधार पर "सर्वाधिक अविकसित" देशों के रूप में वर्गीकृत किया हुआ है।

Languages
Hindi

Photo: A beach at Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu, on a sunny day. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

بلدان العالم الأكثر فقرا والأكثر تعرضا يريدون إجراءات مناخية

من راميش جورا

بون (IDN) - تعرب الدول الـ 48 الأكثر فقرا في العالم، والتي هي معرضة بشكل خاص للتأثر بتغير المناخ، عن قلقها المتنامي بشأن ما إذا كان سيتم تطبيق "تقدماً جوهريا" خلال الأشهر المقبلة بشأن تنفيذ اتفاق باريس 2015 المتعلق بتغير المناخ بصفة شاملة كما هو منصوص عليه.

هذا ما أكده رئيس مجموعة دول العالم الثالث (LDC)، السيد جيبرو جيمبر إنداليو من إثيوبيا، بعد ترشيحه من قِبل مندوبو 140 دولة خلال دورة مفاوضات الأمم المتحدة بشأن تغير المناخ التي استمرت أسبوعين في 18 مايو بمدينة بون الألمانية.

Languages
Arabic

Photo: A beach at Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu, on a sunny day. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

By Ramesh Jaura

BONN (IDN) – The world's 48 poorest countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change are profoundly concerned whether "substantive progress" will be made in the months ahead on implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement in all its aspects.

This was emphasised by Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group, Gebru Jember Endalew of Ethiopia, as delegates from 140 countries closed the two-week session of the United Nations climate change negotiations on May 18 in Bonn.

The LDCs are a group of countries that have been classified by the UN as "least developed" in terms of their low gross national income (GNI), their weak human assets and their high degree of economic vulnerability. (P07) ARABIC | FRENCH | GERMAN | HINDI | SPANISH ｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

Goal 13+14+15

Photo: Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. Credit: Seikyo Shimbun.

Interview with Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President Dr. Daisaku Ikeda

BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN-INPS) – Why is it important to highlight the role of young people in ushering in a New Era of Hope? Will the landmark UN Conference to negotiate “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination” succeed? How can UN Secretary-General António Guterres ensure sufficient support from the international community for implementing the SDGs and the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

Ramesh Jaura, Editor-in-Chief and International Correspondent of IDN, flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate group, asked SGI President Dr. Daisaku Ikeda these and related questions in an e-mail interview. Read the Q&A in full: (P06) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

Goal 4

Image credit: WTTC

By Kalinga Seneviratne

BANGKOK (IDN) - The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, held for the first time in Southeast Asia, pivoted on how Asia-fuelled tourism would impact the industry worldwide. The discussions also centred around whether tourism could be an enabler of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if it were heritage-focused offering community experiences – rather than “exotic” sites – so that significant leakages of tourism revenue could be tapped.

Financial leakages in tourism occur when revenues arising from tourism-related economic activities in destination countries are not available for re-investment or consumption of goods and services in the same countries. Financial resources 'leak away' from the destination country to another country, particularly when a tourism company is based abroad and when tourism-related goods and services are being imported to the destination country.

Goal 8

Giri Kadurugamuwa – a conservationist, shows how land degradation is damaging a tea plant, making it hollow and fragile: “If you claw at the trunk, it will start to peel off.” Credit: Stella Paul.

By Stella Paul

RATNAPURA, Sri Lanka (IDN) – The deafening sound of half a dozen rolling machines in the Rilhena tea factory feels like a hard punch on the head, but for factory workers Bihita Madura and Rajakaxmi Chandrakumar this is sweet music.

Their noise-belching, black dust-spewing machine symbolises what matters most: another day at work. “It’s a normal day for us," says Madura, watching Chandrakumar feed a shovel of black tea leaves into the giant rolling machine. Both in their forties, Madura and Chandrakumar have good reason to be relieved: the Rilhena factory, owned by Khawatte Plantations of tea major Dilmah, is one of the country’s best performing tea producers. (P02) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | KOREAN VERSION TEXT PDF

Goal 13+14+15

  1. In Sri Lanka’s Deep Waters, Marine Conservation Goes Hi-Tech
  2. Iceland Shares Land Restoration Expertise with the Needy
  3. Tanzanian Schools Turn to Maximising Resource Use
  4. Harnessing the Data Revolution for Achieving SDGs
  5. Bonn To Host Global Festival For Sustainable Development

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