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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.

Photo: A bird's eye view of EXPO 2017 Pavillons. Credit: expo2017astana.com

By Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) - Twenty-five years of independence marked by 25 major achievements leading up to EXPO 2017 that focuses on 'Future Energy' have catapulted Kazakhstan on to the world map, firmly challenging the prevailing view that this, the world's largest landlocked transcontinental country, is still part of the Eurasian steppes.

Touted by some as the 'Disneyland for Adults' and 'a virtual reality beyond science fiction' by others, EXPO 2017 shows the ways to access affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. It is seventh of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to transform our world by 2030, by way of ending "poverty in all its forms" as envisaged in Goal 1. - WATCH THE RELATED VIDEO -

The spirit behind the Exhibition is also to "make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" as spelt out in Goal 11, ensuring "sustainable consumption and production patterns" (Goal 12), and helping "combat climate change and its impacts" (Goal 13).

Goal 11

Fotografia: Um cardume de Ídolos Mouros navegam no recife de coral, Ha’apai, Tonga. Créditos: UNEP GRID Arendal/Glenn Edney

Por J Nastranis

NAÇÕES UNIDAS (IDN) – O nosso oceano é crítico para o nosso futuro partilhado e para toda a humanidade em comum com toda a sua diversidade. O nosso oceano cobre três quartos do nosso planeta, liga as nossas populações e mercados e forma uma parte importante da nossa herança natural e cultural.

Fornece quase metade do oxigénio que respiramos, absorve mais de um quarto do dióxido de carbono que produzimos, tem um papel vital no ciclo da água e no sistema climático e é uma fonte importante para a biodiversidade do nosso planeta e dos serviços do ecossistema.

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Leaders of the five largest Nordic countries announce support for sustainable development goals (SDGs). Credit: Nordic Cooperation

By Lowana Veal

REYKJAVIK (IDN) – Leaders of the five largest Nordic countries recently announced support of the Nordic countries as a whole for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed under UN auspices. 

The initiative, called Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges, was initially flouted in 2015 when the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development were adopted. As part of the Agenda, 17 SDGs were outlined.

Since the UN climate change in Paris in 2015 (COP 21), the programme has been further developed and was launched at a meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers on May 30, attended by the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. (P14) ｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Photo: A view of the SCO Summit. Credit: SCO

By Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) – Kazakhstan, which is a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018, played a crucial role in the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), chaired by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on June 8-9 in Astana.

The United Nations drew much of the focus of the SCO heads of state gathered in the Kazakh capital city. But they also underlined the importance of the Organisation's further consolidation as an effective full-fledged regional platform aimed at active participation in building a more equitable, polycentric model of the world order.

Goal 16

Photo: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a brief interaction with his India counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana. Credit: The Nation, Pakistan.

By Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) – Within days of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and opening of the 'EXPO 2017: Future Energy', Roman Vassilenko, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, proudly refers to "25 achievements of Kazakhstan's diplomacy in 25 years" and speaks of a "truly historic moment" in the country's "modern history".

One such achievement, according to Vassilenko, is launching the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), a multinational forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia on the basis of the UN Charter.

The idea of convening the CICA was first proposed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on October 5, 1992, at the 47th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. This initiative aimed at setting up an efficient and acceptable structure for ensuring peace and security in Asia.

Goal 16

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

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Photo: NGOs briefing the media. Credit: SGI.

By Nobuyuki Asai

Note: The writer belongs to the Office of Peace and Global Issues, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), based in Tokyo. He attended the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction conference, held in Cancun from May 22 to 26 - The Editor

TOKYO (IDN-INPS) - Clarification of numerical targets was one of the main issues in this conference. According to an expert, relevant statistics standards vary from country to country and, while their unification is a challenge, it was agreed on this occasion that steps should be taken in this direction. Further progress was also made with announcement of the formation of a civil society disaster risk reduction (DRR) advisory group aimed at putting people at the centre of DRR.

Goal 11

Photo: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Council Meeting presided by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

By Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appreciated Kazakhstan for playing "an increasingly dynamic role on the international stage" as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, stressed the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and urged it to show leadership on climate change.

Obviously delighted at the UN Chief's participation in the SCO Summit, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev noted: "This is the first time in the SCO history the UN Secretary-General takes part in its work. And it is quite symbolic that it has coincided with the accession of two new members – India and Pakistan. It means that the organization is becoming the real political power in the international arena." JAPANESE

Goal 16

Across Latin America, thousands of girls under the age of 15 suffer from sexual violence and are forced to become mothers against their wishes. Credit: YouTube

By Phil Harris

ROME (IDN) - She is 10-years-old when she is raped by her mother’s companion and becomes pregnant. Extremely ill, undernourished and underweight during her pregnancy, her mother requests an abortion and although the law permits termination of a pregnancy if authorities deem the carrier’s health is in danger, the request is denied by the State.

The girl’s mother is arrested and temporarily imprisoned for failing in her duty of care to her daughter, despite having previously reported the abuse to the police, who did not act.

Meanwhile, the State sends the girl to an institution against her wishes, where she is made to stay until the birth of her child. She is not allowed any visitors, apart from an aunt who is allowed to come once a week for two hours.   (P12) ｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

Goal 5

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

  1. Aboriginal Australians Press For Constitutional Recognition
  2. People Must Not Be Ignored in Disaster Risk Reduction Planning
  3. Funding Needs for UN’s 2030 Development Agenda Skyrocket – to Trillions of Dollars
  4. Uzbekistan Shows the Way for Dealing with Cultural Legacy
  5. Global Development Through China's New 'Silk Routes'

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