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All of these elements are interconnected and known as Pillars of
Sustainability. The various points are covered under the category of
these three elements are:

u Preserve future generations and to acknowledge that what we do
can have an impact on others and on the world.

u Encompasses the development of skills and human capacity to
promote the wellbeing of communities and society.

u Addresses social and economic improvement that protects the
environment and supports equality.
u Aims to improve human welfare through the protection of natural
capital (e.g. land, air, water, minerals etc.).
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals. These were adopted by the United
Nations in 2015 as a global step to set actions to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people
enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The most important points of SDGs are:

u The Sustainable Development Goals offer a vision of a fairer, more prosperous, peaceful and sustainable
world in which no people are left behind.

u The battle to end hunger and poverty must be principally fought in rural areas because in rural areas
approximately 80 percent of the people are hungry and poor.

u Without rapid progress in reducing the interlinkage relationship of poverty and hunger ,the full range of
Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved.
The 17 Sustainable goals are as follows:
1. No Poverty: The main aim of No Poverty is to eliminate poverty in all forms
from everywhere by 2030.

2. Zero Hunger: Zero Hunger is an attempt to end hunger, achieve food
security, improve nutrition intake and promote sustainable agriculture.

3. Good Health and Well-being: Health being the most important for us, Good
Health and Well-being will ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for
all at all ages.

4. Quality Education: As education enables upward socioeconomic
mobility and is a key to escaping poverty, Quality Education will ensure
inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

5. Gender Equality: Women and girls represent half of the world’s population.
Therefore, Gender Equality ensure everyone should be treated fairly and
equally, no matter what their gender is.

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