Sustainable Development Goals: Where do we stand at the global level?

Part 2

In July 2022, the UN published The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022.

In our previous article, we summarised for you the state of progress in implementing these goals in Europe, and noted a slowdown, the causes of which we mentioned. With the UN General Assembly in New York set to host the SDG 2023 Summit in September, we now take a look at each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• More than 4 years of progress in the fight against poverty have been wiped out by the covid-19 pandemic.
• Rising inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine are further slowing progress.
• The working poverty rate rose for the first time in 20 years, pushing 8 million workers into poverty.

• Conflict, covid-19, climate change, and rising inequality threaten global food security.
• The crisis in Ukraine has led to food shortages for the world’s poorest people.
• The already slow progress in the fight against child malnutrition is further hampered by the pandemic and growing food insecurity.

• Progress has been made in maternal and child health, but glaring regional disparities need to be addressed.
• The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have likely exacerbated uneven progress toward universal health coverage.
• Large-scale disruptions have hampered progress in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

• Prolonged school closures have increased the risk of children not returning to school and increased educational inequities.
• The pandemic adds to the already bleak picture of learning outcomes.
• Countries are improving schools as they reopen, but psychosocial support for students is often neglected.

• At the current rate, it would take another 40 years for women and men to be equally represented among national political leaders.
• More than 1 in 4 women aged 15 or older have experienced intimate partner violence at least once in their lives.
• Only 57% of women aged 15-49 have the legally protected right to control their own bodies.

• To meet the targets for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030, the rate of progress will have to quadruple.
• Tensions over water resources in North Africa and West Asia are already reaching dangerous levels.
• Most countries still lack cooperative agreements on shared water resources, which are a potential source of conflict.

• Progress in electrification has slowed, with the challenge of reaching the hardest-to-reach people.
• Meeting global energy and climate goals will require a major effort to deploy renewable energy, with massive financial mobilization.
• The global energy efficiency target remains within our reach, but only with significant and systematic investment.

• The global economic recovery is being hampered by new waves of covid-19, rising inflation, disruptions in supply chains, the war in Ukraine, among others.
• Global unemployment will remain at a higher level than before the pandemic until at least 2023.
• Rising poverty and the disruption of the pandemic are forcing millions of children to work.

• Global manufacturing has rebounded from the pandemic, but LDCs are being left behind.
• High-tech industries are far more resilient in a crisis than low-tech industries.
• The commercial airline industry is still struggling to recover from catastrophic losses.

• The pandemic resulted in the first increase in income inequality between countries in a generation.
• 2021 was the deadliest year for migrants since 2017.
• The number of refugees in the world has reached a record level (+44% between 2015 and 2021).

• 99% of the world’s urban population breathes polluted air.
• Only about half of the world’s urban dwellers have easy access to public transport.
• As cities continue to grow, the long-standing problem of municipal solid waste continues to worsen.

• Our dependence on natural resources is increasing (+65% between 2000 and 2019).
• 3% of food is lost after harvest and 17% of food is wasted at the consumer level.
• The vast majority of e-waste in the world is not managed safely.

• Energy-related CO2 emissions increased by 6% in 2021, reaching the highest level ever recorded.
• Climate action funding falls short of the $100 billion annual commitment (developed countries contributed $79.6 billion in 2019).
• Global temperatures continue to rise, leading to extreme weather conditions.

• Increasing acidification is limiting the ocean’s ability to moderate climate change.
• More than 17 million metric tons of plastic entered the ocean in 2021, a figure that is expected to double or triple by 2040.
• Global fish stocks are still under threat, although the path to sustainability is clear and navigable.

• The world’s forest area continues to decline, mainly due to agricultural expansion.
• The risk of species extinction continues to increase and is highest in Asia and small island developing states.
• Nearly half of the areas identified as critical for global biodiversity are under protection, although progress is lagging in four regions.

• The world is experiencing the highest number of violent conflicts since 1946 and 25% of the world’s population lives in countries affected by conflict (end of 2020).
• A record 100 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide (May 2022).
• The global homicide rate fell by 5.2% between 2015 and 2020, far below the net reduction called for by the SDGs.

• Official development assistance has reached a new high, largely due to aid related to COVID-19, but is not meeting the target.
• The importance of data and statistics to informed decision-making has never been more evident, but funding for this sector has stagnated.
• The pandemic has increased the debt burden of low- and middle-income countries.

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