Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022

Context

Recently “Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2022” was released.

• The report provides a global overview of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Key-Findings

• Need of action to meet deadline: The report states that urgent action is needed to achieve the 2030 deadline of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Global issues affecting SGDs: According to the report, all 17 SDGs, set at the UN General Assembly in 2015, are in jeopardy due to the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in the number of conflicts across the world.
• The pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have already led to lowering of global economic growth projections by 0.9 percentage point. 
• It is harming in more ways-
• Raising food and fuel prices
• Hampering global supplies and trade
• Roiling financial markets
• Impacted areas: The “cascading and intersecting” issues impact the environment, food and nutrition, health, peace and security as well as education, according to a UN statement on the report.
• Environment: Greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise 14 percent over a decade, antithetical to the Paris Agreement plan — a 2025 peak followed by a 43 percent decline by 2030 and Net 2050.
• Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions shot up 6 percent, taking down gains due to COVID-19.
• Economic shocks and poverty: Economic shocks due to the worldwide health emergency pushed 93 million into poverty in 2020 alone, undoing “more than four years” work at alleviating poverty.
• Education and healthcare:It also affected the education and healthcare services for millions. 
• Immunisation, for example, has dropped for the first time in a decade even as deaths from malaria and TB have risen.
• Cascading effect:The report also flagged threats to food security and aids, rising unemployment (especially among women) and increases in child labour as well as child marriages. 
• The burden was greater on least developed countries and vulnerable population groups.  
• Undoing progress:The report details the reversal of years of progress in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and education, providing basic services, and much more.