IS OUR WORLD SUSTAINABLE?
Will the 17 SDGs be achieved by the year 2030? Introduction The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprints to achieve better and more sustainable future for all. To achieve this, 17 targets and indicators were developed through global negotiations at a UN conference held in Brazil in 2012. Unlike the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which preceded the SDGs and focused on only low and middle income countries, the SDGs are universal and apply to all countries. The background to your MOOC selection I selected this course because, sustainability and development pose unprecedented challenges as human societies grow and seek to ensure future wellbeing and prosperity. This course will allow me appreciate the twin challenges of sustainability and development with actionable knowledge for innovating solutions to the world’s most pressing problems ...