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United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
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When the United Nations held a summit in 2015, world leaders came together and launched 17 new development goals. These goals, which are considered to be more far-reaching than the 8 Millennium Development Goals, will strive to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable development and fight inequality by the year 2030.
This 25-slide PowerPoint presentation includes; • A brief background around the 17 goals including- The importance of sustainability, The reasons why the goals are important, What the scientists say, How the goals are monitored • The 17 Sustainable Development Goals
This is a great way to; • Introduce projects and activities around sustainable development • Integrate global issues into your classroom • Initiate class discussions • Support your lessons • Deepen students’ understanding
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Sustainable Development Goals: 17 Goals to Transform our World
- Introduction
The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere.
The Goals were adopted by all United Nations Member States in September 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which sets out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals and their related targets. Never before had world leaders pledged common action across such a broad and universal policy agenda.
The 17 Goals are interconnected, apply to all countries, and need to be carried out by all stakeholders – governments, the private sector, civil society, the United Nations system and others – in a collaborative partnership.
This year marks the midpoint of SDG implementation. However, on its current course, the world may miss many Sustainable Development Goals targets by 2030. For the first time in decades, development progress has stalled and even reversed under the combined weight of climate disasters, conflict, economic downturn and the lingering aftermath of COVID-19. The SDG Summit, held on 18 to 19 September 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York is a unique opportunity for the world to pivot from crisis to development and deliver the breakthroughs needed to achieve the Goals.
This exhibit illustrates the Sustainable Development Goals through photos from around the world, bringing to life what the 17 Goals mean for people on the planet.
This exhibit was produced by the UN Department of Global Communications.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
In 2020, the number of people living in extreme poverty (living on less than USD 2.15 a day) rose to 724 million. Those living in extreme poverty struggle to fulfill the most basic needs (health, education, access to water and sanitation).
Recovery from the pandemic has been slow and uneven, with extreme poverty dropping from 9.3 per cent in 2020 to 8.8 per cent in 2021. The conflict in Ukraine has disrupted global trade, leading to increased living costs that are disproportionately impacting the poor. Furthermore, climate change poses substantial threats to poverty reduction.
By the end of 2022, nowcasting suggests that 8.4 per cent of the world’s population, or as many as 670 million people, could still be living in extreme poverty.
Poverty affects developed countries as well. Right now, 30 million children are growing up poor in the world's richest countries.
Eradicating poverty in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. While the number of people living in extreme poverty dropped by more than half between 1990 and 2015 – from 1.9 billion to 731 million – too many are still struggling for the most basic human needs.
A surge in action and investment to enhance economic opportunities, improve education and extend social protection to all, particularly the most excluded, is crucial to delivering on the central commitment to end poverty and leave no one behind.
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
In 2022, about 9.2 per cent of the world population was facing chronic hunger, equivalent to about 735 million people - 122 million more than in 2019. Hunger and malnutrition are barriers to sustainable development because hungry people are less productive, more prone to disease, and less able to improve their livelihoods.
To nourish today’s 735 million hungry people and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050, a profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed.
To achieve zero hunger by 2030, urgent coordinated action and policy solutions are imperative to address entrenched inequalities, transform food systems, invest in sustainable agricultural practices, and reduce and mitigate the impact of conflict and the pandemic on global nutrition and food security.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Great strides have been made in improving people’s health in recent years. 146 out of 200 countries or areas have already met or are on track to meet the SDG target on under-5 mortality. Effective HIV treatment has cut global AIDS-related deaths by 52 per cent since 2010 and at least one neglected tropical disease has been eliminated in 47 countries.
However, inequalities in health care access still persist. The COVID-19 pandemic and other ongoing crises have impeded progress towards Goal 3. Childhood vaccinations have experienced the largest decline in three decades, and tuberculosis and malaria deaths have increased compared with pre-pandemic levels.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) make a bold commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. The aim is to achieve universal health coverage, and provide access to safe and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.
To overcome these setbacks and address long-standing health care shortcomings, increased investment in health systems is needed to support countries in their recovery and build resilience against future health threats.
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Progress towards quality education was already slower than required before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has had devastating impacts on education, causing learning losses in four out of five of the 104 countries studied.
Without additional measures, an estimated 84 million children and young people will stay out of school and approximately 300 million students will lack the basic numeracy and literacy skills necessary for success in life.
In addition to free primary and secondary schooling for all boys and girls by 2030, the aim is to provide equal access to affordable vocational training, eliminate gender and wealth disparities, and achieve universal access to quality higher education.
Education is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break from the cycle of poverty.
Education helps to reduce inequalities and to reach gender equality. It also empowers people everywhere to live more healthy and sustainable lives. Education is also crucial to fostering tolerance between people and contributes to more peaceful societies.
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore also half of its potential. But gender inequality persists everywhere and stagnates social progress.
On average, women in the labor market still earn 23 percent less than men globally. On average, women spend about three times as many hours in unpaid domestic and care work as men.
Sexual violence and exploitation, the unequal division of unpaid care and domestic work, and discrimination in public office, all remain huge barriers. All these areas of inequality have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic: there has been a surge in reports of sexual violence, women have taken on more care work due to school closures, and 70% of health and social workers globally are women.
At the current rate, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and 47 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments.
Political leadership, investments and comprehensive policy reforms are needed to dismantle systemic barriers to achieving Goal 5. Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective and must be a key focus of national policies, budgets and institutions.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a human right. Yet billions are still faced with daily challenges accessing even the most basic of services.
Water scarcity is projected to increase with the rise of global temperatures as a result of climate change. In 2020, 2.4 billion people lived in water-stressed countries.
In 2022, 2.2 billion people still lacked safely managed drinking water, including 703 million without a basic water service; 3.5 billion people lacked safely managed sanitation, including 1.5 billion without basic sanitation services; and 2 billion lacked a basic handwashing facility, including 653 million with no handwashing facility at all.
There has been positive progress. Between 2015 and 2022, the proportion of the world's population with access to safely managed drinking water increased from 69 per cent to 73 per cent.
Investments in infrastructure and sanitation facilities; protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems; and hygiene education are among the steps necessary to ensure universal access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030.
But we are still not on track to reach Goal 6 by 2030. To get back on track, key strategies include increasing sector-wide investment and capacity-building, promoting innovation and evidence-based action, enhancing cross-sectoral coordination and cooperation among all stakeholders, and adopting a more integrated and holistic approach to water management.
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Our everyday life depends on reliable and affordable energy. And yet the consumption of energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
From 2015 to 2021, the proportion of the global population with access to electricity has increased from 87 per cent to 91 per cent. In 2021, developing countries installed a record-breaking 268 watts per capita of renewable energy-generating capacity. And yet, in 2021 there were still 675 million people around the world with no access to electricity.
Ensuring universal access to affordable electricity by 2030 means investing in clean energy sources such as solar, wind and thermal. Expanding infrastructure and upgrading technology to provide clean energy in all developing countries is a crucial goal that can both encourage growth and help the environment.
To ensure access to energy for all by 2030, we must accelerate electrification, increase investments in renewable energy, improve energy efficiency and develop enabling policies and regulatory frameworks.
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Multiple crises are placing the global economy under serious threat. Global real GDP per capita growth is forecast to slow down in 2023 and with ever increasing challenging economic conditions, more workers are turning to informal employment.
Globally, labour productivity has increased and the unemployment rate has decreased. However, more progress is needed to increase employment opportunities, especially for young people, reduce informal employment and labour market inequality (particularly in terms of the gender pay gap), promote safe and secure working environments, and improve access to financial services to ensure sustained and inclusive economic growth.
The global unemployment rate declined significantly in 2022, falling to 5.4 per cent from a peak of 6.6 per cent in 2020 as economies began recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rate was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 5.5 per cent in 2019.
A persistent lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments and under-consumption contribute to the erosion of the basic social contract: that all must share in progress. The creation of quality jobs remain a major challenge for almost all economies.
Achieving Goal 8 will require a wholesale reform of the financial system to tackle rising debts, economic uncertainty and trade tensions, while promoting equitable pay and decent work for young people.
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
The manufacturing industry's recovery from COVID-19 is incomplete and uneven. Global manufacturing growth slowed down to 3.3 per cent in 2022, from 7.4 per cent in 2021.
The share of manufacturing in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) remains low, posing a serious challenge to the target of doubling industry’s share of GDP by 2030. However, medium-high and high-technology industries demonstrated robust growth rates.
As of 2022, 95 per cent of the world’s population was within reach of a mobile broadband network, but some areas remain underserved.
Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries.
To achieve Goal 9 by 2030, it is also essential to support LDCs, invest in advanced technologies, lower carbon emissions and increase mobile broadband access.
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.
The incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population had been growing faster than the national average in most countries. But emerging yet inconclusive evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have put a dent in this positive trend of falling within-country inequality.
The pandemic has caused the largest rise in between-country inequality in three decades.
Reducing both within- and between-country inequality requires equitable resource distribution, investing in education and skills development, implementing social protection measures, combating discrimination, supporting marginalized groups and fostering international cooperation for fair trade and financial systems.
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Half of the world’s population live in cities. This is projected to reach 70 per cent by 2050.
In the developing world, the rapid growth of cities, along with the increasing rural to urban migration, has led to a boom in mega-cities. In 1990, there were ten mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more. In 2014, there are 28 mega-cities, home to a total of 453 million people.
This rapid urbanization outpaces the development of housing, infrastructure and services, which led to a rise in slums or slum-like conditions. In 2020, an estimated 1.1 billion urban residents lived in slums or slum-like conditions. Over the next 30 years, an additional 2 billion people are expected to live in such settlements.
Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way urban spaces are built and managed.
Making cities safe and sustainable means ensuring access to safe and affordable housing, upgrading slum settlements, investing in public transport, creating green spaces, and improving urban planning and management in a way that is both participatory and inclusive.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
If the global population reaches 9.8 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets will be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.
Global crises triggered a resurgence in fossil fuel subsidies, nearly doubling from 2020 to 2021.
In 2021, governments spent an estimated $732 billion on subsidies for coal, oil and gas, nearly doubling the $375 billion spent in 2020.
In 2021, although 828 million people were facing hunger, 13.2 per cent of the world's food was lost after harvest along the supply chain from farm to consumer.
The trend towards sustainability reporting is on the rise, with around 70 per cent of monitored companies publishing sustainability reports in 2021.
In 2022, 67 national governments reported to the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of sustainable public procurement policies and action plans, a 50 per cent increase from 2020.
Support should be provided to developing countries to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption by 2030.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Climate change affects every country on every continent. It is caused by human activities and threatens the future of our planet. With rising greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is occurring at rates much faster than anticipated and its effects are clearly felt world-wide.
The impacts include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. If left unchecked, climate change will undo a lot of the progress made over the past years in development. It will also provoke mass migrations that will lead to instability and wars.
Between 2010 and 2020, highly vulnerable regions, home to approximately 3.3–3.6 billion people, experienced 15 times higher human mortality rates from floods, droughts and storms compared to regions with very low vulnerability.
Sea levels continued to rise in 2022, reaching a new record since satellite measurements in 1993.
Affordable, scalable solutions are now available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient, and low-carbon economies.
Climate change is a global challenge that requires coordinated international cooperation.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97 percent of the Earth’s water, and represent 99 percent of the living space on the planet by volume.
The world’s oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines, biofuels and other products; help with the breakdown and removal of waste and pollution; and their coastal ecosystems act as buffers to reduce damage from storms.
However, marine pollution is reaching alarming levels, with over 17 million metric tons clogging the ocean in 2021, a figure set to double or triple by 2040.
Currently, the ocean’s average pH is 8.1, about 30 per cent more acidic than in pre-industrial times. Ocean acidification threatens the survival of marine life, disrupts the food web, and undermines vital services provided by the ocean and our own food security.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. This includes increasing funding for ocean science, intensifying conservation efforts, and urgently turning the tide on climate change to safeguard the planet's largest ecosystem.
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss
Terrestrial ecosystems are vital for sustaining human life, contributing to over half of global GDP and encompassing diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values.
Global forest coverage decreased from 31.9 per cent in 2000 (4.2 billion hectares) to 31.2 per cent (4.1 billion hectares) in 2020.
In 2021, Official Development Assistance (ODA) in support of biodiversity increased by 26.2 per cent from $7.7 billion in 2020 to $9.8 billion.
In 2022, 21 per cent of reptile species are threatened.
Between 2015 and 2019, at least 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land were degraded every year, impacting the lives of 1.3 billion people.
Halting deforestation and restoring the use of terrestrial ecosystems is necessary to reduce the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity which are part of our common heritage.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation.
Civilian deaths directly related to 12 of the world’s deadliest conflicts increased by 53 per cent between 2021 and 2022, marking the first rise since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in 2015. The year 2022 witnessed a more than 50 per cent increase in conflict-related civilian deaths.
High levels of armed violence and insecurity have a destructive impact on a country’s development.
Sexual violence, crime, exploitation and torture are prevalent where there is conflict or no rule of law, and countries must take measures to protect those who are most at risk.
As of the end of 2022, 108.4 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide – an increase of 19 million compared with the end of 2021 and two and a half times the number of a decade ago.
In 2021, there were approximately 458,000 intentional homicides – the highest number in the past two decades.
Governments, civil society and communities need to work together to find lasting solutions to conflict and insecurity. Strengthening the rule of law and promoting human rights is key to this process, as is reducing the flow of illicit arms, combating corruption, and ensuring inclusive participation at all times.
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is universal and calls for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure no one is left behind. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society.
The Sustainable Development Goals can only be realized with a strong commitment to global partnership and cooperation.
The total external debt of low- and middle-income countries reached $9 trillion in 2021, recording a 5.6 per cent increase from 2020.
In 2022, global exports increased sharply by 12.3 per cent, and global trade reached a record $32 trillion.
In 2022, net ODA flows by member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) reached $206 billion.
To be successful, everyone will need to mobilize both existing and additional resources, and developed countries will need to fulfill their official development assistance commitments.
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and is grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
As such, the Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals aim not only to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – but also to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies, realizing the human rights of all.
They offer a blueprint for tackling the defining issues of our time, such as climate change, which requires urgent and transformative action that leaves no one behind.
The United Nations and its agencies, funds and programmes are working with Member States, civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders to accelerate progress toward the Goals, in a spirit of global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable.
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The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to achieve a sustainable future and promote equality, human rights, and justice for all by 2030. Adopted by UN Member States in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a shared strategy for peace and prosperity for all people and our planet, now and into the future.
The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to guide reflection and action on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing humanity and the natural world, including inequalities (SDG 10), climate change (SDG 13), peace and justice (SDG 16), and global cooperation to meet global targets (SDG 17). These goals and their targets acknowledge that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, social inequalities, and economic disparities–all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our natural surroundings.
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UNESCO and Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.
These objectives form a program of sustainable, universal, and ambitious development, a program of the people, by the people and for the people, conceived with the active participation of UNESCO.
UNESCO's action to achieve the SDGs
Utilizing its mandate and proficiency across various domains including education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information, as well as oceanic affairs, UNESCO consistently endeavors to execute initiatives aligned with the principle of inclusivity, ensuring "leaving no one behind."
Education
UNESCO actively helped to frame the Education 2030 agenda which is encapsulated in SDG 4. The Incheon Declaration, adopted at the World Education Forum in Korea in May 2015, entrusted UNESCO to lead and coordinate Education 2030 through guidance and technical support within the overall SDG agenda.
Natural Sciences
The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a significant step forward in the recognition of the contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to sustainable development.
Social and Human Sciences
UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Programme aims to firmly entrench universal values and principles, such as global solidarity, inclusion, anti-discrimination, gender equality and accountability, in the implementation of the SDGs.
Culture
Placing culture at the heart of development policies constitutes an essential investment in the world's future and a pre-condition to successful globalization processes that take into account the principle of cultural diversity.
Communication and Information
UNESCO advocates the recognition of the vital role that freedom of expression and access to information and knowledge play in sustainable societies.
Ocean
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC ) of UNESCO holds a universal mandate and global convening power for ocean science and capacity development in support of the 2030 Agenda and its sustainable goals.
AI for social good: Improving lives and protecting the planet
Advances in AI have accelerated dramatically over the past two years, marked by an ability to design, train, and—most important—run AI at a large scale and for many millions of users. AI’s potential impact spans sectors and could deliver positive social change.
About the authors
This report is a collaborative effort by Medha Bankhwal, Ankit Bisht , Michael Chui , Roger Roberts , and Ashley van Heteren , representing views from McKinsey Digital.
In fact, AI is already being used to further all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—from the goal of eliminating poverty to establishing sustainable cities and communities and providing quality education for all. Generative AI has opened even more possibilities. In 2018, it was becoming clear that AI could play a major role globally in promoting not only productivity and economic growth but also social good. A report we published at the time outlined how AI capabilities, from natural language processing to sound recognition and tracking, could be used in 170 use cases to benefit society 1 Additional research in 2023 yielded discovery of 13 more use cases piloted in 2018 that were not originally accounted for in our 2018 report , bringing the total to about 170. —including to promote equality and inclusion, improve crisis response, and protect the environment. 2 “‘ Tech for Good’: Using technology to smooth disruption and improve well-being ,” McKinsey Global Institute, May 15, 2019; Amine Aït-Si-Selmi, Eric Hazan, Hamza Khan, and Tunde Olanrewaju, “ Tech for Good: Helping the United Kingdom improve lives and livelihoods ,” McKinsey, July 31, 2020. Today, we have discovered a total of about 600 use cases, more than a threefold increase. 3 Our library of about 600 use cases is not comprehensive and will continue to evolve. This list of use cases per SDG should thus not be treated as exhaustive.
Methodology
We set out to understand AI’s potential impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and assess how private and charitable and public capital is flowing toward the SDGs with the highest potential for AI impact. We collected several kinds of data to do so:
Use case library and not-for-profit deployments. We created a library of 600 use cases in which AI could be used to advance the SDGs and more than 1,000 not-for-profit deployments of AI toward these goals. To build this data set, we used a range of publicly available sources made available by not-for-profits, foundations funding their activities, and the United Nations.
Survey and interviews. We surveyed about 60 experts from 17 countries and 48 organizations (including not-for-profits, foundations, technology companies, start-ups, academic institutions, and government) to learn their views related to SDGs where AI has the highest potential, AI risks, and barriers to scaling. Additionally, we interviewed more than 50 executives and senior leaders from not-for-profits, tech companies, and foundations globally.
Foundation grants. We analyzed more than 1,000 foundation grants filtered by the search terms “AI,” “ML,” “artificial intelligence,” and “machine learning” from 2018 to 2023. 1 Analysis focuses on grants from mostly US-based foundations, and there is typically a time lag since the data is based on IRS data. But the analysis is representative of distribution across SDGs as well as scale of funding. See “AI for Sustainable Development Goals,” Candid Foundation Directory, 2018–2023. Grants went to recipients in countries including Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, India, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Analysis of private capital investment. Based on data from PitchBook, we analyzed approximately 20,000 companies that have a clear focus on AI, machine learning, and big data and have gone through a funding round since 2020. Based on their descriptions, companies were tagged to one or more SDGs. The total lifetime funding of all tagged companies was used to determine the total funding per SDG. Because funding can be applicable to multiple SDGs, when the value of SDG funding is calculated, it exceeds the total amount invested when considered without SDG tagging. Roughly 35 percent of companies were headquartered in the United States.
In our 2024 report, we take another look at how AI can and has already become a key part of solutions to benefit people and the planet by mapping innovations and impact to the SDGs (see sidebar “Methodology”). The SDGs comprise 17 goals and 169 targets that aim to improve lives around the world and protect the planet. But the 2023 UN update on progress against the SDGs indicated that the world is on track to meet only 15 percent of SDG targets. 4 The Sustainable Development Goals report 2023: Special edition , United Nations, July 10, 2023. In real terms, this means that today, 2.2 billion people lack access to safe water and hygiene; 3.5 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation 5 “The 17 goals,” United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, accessed April 24, 2024. ; roughly 3.3 billion live in environments highly vulnerable to climate change 6 “ Protecting people from a changing climate: The case for resilience ,” McKinsey, November 8, 2021. ; and 750 million are facing hunger. 7 “122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report,” World Health Organization, July 12, 2023.
AI’s potential across the SDGs and how funding for AI supports progress
While AI will affect all SDGs, experts we surveyed believe that AI has a particularly high potential to make a difference for five: Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Climate Action (SDG 13), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11). In fact, 60 percent of deployments of not-for-profit AI for social good were in these areas. Relative to their perceived AI-potential, the SDGs for Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Life on Land (SDG 15), and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16) have many use case deployments, whereas Quality Education (SDG 4), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), and Climate Action (SDG 13) have fewer (Exhibit 1). We excluded Decent Work & Economic Growth (SDG 8); Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure (SDG 9); and Partnerships for Goals (SDG 17) from the not-for-profit deployment, foundation grants, and private capital analysis. This is because most projects can be tagged to these areas given the broad AI applicability. 8 In our analysis of 600 use cases, each use case was tagged to a single primary SDG and SDG target.
In analyzing where funding has been deployed toward harnessing AI for the SDGs, we see directional alignment with the experts’ opinion of the five highest-potential areas. The combined view of grant and private capital funding centers on Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), and Climate Action (SDG 13). In addition, about 40 percent of private capital investments into the 20,000 AI companies analyzed contributed directly or indirectly toward at least one of the 17 SDG thematic areas. 9 SDGs 8, 9, and 17 were excluded in this analysis because of the general applicability of AI to those SDGs.
There are, however, exciting pockets of opportunity. Consider the relatively low private capital funding for Quality Education (SDG 4). Even for Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) and Climate Action (SDG 13), more than 50 percent of the private capital investment went toward autonomous vehicles for improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions. This suggests further potential for private entities to deploy capital toward SDG themes where AI has high potential.
Geographic disparities in grant allocation remain high. An analysis of the location of grant recipients’ headquarters from a database of US-majority foundations reveals that, from 2018 to 2023, only 10 percent of grants allocated toward AI initiatives that address one or more of the SDGs went to organizations based in low or middle-income countries. 10 This analysis is not holistic, because it analyzed grants only from Candid, which focuses primarily on US-based foundations. Additionally, Candid’s database takes 1.5 to 2.0 years to update because of a lag from IRS data. See “AI for Sustainable Development Goals,” Candid Foundation Directory, 2018–2023. While organizations may have impact outside of the countries where they are headquartered, 60 percent of experts responding to our survey 11 We surveyed about 60 experts across 17 countries and 48 organizations. agreed that AI efforts today are not focused enough on benefiting lower-income countries (as opposed to higher income or developed countries), where the need and SDG impact can be the highest.
Challenges and risks of scaling AI for social good
Challenges in scaling AI for social-good initiatives are persistent and tough. Seventy-two percent of the respondents to our expert survey observed that most efforts to deploy AI for social good to date have focused on research and innovation rather than adoption and scaling. Fifty-five percent of grants for AI research and deployment across the SDGs are $250,000 or smaller, which is consistent with a focus on targeted research or smaller-scale deployment, rather than large-scale expansion. Aside from funding, the biggest barriers to scaling AI continue to be data availability, accessibility, and quality; AI talent availability and accessibility; organizational receptiveness; and change management. More on these topics can be found in the full report.
While overcoming these challenges, organizations should also be aware of strategies to address the range of risks, including inaccurate outputs, biases embedded in the underlying training data, the potential for large-scale misinformation, and malicious influence on politics and personal well-being. 12 “ Implementing generative AI with speed and safety ,” McKinsey Quarterly , March 13, 2024. As we have noted in multiple recent articles, 13 “ Implementing generative AI with speed and safety ,” McKinsey Quarterly , March 13, 2024; “ The state of AI in 2023: Generative AI’s breakout year ,” McKinsey, August 1, 2023; New at McKinsey Blog , “ An inside look at how businesses are—or are not—managing AI risk ,” blog entry by Liz Grennan and Bryce Hall, August 31, 2023; “ What is generative AI? ,” McKinsey, April 2, 2024. AI tools and techniques can be misused, even if the tools were originally designed for social good. Experts identified the top risks as impaired fairness, malicious use, and privacy and security concerns, followed by explainability (Exhibit 2). 14 Our AI risks framework for social impact builds on McKinsey’s generative AI risks framework (see “ Implementing generative AI with speed and safety ,” McKinsey Quarterly , March 13, 2024). It includes additional categories such as political stability and environmental impact and excludes risks such as strategic risks that can be more relevant to for-profit enterprises. Respondents from not-for-profits expressed relatively more concern about misinformation, talent issues such as job displacement, and effects of AI on economic stability compared with their counterparts at for-profits, who were more often concerned with IP infringement.
Accelerating the deployment of AI for social good
Scientific breakthroughs have increased the effectiveness of AI at pattern recognition, prediction, and creation. This progress has coincided with a rapidly growing number of successful AI deployments, but, as we saw above, there are still challenges to scaling their use for addressing the SDGs. Realizing this potential will require stakeholders to collaborate more closely to ensure access to adequate talent and robust data solutions, as well as to AI applications and models that are more open-sourced or scalable across user geographies around the world, thereby meeting people at the point of need.
By collaborating to find ways to put AI to work at scale for social good, mission-driven organizations, governments, foundations, universities, ecosystems of developers, and businesses can help solve some of the world’s most challenging and intractable problems. They can help thwart human trafficking, ensure girls and children all over the world receive the education they deserve, protect forests from illegal deforestation, support the health and safety of pregnant women and newborns, and so much more. If these things aren’t worth fighting for, what is?
Medha Bankhwal is a consultant in McKinsey’s Bay Area office, where Michael Chui is a McKinsey Global Institute partner; Ankit Bisht is a partner in the Dubai office; Roger Roberts is a partner in the Silicon Valley office; and Ashley van Heteren is a partner in the Amsterdam office.
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UB President Satish K. Tripathi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sir Hilary Beckles, vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies, on May 20 at a celebratory event at the president’s home. The MOU will help achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Agreement will also create new opportunities for UB faculty and students in sustainable development leadership
By Laurie Kaiser
Release Date: May 21, 2024
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leaders of the University of the West Indies (UWI), on May 20 to help achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals .
The MOU, which connects UB with the five campuses in the Caribbean university system headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica, will foster collaborations between faculty and students, encourage more research and study abroad opportunities, and create a new shared graduate program.
Tripathi met with Sir Hilary Beckles, UWI vice chancellor, and Audrey Marks, Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, on May 20 during their visit to UB and Western New York. Delegates from UWI, the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations, and university and community leaders helped celebrate the partnership.
“With this memorandum of understanding between UB and UWI, we formalize our commitment to build upon our shared strengths, harness our disciplinary expertise and foster collaborations in service of the greater good,” Tripathi said. “As we work together to foster global sustainability and resiliency, our endeavors will be that much more impactful by virtue of our shared contributions.”
This MOU follows a previous partnership formed between UWI and the State University of New York (SUNY) in 2013. One of the top goals was to create a SUNY-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development (CLSD) that would attract future global leaders and catalyze transformative research collaborations across SUNY and UWI campuses relevant to democratic participation, leadership and governance.
The focus was to find solutions to specific problems that are hindering individual countries from achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, explained Gene Morse, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, who also serves as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI Mona Campus.
Morse was named executive director of the CLSD last fall. This development helped create the pathway for the university-wide MOU. Morse also directs UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences (CIGBS), which will serve as the new UB home for CLSD.
“The mission of the CLSD remains focused on addressing the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and this MOU provides the roadmap to strengthen our partnership and pursue plans for a global leadership hub,” Beckles said. “The CLSD will assist countries to develop implementation plans through the research conducted by graduate students and their CLSD mentors, along with in-country business and government advisors.”
Her Excellency, Audrey Marks, Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, speaks during the celebration recognizing a partnership between UB and the five campuses in the Caribbean university system headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica. The two universities will work together to address the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and will soon offer a new graduate program in sustainable development. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
CLSD to be housed at UB
In 2024, the UWI International School for Development Justice was created with funding from the International Development Bank to establish a master’s program focused on training individuals who could, in turn, build a global workforce in pursuit of the 2030 goals.
The CLSD, which came to fruition in 2016, is currently housed in Empire State University, SUNY’s online institution. Plans are underway to transition CLSD to UB for the 2024-25 academic year. Once finalized, the CLSD will offer a new graduate program in sustainable development using UB and UWI Central as the operations centers for its programs.
“Students, regardless of location, who want to work toward sustainable development initiatives, can participate in this graduate program,” Morse said. “We envision it having endless opportunities.”
In addition, he noted, the CLSD is the strategic center that will mobilize SUNY, UWI and other invited faculty to provide mentorship for the master’s candidates enrolled in the UWI International School for Development Justice, creating a solid research foundation to guide sustainable development projects around the globe.
A slate of dignitaries from Jamaica and Buffalo gathered at the home of UB President Satish K. Tripathi on May 20 to celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the University of the West Indies. This MOU follows a previous partnership formed between UWI and the State University of New York (SUNY) in 2013. One of the top goals was to create a SUNY-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development (CLSD) that would attract future global leaders and catalyze transformative research collaborations across SUNY and UWI campuses relevant to democratic participation, leadership and governance. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
Potential CLDS growth at UB and UWI
CLSD will continue to be the organizational home for the SUNY-UWI Health Research Consortium and will maximize the SUNY-UWI faculty collaborations that have resulted in the emergence of many new leaders and will leverage funded grants to grow the financial foundation for CLSD.
Recent program development efforts include planning for a UWI School of Public Health, focusing on the intersecting issues of climate change, alternative energy and agricultural innovation. Many of these collaborations also have natural interactions with business development and new economic development, Morse noted.
“We also anticipate that both institutions will benefit from this partnership by becoming more competitive for funding, which can lead to job creation through sustainable development initiatives in the future,” Morse said. “I view the collaboration as leveraging our wealth of core facilities and resources at UB and SUNY to help low- and middle-income countries grow and become more economically independent.”
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Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal ( AISN) project has been implemented with the objective of supporting the Government of Nepal in achieving the SDGs in accordance with the targets set in the 15 th Plan by creating enabling environment and capacity building through accelerated implementation. This will attempt to address critical development challenges of the country by mitigating SDG financing gaps and reconciling socio-economic development with environment management.
The project aims to support Nepal in achieving the SDGs and the targets of 15th Plan by creating enabling environment and capacity development through accelerated implementation. The project has two outcomes:
1) Planning, budgeting, monitoring & reporting systems at all levels of government are SDG responsive and functional; and
2) Resilient and innovative financing available for SDG implementation.
The Government of Nepal has adopted various policies and programs to accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal and had put in place the institutional and financial arrangements. The National Planning Commission (NPC) is the principal agency for SDG monitoring and has taken a number of initiatives towards attaining the SDGs by engaging relevant stakeholders in this process. Nepal is one of the first country to take stock of its status on the proposed Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, followed by preparing SDGs status and roadmap 2016-2030 and SDGs Needs Assessment, Costing and Financing Strategy. The implementation started with incorporating SDGs in the 14 th Plan (2016/2017 – 2018/2019) and now mainstreaming SDGs in the 15 th Plan (2019/20-2023/24) which is guided by the overarching national aspiration of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’. The Long-Term Vision 2043 is also built on the goals, targets and milestones of the Agenda 2030. Nepal has already introduced SDG budget coding in the national budget system to monitor public expenditure aligned with the SDGs achievements. The national Medium-Term Expenditure framework is SDG responsive. The SDG localization at sub-national levels is also advancing to accelerate achievement of the SDGs in a comprehensive and holistic manner overcoming the challenges of resource mobilization, data management, coordination and monitoring & evaluation. COVID-19 has added additional challenges in this localization process.
What have we accomplished so far?
AISN Project has been supporting NPC in producing milestone documents including supporting to mainstream the SDGs in the national development process. Below are key documents produced so far/in the pipeline.
- Publication of Nepal Human Development Report 2020
- Publication of SDGs Progress Assessment Report 2016-2019
- Publication of SDGs Localization Source Book 2020
- Development of Financing Requirement Framework of the 15 th Plan
- National Review of SDGs (Voluntary Report) to present to the High-Level Political Forum
- Study on the Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 in Nepal
Expected Outcome of the project
- Planning, budgeting and M&E systems at federal level fully aligned with the SDGs,
- SDGs aligned planning, budgeting and M &E systems in place at provinces and local levels,
- The intergovernmental fiscal transfer mechanism incentivizes provincial and local governments to integrate the SDGs,
- Cooperatives and public enterprises increased investment for SDG implementation
- Private sector resources and innovative financing including global and vertical funds are mobilized to mitigate SDG financing gap and
- COVID-19 financing and economic recovery plan/ strategy developed.
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024
Global economic growth is projected to slow from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, trending below the pre-pandemic growth rate of 3.0 per cent, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024. This latest forecast comes on the heels of global economic performance exceeding expectations in 2023. However, last year’s stronger-than-expected GDP growth masked short-term risks and structural vulnerabilities.
The UN’s flagship economic report presents a sombre economic outlook for the near term. Persistently high interest rates, further escalation of conflicts, sluggish international trade, and increasing climate disasters, pose significant challenges to global growth.
The prospects of a prolonged period of tighter credit conditions and higher borrowing costs present strong headwinds for a world economy saddled with debt, while in need of more investments to resuscitate growth, fight climate change and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“2024 must be the year when we break out of this quagmire. By unlocking big, bold investments we can drive sustainable development and climate action, and put the global economy on a stronger growth path for all,” said António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General. “We must build on the progress made in the past year towards an SDG Stimulus of at least $500 billion per year in affordable long-term financing for investments in sustainable development and climate action.”
Subdued growth in developed and developing economies Growth in several large, developed economies, especially the United States, is projected to decelerate in 2024 given high interest rates, slowing consumer spending and weaker labour markets. The short-term growth prospects for many developing countries – particularly in East Asia, Western Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean – are also deteriorating because of tighter financial conditions, shrinking fiscal space and sluggish external demand. Low-income and vulnerable economies are facing increasing balance-of-payments pressures and debt sustainability risks. Economic prospects for small island developing States, in particular, will be constrained by heavy debt burdens, high interest rates and increasing climate-related vulnerabilities, which threaten to undermine, and in some cases, even reverse gains made on the SDGs.
Inflation trending down but recovery in labour markets still uneven Global inflation is projected to decline further, from an estimated 5.7 per cent in 2023 to 3.9 per cent in 2024. Price pressures are, however, still elevated in many countries and any further escalation of geopolitical conflicts risks renewed increases in inflation.
In about a quarter of all developing countries, annual inflation is projected to exceed 10 per cent in 2024, the report highlights. Since January 2021, consumer prices in developing economies have increased by a cumulative 21.1 per cent, significantly eroding the economic gains made following the COVID-19 recovery. Amid supply-side disruptions, conflicts and extreme weather events, local food price inflation remained high in many developing economies, disproportionately affecting the poorest households.
“Persistently high inflation has further set back progress in poverty eradication, with especially severe impacts in the least developed countries,” said Li Junhua, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. “It is absolutely imperative that we strengthen global cooperation and the multilateral trading system, reform development finance, address debt challenges and scale up climate financing to help vulnerable countries accelerate towards a path of sustainable and inclusive growth.”
According to the report, the global labour markets have seen an uneven recovery from the pandemic crisis. In developed economies, labour markets have remained resilient despite a slowdown in growth. However, in many developing countries, particularly in Western Asia and Africa, key employment indicators, including unemployment rates, are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. The global gender employment gap remains high, and gender pay gaps not only persist but have even widened in some occupations.
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