What is Sustainable Development? What are its principles?
Adopting a sustainable life is crucial for humans to continue their lives in a healthy and prosperous manner by using the world's resources correctly. Changing and developing our habits within the framework of sustainability has become a necessity rather than a requirement, both individually and socially.
The concept of "sustainable development" emerged towards the end of the 20th century due to the industrial revolution, production advancements, and global ecological crises. It aims to meet the needs of both current and future generations. In the 1990s, international agreements were signed, leading to a global implementation plan.
Sustainable development is based on the common ground of "sustainability" in various areas like economic, social development, business models, and lifestyle.
Sustainable development is shaped by the relationships between the environment and socioeconomic development in a well-structured and parallel manner, aiming to shape both the present and the future in line with this common goal.
Sustainable development is a holistic philosophy that evaluates the interaction of economic structure, social structure, and environment together to develop current and future generations.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets set by the United Nations for its member countries to achieve by 2030.
Many people still struggle to meet their most basic human needs, such as access to health, education, clean water, and sanitation, despite the number of people living in extreme poverty having more than halved from 1.9 billion to 836 million between 1990 and 2015. Goal 1 aims to ensure access to food, shelter, clothing, health, and education for full participation in society.
The global goal aims to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture on Earth.
The welfare of societies increases when people are healthy. This goal aims to ensure a healthy and quality life at every age.
The global goal is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and promote lifelong learning opportunities. Progress in education has been particularly difficult in some developing regions due to severe poverty, armed conflicts, and emergencies.
Accelerating sustainable development is critical and a fundamental human right to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls. Accelerating economic growth and all-round development has been proven to result from empowering women and girls.
Water scarcity affects over 40% of people globally and is projected to worsen due to climate change caused by global warming. The decline in safe drinking water supplies is a major problem affecting all continents, despite 2.1 billion people gaining access to better water and sanitation since 1990.
Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all is the goal of affordable and clean energy. Fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions are causing significant climate changes worldwide.
The goal of "Decent Work and Economic Growth" is to promote stable, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.