“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected — often the key to success on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another.”
“The SDGs are a United Nations-sponsored effort to create a common set of development goals for all communities in every country, with a deadline for attainment of 2030. The idea …show more content…
And the beliefs of neoliberalism (such as privatisation, deregulation and public spending cuts) are known to increase inequality and environmental damage, and therefore they weaken the practice of sustainable development.
Theory of Modernisation - Rostow
We use this theory to explain how do societies become “modern” or enter in a process of modernisation. The term modernisation refers to a transition from a “traditional” society to a “modern” society. This theory analyses the internal factors of a country, with the supposition that with help the now “traditional” societies can develop and become “modern” societies. This theory also tries to explain he process of social evolution.
Basically what this theory wants is to make the poor countries, not poor. According to the UN what the Sustainable Development Goals are for is to help poorer countries to end poverty, hunger, and more. SO yes, both want to help the poor countries. The difference between them is that this theory says its us, the richer or developed countries who should be able to help the poorer countries. And that this should be done by the process called: …show more content…
Sustainable human development
This idea or theory appeared in the 90s. The Indian economist Amartya Sen is one of the persons who is more close and familiar to this theory. “This is a tradition of thought that is unashamed to call itself universalist whee it comes to the basics — that we all need to live a "good life”.”
A definition for this theory could be: The process of people trying to achieve their full potential, lead more productive lives, expand their choices and meet their needs without compromising the opportunities of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainable degrowth
De-growth focus on the question of how to be able to enjoy a ‘good life’ — frugality (voluntary simplicity, disassociation with consumerism), better selection of technical innovations, etc. A Society of de-growth is a society built on quality rather than on quantity, on cooperation rather than on competition. De-growth is not negative