{"id":574,"date":"2023-06-13T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T07:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=574"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:32","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-15","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The Sustainable Development Goals were first proposed in 1972 by a global think tank called the \u2018Club of Rome\u2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Sustainable Development Goals have to be achieved by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is \/ are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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      • The first report of the Club of Rome <\/strong>was the famous The limits to growth, brought out in 1972<\/strong> by an MIT research team coordinated by Dennis and Donella Meadows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012<\/strong>.\n
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        • It is a group of 17 goals with 169 targets and 304 indicators, <\/strong>as proposed by the United Nation General Assembly\u2019s Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals <\/strong>to be achieved by 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Post negotiations, agenda titled \u201cTransforming Our World: the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development\u201d<\/strong> was adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The objective of SDG was to produce a set of universal goals that meet the urgent environmental, political, and economic challenges facing our world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The\u00a017 goals <\/strong>under the Sustainable Development Goals are as mentioned below:\n
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          1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well being for all at all stages<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. Built resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. Reduce inequalities within and among countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          13. Take urgent actions to combat climate change and its impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managed forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            \"Sustainable<\/figure>\n\n\n