LTP and SDGs
LTP is foundational for the fulfillment of the SDGs
The Age of Sustainable Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PTbo4ZSW0
We are right in the middle, as the world community
via the UN, of formulating and
negotiating the Post 2015 Agenda for sustainable development. What will be the
agreed-upon goals, targets, and indicators that will take us to 2030? The Open Working Groups
Outcome Document from July 2014 is the main reference point for the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are emerging, building upon the
previous efforts, especially the lessons learned from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Central to the upcoming SDGs is the massive effort to eradicate poverty in all its forms, prioritizing both people and the planet, and doing so by integrating the SDG’s social,
economic, and environmental dimensions.
What’s next? Heading
towards the SDGs in 2015
The next major step in the SDG process is the UN
Secretary General's Synthesis Report due in November 2014. Here are some of the
recent and upcoming events related to the SDGs, for reference (source: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/beyond2015-overview.shtml)
“In the lead up to the summit in September 2015
where world leaders are expected to gather to adopt the post-2015 development
agenda, the Secretary-General and UN System will keep supporting UN Member
States as intergovernmental deliberations continue. Results from consultations,
key reports and other processes in 2014 will feed into the Secretary-General’s
Synthesis Report, which is expected by the end of 2014. The Secretary-General’s
Synthesis Report will be presented to Member States to set the stage for
negotiations leading up to the September 2015 summit.
·
High-level Stocktaking Event on the Post-2015
Development Agenda (September 2014)
·
Special Session to Follow Up Programme of Action of
the International Conference on Population and Development (September 2014)
·
Report of the Independent Expert Advisory Group on
the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development (2014)
·
The Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report (2014)
·
World Economic Forum (January 2015)
·
Commission on the Status of Women [Beijing+20]
(March 2015)
·
Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the
International Monetary Fund (April 2015)
·
Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 (July
2015)
·
Third International Conference on Financing for
Development (July 2015)
·
Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force Report
2015 (September 2015)”
Learning More about SDGs
One way among
many to go further and deeper with the SDGs, is to participate in all or part
of the free online course on sustainable development by Jeffery Sach’s et al. at the Earth
Institute, Columbia University. We have included the introductory video lecture
(11 minutes) at the beginning of this entry but you can watch the shorter
course overview/promo too (five minutes) called, “The Age of Sustainable
Development.” As you will see, the in-depth focus on sustainable development is not seen simply as the faddish-flavor
of the month but rather as the main course for this century!
How does LTP (loving
truth and peace) relate to the SDGs (sustainable development goals?
We as humanity
must love (highly esteem and sacrificially commit to): truth (honestly reviewing and acknowledging the world
situation with its problems, injustices, in equities, etc. along with monitoring our progress
in and responsibilities for improving the world) and peace (holistic wellbeing and harmony for all people and
all nations—security, prosperity, development). Loving truth and peace for me is thus
the foundational value and commitment as
I seek to do my part in the SDGs.
Some Questions
Are the SDGs actually
achievable or just aspirational?
What types of
major shifts are needed to see them realized?
What are
humanity’s strengths and weaknesses in trying to accomplish the SDGs?
What can we
learn from past efforts?
What are the
core values that underlie the SDGs?
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