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By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions. Related Impact Areas: 6, 11, 16, 22, 27, 32, 36, 41, 47, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 83 |
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By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters. Related Impact Areas: 73, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 87, 103 |
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By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality. Related Impact Areas: 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed. Related Impact Areas: 66, 67 |
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By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination. Related Impact Areas: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 61, 68, 69, 84, 85, 102, 86 |
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By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development. Related Impact Areas: 90, 91 |
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By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally. Related Impact Areas: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 59, 60, 61, 68, 69, 75, 84, 85, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity. Related Impact Areas: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 87, 99, 101 |
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By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes. Related Impact Areas: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 57, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 59, 34, 35, 36, 60, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 61, 68, 69, 73, 75, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 103 |
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By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. Related Impact Areas: 2, 9, 13, 19, 25, 29, 35, 38, 44, 50, 5, 10, 15, 21, 26, 31, 40, 46, 65 |
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By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency. Related Impact Areas: 8, 9, 10, 11, 55 |
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Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors. Related Impact Areas: 6, 11, 16, 22, 27, 32, 36, 41, 47, 52, 63, 64, 65 |
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Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead. Related Impact Areas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 55, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 57, 34, 35, 36, 60, 63, 64, 65, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86 |
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By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities. Related Impact Areas: 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average. Related Impact Areas: 63, 64, 65 |
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Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Related Impact Areas: 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97 |
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Implement the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries. Related Impact Areas: 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. Related Impact Areas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 55, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 57, 34, 35, 36, 60, 73, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86 |
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By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Related Impact Areas: 68, 69, 70, 84, 85, 86, 102, 104 |
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Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries. Related Impact Areas: 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 54, 66, 67, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 87, 103 |
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Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning. Related Impact Areas: 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 33, 42, 48, 53, 56, 83, 86, 87, 90, 91 |
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Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning. Related Impact Areas: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 56, 90, 91 |
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By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution. Related Impact Areas: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 59, 34, 35, 36, 60, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 61, 68, 69, 73, 85, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements. Related Impact Areas: 68, 69, 73, 79, 84, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 |
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By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world. Related Impact Areas: 73, 75, 79, 83, 103 |
№ | Impact Areas Resource Use Efficiency | № | Impact Area Ecosystem Services | |
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1 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Area of land | 63 | Food from plants | |
2 | Aboveground Biomass per Area of land | 64 | Fibres from plants | |
3 | Jobs per Area of land | 65 | Energy from plants | |
4 | Embodied Nitrogen per Area of land | 66 | Seeds for breeding purposes | |
5 | Embodied Energy per Area of land | 67 | Plants for breeding purposes | |
6 | Financial benefits per Area of land | 68 | Bio-remediation | |
7 | Sequestered Carbon per Area of land | 69 | Biotic filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation | |
8 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Energy | 70 | Smell reduction | |
9 | Aboveground Biomass per Energy | 71 | Noise reduction | |
10 | Embodied Energy per Energy | 72 | Visual screening | |
11 | Financial benefits per Energy | 73 | Erosion control | |
12 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per GHG emissions | 74 | Mass movement buffering & reduction | |
13 | Aboveground Biomass per GHG emissions | 75 | Hydrological cycle & water flow regulation | |
14 | Embodied Nitrogen per GHG emissions | 76 | Wind protection | |
15 | Embodied Energy per GHG emissions | 77 | Pollination | |
16 | Financial benefits per GHG emissions | 78 | Seed dispersal | |
17 | Sequestered Carbon per GHG emissions | 79 | Maintaining habitats | |
18 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Water | 80 | Pest control | |
19 | Aboveground Biomass per Water | 81 | Disease control | |
20 | Embodied Nitrogen per Water | 82 | Weathering & soil development | |
21 | Embodied Energy per Water | 83 | Maintaining soil organic matter & nutrients | |
22 | Financial benefits per Water | 84 | Chemical regulation of freshwaters | |
23 | Sequestered Carbon per Water | 85 | Chemical regulation of salt waters | |
24 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Human labour | 86 | Chemical regulation of atmosphere | |
25 | Aboveground Biomass per Human labour | 87 | Regulation of temperature/humidity/ventilation/transpiration | |
26 | Embodied Energy per Human labour | 88 | Ecosystems enabling active enjoyment | |
27 | Financial benefits per Human labour | 89 | Ecosystems enabling passive enjoyment | |
28 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Nitrogen fertilizer | 90 | Ecosystems enabling research | |
29 | Aboveground Biomass per Nitrogen fertilizer | 91 | Ecosystems enabling education | |
30 | Embodied Nitrogen per Nitrogen fertilizer | 92 | Culturally/historically important ecosystems | |
31 | Embodied Energy per Nitrogen fertilizer | 93 | Aesthetically important ecosystems | |
32 | Financial benefits per Nitrogen fertilizer | 94 | Symbolically important ecosystems | |
33 | Sequestered Carbon per Nitrogen fertilizer | 95 | Ecosystems used for entertainment/representation | |
34 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Phosphorus fertilizer | 96 | Ecosystems with existence value | |
35 | Aboveground Biomass per Phosphorus fertilizer | 97 | Ecosystems with option/bequest value | |
36 | Financial benefits per Phosphorus fertilizer | 98 | Surface water for drinking | |
37 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Pesticides | 99 | Surface water for non-drinking purposes | |
38 | Aboveground Biomass per Pesticides | 100 | Groundwater for drinking | |
39 | Embodied Nitrogen per Pesticides | 101 | Groundwater for non-drinking purposes | |
40 | Embodied Energy per Pesticides | 102 | Abiotic mediation by filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation | |
41 | Financial benefits per Pesticides | 103 | Physical barriers to liquid flows | |
42 | Sequestered Carbon per Pesticides | 104 | Maintenance and regulation by inorganic processes | |
43 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Money | |||
44 | Aboveground Biomass per Money | |||
45 | Embodied Nitrogen per Money | |||
46 | Embodied Energy per Money | |||
47 | Financial benefits per Money | |||
48 | Sequestered Carbon per Money | |||
49 | Grain/Fruit/ Tuber yield per Long-time investment | |||
50 | Aboveground Biomass per Long-time investment | |||
51 | Jobs per Long-time investment | |||
52 | Financial benefits per Long-time investment | |||
53 | Sequestered Carbon per Long-time investment | |||
54 | Yield stability per Long-time investment | |||
55 | Yield stability per Energy | |||
56 | Yield stability per GHG emissions | |||
57 | Yield stability per Water | |||
58 | Yield stability per Human labour | |||
59 | Yield stability per Nitrogen fertilizer | |||
60 | Yield stability per Phosphorus fertilizer | |||
61 | Yield stability per Pesticides | |||
62 | Yield stability per Money |