Sustainable Development Goals

Dear delegates,

This week I am going to share with you a little bit about Sustainable Development Goals, and why you should take them into account as you develop your product. The Sustainable Development Goals, also abbreviated to SDGs, were made as successors to the Millenium Development Goals, which were meant to combat poverty. As can be inferred from the name, Sustainable Development Goals were made in order to target issues such as climate change, innovation, and sustainable consumptions. Seeing that our topic is directly related to environmental sustainability in developing countries, it could be helpful to have these goals in mind when creating or modifying your product. A good way to integrate these goals is to find the ones that you believe relate to our committee (hint: goals 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are all relevant to our topic), and ask yourself “how does my product contribute positively or help solve this goal?”. By doing so, not only can you ensure that your product is relevant enough to solve a problem, but you can also use this as an assessment to see if you are on the right track for committee.

Good luck!

-Melika

(Sources: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html, http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/background.html)