Quiz on The Global Goals for Sustainable Development

“Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.25 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty”. Which goal?

• No Poverty

• No Hunger

• Reduced Inequalities

• Clean water and Sanitation

“A profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish today’s 795 million hungry and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050”. Which goal?

• No Poverty

• No Hunger

• Good Health

• Life below water

“Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development. Major progress has been made towards increasing access to education at all levels and increasing enrolment rates in schools particularly for women and girls.” Which goal?

• Reduced Inequalities

• Quality Education

• Good Health

• Peace and Justice

“Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large”. Which goal?

• Gender Equality

• Clean water and Sanitation

• No Poverty

• Life on land

“Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices, and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. Drought afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition”. Which goal?

• Good Health

• Peace and Justice

• Clean water and Sanitation

• Quality Education

“While income inequality between countries may have been reduced, inequality within countries has risen. There is growing consensus that economic growth is not sufficient to reduce poverty if it is not inclusive and if it does not involve the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental”. Which goal?

• Reduced Inequalities

• Clean water and Sanitation

• Innovation and Infrastructure

• Gender Equality

“The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents, and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind… Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future”. Which goal?

• Good Health

• Life below water

• Gender Equality

• No Hunger

“Deforestation and desertification – caused by human activities and climate change – pose major challenges to sustainable development and have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the fight against poverty. Efforts are being made to manage forests and combat desertification”. Which goal?

• Life below water

• Life on land

• Quality Education

• Reduced Inequalities

“Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development, and much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to advance socially and economically. However, many challenges exist to maintaining cities in a way…” Which goal?

• Clean water and Sanitation

• Innovation and Infrastructure

• Life below water

• Sustainable Cities and Communities

“Sustainable consumption and production aim at “doing more and better with less,” increasing net welfare gains from economic activities by reducing resource use, degradation and pollution along the whole lifecycle while increasing quality of life”. Which goal?

• Clean water and Sanitation

• Responsible Consumption and Production

• Innovation and Infrastructure

• Quality Education