Understanding Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals are the same as the Millennium Development Goals. (T/F)

• T

• F

• The Sustainable Development Goals are a subset of the Millennium Development Goals.

• The Sustainable Development Goals were created before the Millennium Development Goals.

Some of the goals are contradictory and unbalanced. (T/F)

• All goals are aligned and balanced.

• True

• Some goals are perfectly achievable.

• None of the goals are contradictory.

To be successful, every country should take their own individual approach to the SDGs. (T/F)

• All countries should follow a universal strategy.

• Only developed countries should take their own approach.

• False

• True

The SDGs cover poverty, education and health in the poorest countries, just like the Millennium Development Goals. (T/F)

• The SDGs are the same as the Millennium Development Goals

• True

• False

• The SDGs only focus on education and health

Kharas thinks the SDGs are realistic and possible to accomplish. (T/F)

• False

• Only partially true

• Unrealistic and unattainable

• True

The SDGs include goals related to climate action. (T/F)

• T

• F

• Focuses on economic growth

• Only related to poverty

Achieving the SDGs requires global cooperation. (T/F)

• Global cooperation is irrelevant

• SDGs can be achieved independently

• False

• Only local efforts are needed

• True

The SDGs were adopted in 2000. (T/F)

• The SDGs were adopted in 2015.

• The SDGs were adopted in 2020.

• F

• The SDGs were adopted in 1995.

There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals. (T/F)

• There are 15 Sustainable Development Goals.

• There are 20 Sustainable Development Goals.

• There are 10 Sustainable Development Goals.

• True

The SDGs aim to end poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030. (T/F)

• True

• The SDGs focus only on economic growth.

• The SDGs aim to reduce poverty by 2050.

• False