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INTRODUCTION

Under the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an international plan for all countries to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity for everyone. They acknowledge that reducing poverty and other deprivations must be coupled with initiatives that promote health and education, reduce inequality, and drive economic growth through their 17 objectives. The 17 Sustainable Progress Goals are based on the environment, and they recognize that actions in one area will have an impact on others, and that development must strike a balance between social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Dealing with the threat of climate change has an impact on how we manage our finite natural resources, develop gender equality, enhance health, aid in poverty eradication, promote peace, and assist economies in growing. Countries have agreed to priorities progress for the poorest countries as part of the pledge to "Leave No One Behind." Overall, the SDGs aim to achieve a number of life-changing "zeroes," such as zero poverty, hunger, AIDS, and gender discrimination.

The role of architecture in the development agenda necessitates a deeper dive by focusing not only on urbanisation and migration, but also on overlapping issues such as land use, living space, mass housing, and design, all of which can be operationalized, as well as climate change, which poses a unique set of challenges related to global health. Environment and development are inextricably linked, and they must be carefully integrated into the design process in order to produce ecologically friendly designs and achieve long-term development.