to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030 (table 1).
The Sustainable Development Goals have key implications for sustainable work The Sustainable Development Goal with the most direct implications for sustainable work is goal 8 (promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all), and its associated targets, which spell out some of the implications for sustainable work. Target 8.7 is to take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers and by 2025 to end child labour in all its forms.
Target 8.8—to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment—aims to strengthen the human development outcomes of workers, avoiding a race to the bottom. Target 8.9—to devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products by 2030—advocates for a particular kind of (sustainable) work. Target 3.a—to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate—seeks to reduce work associated with tobacco production and distribution while improving the health of workers. Target 9.4—to upgrade by 2030 infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial
Renewable energy could become a key vehicle towards achieving sustainable development
TABLE 1 Sustainable Development Goals Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal 7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsa
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal 15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
a. A cknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. Source: UN 2015b.
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