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Paige's SDG, part 4: Protecting the Environment

In today's post of the work Paige did during the summer, we will show the connection between advancing the sustainable development goals and protecting the environment.

In today's post of the work Paige did during the summer, we will show the connection between advancing the sustainable development goals and protecting the environment.

No Poverty

  • Human Trophic Level

  • Cereal yield

  • Yield gap closure

  • Exports of hazardous pesticides


No Hunger

  • Prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years of age

  • Human Trophic Level

  • Cereal Yield

  • Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index

  • Exports of hazardous pesticides


Clean Water and Sanitation

  • Population and using at least basic drinking water services

  • Population using at least basic sanitation services

  • Freshwater withdrawal

  • Anthropogenic wastewater that receives treatment

  • Scarce water consumption embodied in imports

  • Population using safely managed water services

  • Population using safely managed sanitation services


Affordable and Clean Energy

  • Population with access to electricity

  • Population with access to clean fuels and technology for cooking

  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per total electricity output

  • Share of renewable energy in total primary energy supply


Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

  • Population using the internet

  • Mobile broadband subscriptions

  • Logistics Performance Index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure

Sustainable Cities and Communities

  • Proportion of urban population living in slums

  • Annual mean concentration of particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns

  • in diameter

  • Access to improved water source, piped

Responsible Consumption and Production

  • Electronic waste

  • Production-based SO2 emissions

  • SO2 emissions embodied in imports

  • Production-based nitrogen emissions

  • Nitrogen emissions embodied in imports

  • Exports of plastic waste

Climate Action

  • CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production

  • CO2 emissions embodied in imports

  • CO2 emissions embodied in fossil fuel exports

Life Below Water

  • Mean area that is protected in marine sites important to biodiversity

  • Ocean Health Index: Clean Waters score

  • Fish caught from overexploited or collapsed stocks

  • Fish caught by trawling or dredging

  • Fish caught that are then discarded

  • Marine biodiversity threats embodied in imports

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