Regional SDGs Update; 22% to be reached by 2030
Development for Latin America and the Caribbean is on track as 22 percent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) are in good standing, with the expectation of being reached by 2030, compared to only 15 percent globally.
This is according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during the seventh Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development.
Though this is good news, the organization reports that there is concern as the progresses for 46 percent of those targets remain insufficient and 36 percent projected to me missed.
This is due to issues such as extreme poverty which the report says was at 11.4 percent in 2023, stagnating poverty rates, 29.1 percent; rising food insecurity, 29.6 percent in 2022; high homicides rated at 19.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021; and the increase in climate disasters that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations in the region
The SDG’s emerged in September of 2015, when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all 193 Member States of the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York.
They were described as “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.”
This recent development comes after reports last year stated that the region must advance its efforts, which appears to be the case this year. However, there is much room for further actions, given the concerns of some of the goals being missed due to insufficient progress.
