The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
The 17 SDGs are integrated—that is, they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Through the pledge to Leave No One Behind, countries have committed to fast-track progress for those furthest behind first. That is why the SDGs are designed to bring the world to several life-changing ‘zeros’, including zero poverty, hunger, AIDS and discrimination against women and girls.
Everyone is needed to reach these ambitious targets. The creativity, knowhow, technology and financial resources from all of society is necessary to achieve the SDGs in every context.
About the Guest:
Ayush Chopra started his journey from Ahlcon International School, India as ayoung advocate for United Nations, 17 Sustainable Development Goals when he was 13 years old. He is now studying in Grade 12 at Rick Hansen Senior Secondary School, Mississauga, Canada. Ayush has been recognized with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award. He has been acknowledged as one of the Most Influential Young Change Makers around the world. He is the Founder of ‘SDGs For Children’ ( http://www.sdgsforchildren.org ) a unique platform for children across the globe to CONNECT, CREATE and COLLABORATE for a better and sustainable world. SDGs For Children is incorporated under the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporation Act to support Agenda 2030 globally. (http://www.sdgsforchildren.org) He is one of the pioneer Indian Ambassador for the TeachSDGs project, initiated by the Global Goals Education Task Force, a volunteers-based worldwide network of teachers established in 2017. He is the only Student Ambassador among the first group of over 100 distinguished global educators. He has also been a Student Ambassador for various other global projects like SOS4LoveProject, Climate Action, Goals Project, and Looking 2020, Socio Story, Kindness Project etc.He is also appointed as the AFI (Ariel Foundation International) Youth Ambassador and their Youth Representative at United Nations.
Ayush was invited to represent India when he was 15 years old as the Indian Youth Ambassador at the 14th Annual International Human Rights Summit, staged from August 24-26, 2017 at the UN headquarters, New York. He is the author of “Shaping A Fairer World with SDGs and Human Rights”. The book is the culmination of his experiences, initiatives and intense involvement in social transformation. The book graphically disseminates information about SDGs and Human Rights with engaging design and artwork. The book is now being used as daily reference guide for teaching United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in many of the classrooms across various countries. He also has his own Podcast Channel – ‘Shaping A Fairer World’.
Connect with Wizard Ayush at https://twitter.com/Ayushchopra24
