• General

    In September 2015, the 193 United Nations Member States adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. These 17 SDGs set ambitious goals for the 5 Ps: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships. Each community, each territory, each country is invited to adopt this universal Agenda, the challenge being to build and implement collectively constructed roadmaps adapted to these different contexts.
    The purpose of this beginner's course is to inform, sensitize, and encourage mobilization around these SDGs. First of all, it offers a general overview of the state of humanity and the planet in 2019, a situation that allows us to understand the idea and reaffirm the need for SDGs. It then presents these objectives, their targets and their monitoring indicators, while showing that they are interconnected. Finally, a study of what can be done concretely is proposed. The role of public, economic, media and associative stakeholders is thus examined, as well as the equally important role of citizens and youth.

    ◄Introduction (2 videos)2 - The SDGs: an agenda for all countries and for all sectors (7 videos) ►

    1 - SDGs: a common vision for the future of humankind (5 videos)

    • 1 - SDGs: a common vision for the future of humankind (5 videos)

      The videos in this section provide a good understanding of the genesis of the 17 SDGs and the vision they carry. They highlight their strength and originality in the history of development and sustainable development, both for countries of the South and countries of the North.

      • SDGs: a common vision for the future of humankind

        Jean-Paul Moatti, Chairman and CEO of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), provides some background information on the current global context and on the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals.

        		    
         

      • A historical introduction to the SDGs

        Jean-Michel Severino, President of Investors & Partners, discusses the origin of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In particular, he looks back at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and then at the processes for developing the SDGs.

        		   
         

      • Three key elements setting SDGs apart in the history of development

        Tancrède Voituriez, a researcher at CIRAD, provides an analysis of what the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are and what they are not. He then goes on to discuss the relationship between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the SDGs, the origin of the values supported by the SDGs and finally the paradoxical situation of the European Union with regard to this political project.

        		   
         

      • The “doughnut”: between social foundation and ecological ceiling

        Jean Merckaert, Editor-in-Chief of Revue Projet, explains why a doughnut chart is often used when talking about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He describes what would be a "just and safe space for Humanity" and shows the magnitude of the challenge, which includes the need to significantly reduce inequality.

        		   
         

      • SDGs: a transformation framework with tradeoffs

        Patrick Caron, a researcher at CIRAD, provides an analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He focuses in particular on the issues of values driven by the SDGs, the interactions between the multiple goals and the trade-offs and tensions associated with achieving these goals.

        		   
         

    ◄Introduction (2 videos)2 - The SDGs: an agenda for all countries and for all sectors (7 videos) ►