Basic Information about SDGs

What are the SDGs?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of 17 goals set by the United Nations aimed at addressing the global challenges we face, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. The initiative seeks to ensure that "no one is left behind," with an aspiration to achieve these goals by 2030.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

1. No Poverty: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
2. Zero Hunger: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Good Health and Well-being: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality Education: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender Equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
6. Clean Water and Sanitation: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
7. Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.
10. Reduced Inequalities: Reduce inequality within and among countries.
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
12. Responsible Consumption and Production: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
13. Climate Action: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
14. Life Below Water: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
15. Life on Land: Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
16. Peace and Justice Strong Institutions: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships for the Goals: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

These are the 17 SDGs that the United Nations aims to achieve globally by 2030. Several countries have developed various policy visions to align with these goals, such as Japan's Society 5.0 and Singapore's Smart Nation initiative.

In Thailand, the direction for national development has been outlined in the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan, based on the principles of the Sufficiency Economy, which aligns with the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This serves as a starting point to propel Thailand toward becoming a prosperous economy within a harmonious, modern, and progressive society, while balancing environmental preservation for long-term benefits.

The University of Phayao, through its Planning Office, has connected its strategic plans with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and gathered input to refine its strategies. The university is preparing to present strategic development plans for fiscal years 2023 to 2027 to collectively achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.