What are the SDGs?
The Salvaterra Institute is committed to the global climate agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), created by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 as a universal call to protect the planet and ensure that all people have dignity. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which contains the set of 17 SDGs, was established to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that people achieve peace and prosperity. The SDGs were initiated by the UN in its socio-environmental agenda and aim to create a universal, integrated, and transformative path for the world to become a better place for all. They also represent a global plan of action to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, provide quality lifelong education for all, protect the planet, and promote peaceful and inclusive societies by 2030. The SDGs were built in a global negotiation process, initiated in 2013, which included Brazilian participation in its discussions and definitions regarding this agenda. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals cover different themes of environmental or social aspects. The focus of all of them is to end poverty, protect the environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity. Each SDG is divided into sub-goals, making clearer the actions that each country needs to take to achieve a sustainable life for its citizens (and its environment).
1. Eradication of poverty – End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
2. Zero hunger and sustainable agriculture – 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 biodiversity loss. 16. Peace, justice and effective institutions – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, ensure access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships and implementation methods – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Salvaterra Institute and you.
Together for the people of the Amazon,
following the 2030 agenda for a sustainable future.
SDG 6
Protecting Planet Water
BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT WATER
The Amazon rainforest holds one-fifth of the world’s freshwater, with constant rainfall and unparalleled rivers that serve as roads and livelihoods for native populations. The Amazon Basin is the largest hydrographic system on the planet. There are 25,000 kilometers of navigable rivers, spread over more than 6 million square kilometers, 4 million of which are in Brazil. With the growing threat to water in the region, EI is working to protect our rivers, streams, and springs that sustain life in the forests and feed the Earth’s oceans. The EI Sky Water Project will provide quality water in sufficient quantity to riverside populations and traditional peoples who inhabit the forests.
SDG 11
Sustainable Cities
GREEN AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS
Amazonian: Population densities are expanding their environmental footprint at an alarming rate, which puts natural habitats, human health, and access to water and food at risk. Of the 10 cities with the worst Sustainable Development indices, nine belong to the Amazon region. By 2050, two-thirds of the population will live in urban areas, and that includes the Amazon. Sustainable cities and a green economy are the solution. This is why we are dedicated to making human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Through its projects and actions, the Salvaterra Institute is helping to build greener, fairer, and more supportive cities.
SDG 13
Combating the climate crisis
BOTTOM-UP SOLUTIONS
Climate change is not a future threat. It is happening now and affecting our lives. Increased global warming is exacerbating droughts in regions where water scarcity is common, leading to a greater risk of agricultural droughts, affecting crops, and ecological droughts, increasing the vulnerability of Amazonian ecosystems. Recognizing the urgency now, we are developing innovative projects to combat climate change and its impacts in the Amazon, understanding that effective climate action must come from the bottom up.
SDG 10
Ensure health and well-being
WE ARE ALSO NATURE
We believe that health and well-being are fundamental rights of all human beings and factors of sustainability. Access to water and basic sanitation is essential to combat poverty, guarantee health and well-being, and sustain economic growth and environmental balance. Improving agriculture, encouraging resilience, and using clean energy are ways to avoid the catastrophic damage of climate change, while preserving human health and access to water and healthy food. The EI helps leaders see nature as a solution.