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What are the SDGs?
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17 UN goals adopted in 2015 to address global social and environmental challenges by 2030.
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17 goals, 2015, 2030.
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Give one reason the SDGs are useful.
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They provide a common global framework and shared language for goals, targets, and indicators.
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Common framework.
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SDGs: how many goals, and by when?
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17 goals aiming for progress by 2030 (adopted in 2015).
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17, 2030.
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SDG structure: what is Goal → Target → Indicator?
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Goal = big aim, Target = specific objective, Indicator = data used to measure progress.
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Aim → objective → measure.
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What model helps show SDG connections?
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Nested dependencies: environment supports society; society supports the economy.
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Planet first.
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Why are indicators important for SDGs?
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They provide measurable data to track progress and compare changes over time.
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Measurable tracking.
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Give one limitation: how can SDGs be treated incorrectly?
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They can be treated as silos rather than as connected systems.
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Not a system.
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How do SDGs fit the nested dependencies model?
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Environment supports society; society supports the economy (planet first).
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Environment → society → economy.
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SDG measurement structure?
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Goal → Target → Indicator (indicator = data used to measure progress).
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Measure with data.
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Give one limitation: why might SDGs not fit local context?
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The same goals can reflect different local priorities and constraints across countries.
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Context varies.
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Give one use and one limitation of SDGs.
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Use: shared global framework for action. Limitation: can oversimplify or be treated as silos with data gaps.
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Balance both sides.
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Why has SDG progress been uneven?
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Countries differ in resources and global shocks (conflict, disasters, pandemics) can slow progress.
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Unequal capacity + shocks.
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Give one limitation: what happens when data are missing?
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Data gaps make progress hard to measure, manage, and improve.
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No data → hard to improve.
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How to score in SDG evaluation questions?
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State one clear use + one clear limitation and link to systems thinking (goals are connected).
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Use + limitation + systems.
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Why are SDGs also a fairness issue?
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Lower-income countries may need funding/technology support, despite contributing least to some global problems.
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Support needed.
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