SDG Mondays: Resilient Infrastructure

Hello!  Today we focus on the 9th of the United Nations' new sustainable development goals:

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation."

This goal has eight associated targets:

• " Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all

• Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries

• Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets

• By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities

• Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending

• Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States 18
• Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities

• Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020"

What do you think of this goal and its associated targets?

What can you do to help reach this goal?

I intend to keep voting for candidates and policies that support sustainable energy infrastructures and decent wages for workers.