Pre covid: 

·      2.2 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water 

·      2 in 5 healthcare facilities world wide have no soap and water  or hand-santiser 

Post covid 

·      3 billion people world wide lack basic handwashing facilities at home 

·      Some countries experience a funding gap of 61% for achieving water and sanitation targets

-        Renewables make up 17% of total energy consumption (2017)

-        1 in 4 health facilities in developing countries are not electrified (2018)

-        Financial flows to developing countries for renewable energy are increasing - $21.4 billion 

Oceans are the planets largest ecosystem and they regulate the planets cliamate system. Decades of exploitation  has lead to a high level of degradation. Current efforts to protect marine environments are not enough to meet the urgent need to safeguard this resource. The decrease in human activity due to the COVID 19 pandemic offers a chance for the oceans to recuperate

-Population impacted by moderate to severe food insecurity stood at 22.4% of the global population

-Food insecurity tends to affect more women than men

-Children under 5 who are stunted (either in physical or cognitive aspects) comes in around 21.3% or 144 million. The goal for 2030 is 82 million. 

-Children under 5 who are wasting (significantly malnourished) comes in around 6.9%. The goal for 2030 is 3%.

-Children under 5 impacted who are overweightness has increased to 5.6% kids under 5 worldwide. It is not exclusive to developed countries and tends to be quite common in undeveloped areas too. In Northern Africa, 7.2% of kids under 5 are underweight, while 11.3% are overweight.                       In South Eastern Asia, 8.2% are underweight and 7.5% are overweight.

-Investment in agriculture for developing countries has decreased from 0.42% of investments in 2001 to 0.28% of investments in 2018. 

-Food insecurity levels haven’t changed (remaining at just below 9%), but the people going hungry due to food insecurity has increased by just under 60 million since 2014.

 

Post-Covid

-Issues impacting food supply and distribution since covid include climate-related issues, locust infestations, conflict-related compromises, and Covid-19 related issues.

-Small scale producers are the worst hit by pandemic-related issues. They comprise between 40-80% of the food suppliers in developing countries. 

-2 billion people worldwide are currently impacted by moderate to severe food insecurity. 750 million of these people are in the severe group, which are people who will go for a full day or days without any food when their food runs out.

-As of 2020, approximately just below 132 million people may be suffering from food shortages related to locust infestations. 

-The pandemic saw an increase in food demand and as such, an increase in food prices, particularly in Africa. However, there were other factors impacting prices;

In Sub-Saharan Africa, issues include conflict and macroeconomic strife

In East Africa, issues include extreme weather conditions, some of which are attributed to climate change.

In West Africa, issues include civil unrest impacting food distribution.

In Southern Africa, issues included economic strife and weather conditions. 

This goal focuses in large part on maternal and infant mortality. Emphasis is put on the falling rate of these deaths but also on how the aims for 2030 are unlikely to be met at the current rate, especially in the two worst affected regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. In Sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 13 children died before reaching age 5 which is 16 times higher than the average in high-income countries. 

In sub-Saharan Africa, the adolescent birth rate is 101 births annually per 1,000 women and the need to support family planning and the availability of contraceptives especially in developing countries is an important issue.

Covid has had a negative impact on the realisation of the SDG no. 3, there is likely to be a spike in people getting ill or dying from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. There is also a shortage of medical personnel world wide, and the pandemic has served to make the promise of universal health coverage by 2030 even less likely to be achieved.

 

·        The goal has five targets to be achieved by 2030. Progress towards the targets is measured by six indicators

·        Universal access to modern energy; increase global percentage of renewable energy; double the improvement in energy efficiency. to promote access to research, technology and investments in clean energy; and expand and upgrade energy services for developing countries

·        Plans call for particular attention to infrastructure support for the least developed countries, small islands and land-locked developing countries

·        Nuclear power IS included in this category of clean energy

·        while a shift to renewables has begun, it still contributes around 18% of the world's total energy consumption, with only about 10% coming from modern renewables

·        the global population without access to electricity went down from 1.2 billion to 789 million

·        Target 7.3: Double the improvement in energy efficiency.. ambitious..

Around 147 million children missed more than half of their in-person instruction over past two years. 

As a result, this generation of children could lose a combined total of $17 trillion in lifetime earnings

Before the pandemic, 17 per cent of children and youth globally were out of primary and secondary school, compared to 26 per cent in 2000. 

From March 2020 through February 2022, schools worldwide were fully or partially closed for 41 weeks, on average. 

Facts :

School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have deepened inequality in education, with marginalized populations most affected. In the context of remote learning, for example, children from poorer

backgrounds are less likely to have the devices and computer skills they need to get online, or a home environment conducive to learning. Ensuring a safe return to school and equity in education in the difficult transition period ahead needs to be a priority.

However, only 20 per cent of countries undertook significant measures to provide additional mental health and psychosocial support for students. This is disturbing considering the recent uptick in anxiety and depression among learners.

words, an estimated 1 in 10 people worldwide are suffering from 

hunger. In addition, nearly 1 in 3 (a staggering 2.3 billion people) were 

moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, meaning they lacked 

regular access to adequate food. This represents an increase of 

almost 350 million people since the beginning of the pandemic

The unfolding crisis in Ukraine is yet another threat to food security. 

Ukraine and the Russian Federation are large producers and exporters 

of key food commodities, fertilizer, minerals and energy. Together they 

are considered the world’s breadbasket, supplying 30 per cent and 20 

per cent of global wheat and maize exports, respectively, as well as 

80 per cent of global exports of sunflower seed products. At least 50 

countries import 30 per cent or more of their wheat from these two 

countries.

In low- and middle-income countries, the labour productivity of small 

farmers is less than $15 a day 
The average annual income from agriculture of small-scale farmers 

is under $2,000 (constant 2011 PPP)

In 2020, the latest year for which data are available, 22.0 per cent 

of children under age 5 worldwide (149.2 million) suffered from 

stunting (low height for age).

 This is a decline from 24.4 per cent in 

2015. Subsequent years have seen continued constraints in accessing 

nutritious food and essential nutrition services due to the pandemic. 

To achieve the target of a 50 per cent reduction in the number of 

stunted children by 2030, the annual rate of decline must double (to 

3.9 per cent per year) from its current annual reduction rate of 2.1 per 

cent per year.

Childhood wasting and overweight are both forms of malnutrition 

and can coexist in a population. In 2020, wasting (low weight for 

height) and overweight were found in 6.7 per cent of children under 

5 (45.4 million) and 5.7 per cent of children under 5 (38.9 million), 

respectively. Wasting is a condition that can be brought on rapidly 

as a result of conflict, pandemics and climate events. Related shocks 

in food, fuel and fertilizer prices stemming from the war in Ukraine 

could tip the balance even further, destroying access to healthy diets. 

The share of countries affected by high food prices, which had been 

relatively stable since 2016, has risen sharply, climbing from 16 per 

cent in 2019 to 47 per cent in 2020

 In March 2022, global food prices were almost 30 

per cent higher than at the same time last year, reaching an all-time 

high, though prices eased somewhat in the subsequent two months. 

Soaring food prices threaten to exacerbate global food insecurity.

limited capacity to remain viable.

 Labour market groups most affected 

by the crisis  women, youth and persons with disabilities  are the last to recover. 

The Ukraine war has made all of this worse

The proportion of the world’s youth not engaged in either education, employment or training (NEET) increased from 21.8 per cent in 2015–

2019 to 23.3 per cent in 2020, due to the pandemic. This 

represents an increase of almost 20 million women and men aged 15 to 24. 

The youth represented only 13 per cent of total employment 

before the crisis, they made up 34.2 per cent of the 2020 decline in employment. 

in 2020,  the unemplyment rate was 31.5 per cent for young women, compared to 15.7 per cent for young men.

The development and implementation of national 

youth employment strategies is increasing across most regions. More than half of the 81 reporting countries in 2021 have operationalized such strategies, while slightly less than one third have developed one, but have not provided conclusive evidence on implementation. 

-Led to 15 million deaths
-Disrupted essential health services in 92% of countries 
- claimed the lives of 115,500 front-line health-care workers
-caused an increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression, lowered global life expectancy, derailed progress towards 

ending HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and halted two decades of work towards making health coverage universal

-22.7 million children missed their basic vaccines in 2020 (3.7 million more than 2019)
-immunization coverage dropped for the first time in 10 years
-As of May 2022, only around 17 per cent of people in low-income countries had received 

at least one dose of a vaccine, compared with more than 80 per cent 

in high-income countries.

-Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time since 2005 (1.2 million (2019) to 1.3 million (2020)).

It is estimated that, in 2019, more than 13 per cent of adolescents aged 10 to 19 had a diagnosed mental disorder as defined by the WHO; this translates into 86 million adolescents aged 15 to 19 and 80 million adolescents aged 10 to 14. 

Indicators

5.1.1

Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

Target
5.2
Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Indicators

5.2.1

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

Target
5.3
Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Indicators

5.3.1

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

5.3.2

Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
Target
5.4 
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

Indicators

5.4.1

Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

Target
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

Indicators

5.5.1

Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5.2

Proportion of women in managerial positions

Target
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

Indicators

5.6.1

Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

5.6.2

Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

Target
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

Indicators

5.a.1

(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

5.a.2

Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

Target
5.b
Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women

Indicators

5.b.1

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

Target
5.c 
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

Indicators

5.c.1

Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

the importance of sustainable urban development. In order to speed up the recovery process and improve our capacity to handle future crises, it is essential to increase the preparation and durability of cities, including through leading infrastructure and open access to essential services.

-In 2020, about one in four urban dwellers lived in slums or informal settlements. This translates into more than 1 billion people. 85 per cent of whom live in three regions, which are Central and Southern Asia (359 

million), Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (306 million), and sub-Saharan Africa (230 million). The region with the highest percentage of slum dwellers is sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half the 

urban population live in slums. 

- The reasons behind slum formation in developing regions are many: rapid urbanization; ineffective planning; lack of affordable housing options for low-income households; dysfunctional urban, land and 

housing policies; a dearth of housing finance; and poverty. 

- Air pollution poses a significant threat to human health worldwide. Mortality is attributed to exposure to fine particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less (PM 2.5) in diameter and other pollutants, which put people at increased risk of stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and lower respiratory 

infections. Current scientific evidence suggests air pollution weakens the immune system against infectious diseases.

-Data for 2020 from 962 cities around the world point to poor distribution of such spaces. Only about 37.8 per cent of urban residential  neighbourhoods are conveniently located within 400 metres walking distance to an open public space. That translates to about 45.2 per cent of the urban population.

countries the most. 
(The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022)

Youth training, education and employment have suffered massive disruptions, with women facing the biggest 

challenges.
(The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022)