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GYA Activties Theme: GYA & the SDGs

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Introducing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as an activity field of the GYA:

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were adopted by the UN in September 2015. These 17 SDGs, consisting of 169 targets, replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2000-2015. The SDGs represent an ambitious and universal list, encompassing social, economic and environmental aspects of development in an integrated way. Achieving them will require considerable institutional and policy investment at all levels of governance—local, national, regional and global.

The GYA as a global organisation is active in many of the areas covered by the SDGs, be it through our working groups, by participating in meetings on the implementation and monitoring of the SDGs, or by providing science-based policy advice to policy-makers and global science organisations.

For details on the GYA’s engagement in the SDGs, see an excerpt from our 2018 Year Report here.

GYA Activities and the SDGs

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
  • Global Health WG
Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Science Education for Youth WG
  • Young Scientist Ambassador Programme
  • Expedition Mundus WG
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Women in Science WG
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
  • Solid Waste Management & Green Economy
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
  • Smart Villages Initiative
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
  • Global State of Young Scientists
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
  • DIY Biology WG
  • Fundamental Research WG
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
  • Open Science WG
  • Science Leadership Programmes
  • Global Migration & Human Rights WG
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
  • Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction WG
  • Citizen Science for Reducing Exposure to Urban Air Pollution
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
  • Biodiversity for Survival via Biomedicine WG
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
  • At-Risk Scholars Initiative
  • Trust in (Young Science) WG
  • Science+Art = Peace&Justice WG
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
  • Citizen Science for the 2030 SDG Agenda
  • Science Advice WG
  • Science Diplomacy in South Asia WG
  • Science Diplomacy in South Asia Incubator

Ongoing Activities

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Strategic Projects
At-Risk Scholars Initiative
GYA & the SDGs
Research Environment
Biodiversity for Survival via Biomedicine (Bio2Bio)
Working Groups
Biodiversity for Survival via Biomedicine (Bio2Bio)
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Citizen Science for the 2030 SDG Agenda
Working Groups
Citizen Science for the 2030 SDG Agenda
GYA & the SDGs
Science Education & Outreach
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Working Groups
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Expedition Mundus
Working Groups
Expedition Mundus
GYA & the SDGs
Science Education & Outreach
Global Health
Working Groups
Global Health
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Global Migration and Human Rights
Working Groups
Global Migration and Human Rights
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Importance of Fundamental Research
Working Groups
Importance of Fundamental Research
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Open Science (GYA)
Working Groups
Open Science (GYA)
GYA & the SDGs
Research Environment
Science + Art = Peace and Justice
Working Groups
Science + Art = Peace and Justice
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Science Advice
Working Groups
Science Advice
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Science Diplomacy in South Asia
Working Groups
Science Diplomacy in South Asia
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Science Education for Youth
Working Groups
Science Education for Youth
GYA & the SDGs
Science Education & Outreach
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Strategic Projects
Science Leadership
GYA & the SDGs
Research Environment
The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS)
Strategic Projects
The Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS)
GYA & the SDGs
Research Environment
Trust in (Young) Scientists
Working Groups
Trust in (Young) Scientists
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Women in Science
Working Groups
Women in Science
GYA & the SDGs
Research Environment
Young Scientist Ambassador Programme
Working Groups
Young Scientist Ambassador Programme
GYA & the SDGs
Science Education & Outreach

Finished Activities

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Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant
Citizen Science for Reducing Exposure to Urban Air Pollution (2019/20)
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
DIY Biology
Working Groups
DIY Biology
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Smart Villages Initiative
Partner Projects
Smart Villages Initiative
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Solid Waste Management and Green Economy
Working Groups
Solid Waste Management and Green Economy
GYA & the SDGs
Science & Society
Statements and Publications
  • Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development
  • GYA Sandton Declaration on Sustainability (2012)
  • Consolidated G20 synthetic biology policies and their role in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017)
  • Joint Statement on the Role of Young Academies in Achieving the UN SDGs (2017)
Projects with Partners
  • InterAcademy Partnership project on “Improving Scientific Input to Global Policymaking: Strategies for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals”
Science Advice
  • GYA Co-Chair at the UN High-Level Political Forum (2017)
Meetings
  • Third Worldwide Meeting of Young Academies, July 2017
  • European Young Academies meeting, March 2018
  • IAP/IANAS Regional Meeting on the SDGs (2018)
  • IAP/AASSA Regional Meeting on the SDGs (2018)
  • IAP/EASAC Regional Meeting on the SDGs (2018)
  • IAP/NASAC Regional Meeting on the SDGs (2018)
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