4.7.1—Sustainable development
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2022
- Objective
- 4.7.1
- Level
- HL
Sustainable development joins economic, social and environmental goals
The Sustainable Development Goals provide a shared framework for improving living standards while protecting the conditions future generations depend on. They connect poverty, health, education, decent work, inequality and environmental limits rather than treating growth as the only outcome.
Use the goals as a way to identify trade-offs and indicators, not as a guarantee that a policy is sustainable. A project can raise income while worsening emissions or access; evaluation must check who gains, which resource is affected and over what time period.