UN Goals (Current News Event)

UN Goals (Current News Event)

 

Find a news event that relates to your LEDC and MEDC.  You will connect that to a Sustainable Development Goal that can be useful for that country. For example, if your goal is peace and justice, find something related to injustice within a country.  

 

You can use the same current news from the Population project, or you can select something new. This can be either a news article that you read, or even a news event that you watch on TV or online.  Please fill in the worksheet below:

 

Country # 1: 

 

Major SDG Theme or Category: 

 

Continent/Region:

 

Country Type:

 

UN Sustainable Goal (At least 1) :

 

News Source and link: 

 

1. Give a short summary of the news event. (2-3 sentences)

 

1. Explain your selected goal, and explain its importance, related to your continent/region. (2-3 Sentences)

 

1. Explain your major theme, and how the news event relates to this theme.

 

1.  If this goal is achieved, how can things be different by the year 2030? (3-5 Sentences).  Be specific, relating your answer to the country, location, issue, etc. Use some of the information you’ve learned about the country. (Literacy rate, life expectancy, government type, GDP, etc. )

 

Country # 2

 

Country # 2: 

 

Major SDG Theme or Category: 

 

Continent/Region:

 

Country Type:

 

UN Sustainable Goal (At least 1):

 

News Source and link: 

 

1. Give a short summary of the news event. (2-3 sentences)

 

1. Explain your selected goal, and explain its importance, related to your continent/region. (2-3 Sentences)

 

1. Explain your major theme, and how the news event relates to this theme.
2.  If this goal is achieved, how can things be different by the year 2030? (3-5 Sentences).  Be specific, relating your answer to the country, location, issue, etc. Use some of the information you’ve learned about the country. (Literacy rate, life expectancy, government type, GDP, etc. )