IMO measures ensure that shipping is safe, secure and environment friendly.Įnsure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages In a wider context, international shipping plays an essential role in the import and export of food all around the world, ensuring that growers, producers and consumers all have access to one another. In addition to harming fish populations, IUU fishing creates unfair market competition for – and threatens the livelihoods of – fishers who follow sustainable practices. IUU Fishing is a serious issue for the global fishing sector that impacts negatively on safety, on environmental issues, on conservation and on sustainability. It has adopted more than 50 international instruments which, together, create a regulatory framework that ensures shipping is safe, secure and environment-friendly.Įnd hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agricultureįish is a major source of nutrition globally, and IMO is working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. IMO is the global standard-setting authority for international shipping. Through IMO, the Organization’s Member States, civil society and the shipping industry are working together to ensure a continued and strengthened contribution towards a green economy and sustainable growth. Shipping is an essential component of any programme for future sustainable economic growth. By providing improved access to basic materials, goods and products, shipping is expected to help lift millions of people out of poverty. It provides a dependable, low-cost means of transport, facilitating commerce and helping create prosperity among nations and peoples. As the most cost-effective and fuel-efficient way to carry goods, shipping forms the backbone of world trade. The International Maritime Organization, in line with the IMO Secretariat's SDG Strategy and with the 2020 World Maritime Theme of "Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet" is ready to further raise awareness of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and to support Member States in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda and make 2020-2030 a decade of action.īillions of people all over the world rely on maritime transport in their everyday lives – even though they may not realise it.
In order to achieve this, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has asked for all world leaders to focus on the Sustainable Development Goals. The decade 2020-2030 needs to be a decade of action and delivery on these goals. Action for people and planet - United Nations High Level Week With concrete targets, the Goals aim to end poverty and hunger, expand access to health, education, justice and jobs, promote inclusive and sustained economic growth, while protecting our planet from environmental degradation. The Sustainable Development Goals provide a blueprint for the transition to a healthier planet and a more just world - for present and future generations.
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Click here to download the IMO SDG brochure. While SDG 14 is central to IMO, aspects of the Organization's work can be linked to all individual SDGs, as can be seen below. IMO’s Technical Cooperation Committee has formally approved linkages between the Organization’s technical assistance work and the SDGs. Indeed, most of the elements of the 2030 Agenda will only be realized with a sustainable transport sector supporting world trade and facilitating global economy. This Agenda calls for action by all countries to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development by 2030 world-wide – and the SDGs are seen as an opportunity to transform the world for the better and leave no one behind.Īs part of the United Nations family, IMO is actively working towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the associated SDGs. United Nations Sustainable Development GoalsĢ030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs).
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