Exploring Sustainable Development Goals: What is Ahead for Sri Lanka

Abstract

the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present an overarching and comprehensive framework that aims to provide a shared narrative of sustainable development by empowering the people, protecting the environment, fostering partnerships, and ultimately achieving global peace and prosperity. It is transformative agenda which urges the world towards a more resilient and sustainable path, affirming that poverty is the greatest global challenge which must be overcome in order to realize sustainable development. SDGs can be broadly categorized into three interlinked dimensions of sustainable development: Economic, social, and environmental.