SDGPP in Brazil

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. If you want to know more about the latest trends and progress of the SDGs, check the 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals.

These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected – often the key to success on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another.

The SDGs work in the spirit of partnership and pragmatism to make the right choices now to improve life, in a sustainable way, for future generations. They provide clear guidelines and targets for all countries to adopt in accordance with their own priorities and the environmental challenges of the world at large. The SDGs are an inclusive agenda. They tackle the root causes of poverty and unite us together to make a positive change for both people and planet.

Progress:

• 26 million people were lifted out of poverty from 2002 to 2014;

• The share of population living in absolute poverty fell from 7.6% in 2004 to 2.8% in 2014

Challenges:

• GDP has slowed from 4.5% in 2006-10 to 2.1% over 2011 - 14;
• Inflation remains high, ending 2015 at 10.5%;
• Poverty persists among vulnerable populations, especially Northeast rural poor, indigenous, agro-extractivists and Afrodescents.

SDG Priorities: 

• Forthcoming

Progress:

• Forthcoming

Challenges:

• High infant mortality rate of indigenous children mostly due to diarrhoea and malnutrition (43.3% per 1,000 live births

SDG Priorities:

• Allocating US$ 784.58 million in order to expand the purchase of family farming production and effectively improve economic conditions

Progress:

• Forthcoming

Challenges:

• Infant mortality rate is 63.9 per 100,000 cases (vs target 35);
• Prevalence of diarrhea and malnutrition among indigenous infants;
• High rate of anemia among indigenous women (32,7%) due to inadequate management of indigenous lands, lack of access to seeds and health services.

SDG Priorities:

• Expanding the Family Health Strategy (ESF)

• Making the country self-sufficient in the supply of physicians and replacing 4,000 physicians from partner countries by Brazilians in 3 years

Progress:

• Net enrollment rate of 95.6% in primary education achieved in 2005;
• Increased proportion of people with an upper secondary qualification 

Challenges:

• Only 36% of 3-year-old and 57% of 4-year-old children were enrolled in pre-primary education vs. average of 67% and 85% for OECD countries respectively;
• The enrollment rate of 15-19 year-old people reached 77% in 2011 but is still well below the average 84% for OECD countries

SDG Priorities:

• Promote equal access to quality education for all groups of the Brazilian society.

Progress: 

• Forthcoming

Challenges:

• Social markers related to class, race and ethnicity are sources of inequalities faced by afro-descent, indigenous and rural women;
• Murders of afro-descent women increased by 54% over the past decade;
• Brazilian women are still paid lower wages and face more obstacles to entering and remaining in the labour market.

SDG Priorities:

• Reducing violence against women in the country;
• Providing assistance to victims of sexual violence by public security professionals and health professionals of the Unified health System;
• Fighting human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Progress:

• Increased proportion of households with toilets connected to the sanitation network  (from 33% in 2004 to 43% in 2013) among the poorest 40% of the population

Challenges:

• Uneven distribution of water throughout the country territory;
• 24% of infant mortality cases in Duque de Caxias, a city in south-eastern Brazil, are caused by insanitary conditions of the Bay waters;
• 65 % of all hospitalizations in Brazil occur due to water-transmitted diseases 

SDG Priorities:

• Developing environmental technologies to ensure access to potable water in isolated regions;
• Improving the management of water resources to increase the quantity and quality of water;
• Constructing  domestic sewage treatment systems, and improving other soil and water conservation practices.

Progress:

• The Brazilian energy matrix remains one of the cleanest in the world: in 2014, almost 40% of the domestic energy supply derived from the use of renewable sources

Challenges:

• Increased electric power transmission and distribution losses, (over 15 % of electricity output)

SDG Priorities:

• Cutting per capita emissions by 72% to achieve the committed emission goals for 2030;
• Increasing the installed wind energy capacity capacity by 300% in the next 6 years;
• Promoting energy efficiency, clean and renewable technologies, and environmentally sustainable practices.

Progress: 

• 12.9 million companies employing 40 mln people (85% of SMEs – 52% of formal job positions)

Challenges:

• GDP growth has slowed from 4.5% in 2006-10 to 2.1% over 2011 - 14;
• High inflation rates (10.8% in 2015);
• SMEs account only for 27% of GDP;
• Low access to training and technology for SMEs

SDG Priorities:

• Forthcoming

Progress:

• Forthcoming

Challenges:

• Brazil ranks 107th out of 144 countries in level of infrastructure development: quality of roads - 120th place, railroads - 103rd place,  ports - 131st place, air transport - 123rd place (WEF, 2014) 

SDG Priorities:

• Forthcoming

Progress:

• Inequality was significantly reduced as the Gini coefficient has fallen by 6%;

Challenges:

• Poverty persists among most vulnerable populations: Northeast rural poor, indigenous, agro-extractivist, Afro-descents;
• Unequal access to political and economic resources, rights and public services;
• High homicide rates against women, in particular Afro-descent;
• Inadequate management of indigenous land, lack of access to seeds and health services among women;
• Indigenous ethnicities (guardian of protected areas) threatened by farmers, loggers and illegal mining;
• Majority of persons in the prison systems are young (54.8%) and Afro-descent (60.8%)

SDG Priorities:

• Reducing inequality
• Ensuring universal access to justice

Progress:

• Forthcoming

Challenges:

• Concentration of poverty in urban areas;
• Increasing number of irregular occupations and lack of public services (80% - urban population)

SDG Priorities:

• Forthcoming

Progress:

• 285 Brazilian Municipalities, accounting for 33% of the national population, joined the Sustainable Cities Program.

Challenges:

• Forthcoming

SDG Priorities:

• Forthcoming

Progress:

• GHG emission reduced by 41% as compared to 2005 levels

Challenges:

• Continuous increase of natural disaster impacts (droughts, floods, landslides), mostly affecting Afro-descent poor populations living in favelas

SDG Priorities:

• Reduction of GHG emission additionally by 37% in 2025 and 43% in 2030 (against 2005 level)

Progress: 

• Using satellite Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to fight illegal fishing on the Brazilian coast 

Challenges:

• More than 800 tons of solid waste, rife with fecal and drug-resistant bacteria from homes and hospitals emptied into Guanabara Bay each day

SDG Priorities: 

• Expansion of the marine and coastal protected area system from the current 1.5% to 5% of the Brazilian marine territory (equivalent to 17.5 million hectares)

Progress: 

• Deforestation rate in Amazonia reduced by 82% between 2004 and 2014;

Challenges:

• Forthcoming

SDG Priorities: 

• Forthcoming

Progress: 

• Strengthening of Public Defenders Offices;
• Establishment of National Council of Justice;
• Promotion of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms;
• National Strategy to Combat Corruption and Money laundry was recently created.

Challenges:

• Alagoas, Bahia and Ceara are among the most violent states in Brazil;
• Homicides rates have been increasing reaching 29 per 100,000;
• Majority victims are young poor Afrodescent men;
• Average cost of corruption is estimated at 2.3% of GDP

SDG Priorities: 

• Forthcoming

Progress: 

• Providing technical assistance to 98 countries mostly in Africa and Latin America within SSC framework.

Challenges:

• Forthcoming

SDG Priorities: 

• Strengthening global network, knowledge brokerage, technical and operation assistance.