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UN sustainability goals: unattainable in the old system, but a logical consequence with Gradido

What are the 17 goals?

"The 2030 Agenda aims to lay the foundation for shaping global economic progress in harmony with social justice and within the Earth's ecological limits. At the heart of the Agenda is an ambitious set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."

Quote: 17goals.com

The objectives in detail

If you click on the graphic of one of the targets, a popup opens. There we first quote the text that we found on the homepage of 17ziele.de. Afterwards you will find our answer to it.

We take a more nuanced view of some goals and point them out in our response.

For the original texts and our answer click on the respective image:

Gradido makes it possible

Since in the previous debt money system the sum of the credit balances must be equal to the sum of the debts, financing on a global level is not possible in the old system. Without the peaceful transformation of the monetary system, all 17 sustainability goals will remain a pleasant dream.

Gradido, the Natural Economy of Life, has the potential to become the basis for achieving the 17 goals.

LECTURE

Achieving the 17 sustainability goals with the common good currency Gradido

Further articles

"Poverty is not natural, it was created by human beings and can therefore be overcome and eradicated through appropriate measures. The eradication of poverty is not an act of mercy, but of justice."

Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Source: 17ziele.de

OBJECTIVE 1:
End poverty in all its forms and everywhere

Original text (quote):

"Approximately 11 % of the world's population lives in extreme poverty. In 2015, there were about 836 million people. They had to get by on less than USD 1.25 per day. The global community has set a goal to end extreme poverty completely by 2030."

Our response

To end poverty in all its forms everywhere and create prosperity for all in harmony with nature - this is the main goal of Gradido. In the old debt money system this cannot be achieved, because the assets of some must necessarily be the debts of others.

By creating money three times over, Gradido generates the same amount of money per capita for each person, without generating debt.

Every person worldwide has the right to unconditional participation, which guarantees him/her an active basic income. It has now been proven that all people worldwide can be provided with biologically high-quality food. With the Active Basic Income everyone has the money to do so.

What is impossible in the old debt money system - with Gradido this goal is achieved quasi "automatically".

 "World agriculture could easily feed 12 billion people. That means that a child who dies of hunger today will be murdered."

Jean Ziegler, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 2:
Eradicate hunger, achieve food security and better nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Original text (quote):

"There are still 795 million people going hungry,
two billion people are malnourished.
Hunger is not only the greatest health risk, but also one of the greatest obstacles to development. It contributes to flight and displacement, and promotes a lack of prospects and violence.
There is enough food produced in the world today to provide adequate nutrition for all people. However
due to lack of infrastructure, trade barriers, and armed conflict, not all people have equal access to food."

Our response

To provide all people with healthy organic food, this has been possible for a long time. Up to now it has only failed because of political will. This depends on economic interests, which are misguided in the old debt money system by the wrong incentives.

Gradido helps here in three ways:

1.
The Compensation and Environment Fund (AUF) promotes ecological projects and also the conversion of conventional products to ecological ones. The AUF is the largest environmental pot ever designed in the history of mankind. It is an additional pot - as big as all the national budgets of the world put together.

2.
Every country has a debt-free per capita national budgetwhich roughly corresponds to the public budget in Germany, plus health and social services. Just like the AUF, the state budget is also triple creation of money financed. So... no taxes or duties whatsoever necessary.

3.
With the Active basic income all people in every country have the necessary money for organic food, which can be offered at fair and stable prices through the support of AUF and generous national budgets.

"It is time to constitute health care as part of a 'social infrastructure' that understands health as a public good that must be available to all.

medico international
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 3:
Ensure a healthy life for all people of all ages and promote their well-being

Original text (quote):

"Health is simultaneously a goal, a prerequisite and an outcome of sustainable development. Its promotion is an imperative of humanity - in both industrialized and developing countries.

Around 39 percent of the world's population lives without health insurance, and in low-income countries, the figure is even higher than 90 percent. Many people still die from diseases that would not be fatal if treated properly or could be prevented.«

Our response

In the Gradido model, the state budget also includes the health sector. Free access to health care is thus guaranteed for all people. People are free to decide which form of health care they want to choose. Conventional medicine and alternative healing methods are available free of charge to all.

All people can do without existential fears what they love to do from the heart - that is, follow their inner calling. This will eliminate a large part of the stress-related diseases of civilization. Access to healthy food (Sustainability Goal 2) will also reduce diet-related diseases. People will become healthier overall.

"So let us then take up the fight against illiteracy, poverty and terror and in addition take our books and pencils in hand. They are our most effective weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education is the beginning of everything."

Malala Yousafzai, child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 4:
Ensure inclusive, equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Original text (quote):

"Denying people access to education means denying them a basic human right - and important development opportunities for individuals and society. Education enables people to improve their political, social, cultural, societal and economic situation.

Worldwide, 58 million children and 63 million adolescents still do not have access to primary and secondary school. 90 percent of all children with a disability never go to school. 781 million people are illiterate. There are 7.5 million functional illiterates in Germany alone."

Our response

According to scientific studies (see Prof. Gerald Hüther) 98 % of newborns are highly gifted. After school there are only 2 % left. There are successful methods that promote real potential development and maintain natural high giftedness (example LAIS schools).

Gradido helps here in several ways

  • Thanks to the generous debt-free national budget in each country, schooling and further education are free of charge worldwide.
  • Alternative school and education projects are promoted.
  • Through the Active Basic Income and other life plan design tools, everyone has the opportunity to take time out for further education without having to fear financial decline.
  • Of course, sufficient funds are also available for the promotion of people with disabilities and barrier-free educational institutions.

"A society in which girls and young women can reach their full intellectual, social and political potential is also a safe, healthy and prosperous society.

Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 5:
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls

Original text (quote):

"Women are still disadvantaged and deprived of their rights almost everywhere in the world. The majority of the poor and the majority of all illiterates are female. Each year, about 300,000 women die from complications during pregnancy or childbirth, 99 percent of them in developing countries. According to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO), more than one-third of all women worldwide become victims of physical or sexual violence."

Our response

Of course, women and girls have the same right to participate unconditionally and thus to an active basic income.

Since children also receive basic income, families with single parents can enjoy a good standard of living. When both parents are together, everyone is free to decide whether and, if so, which of them is in gainful employment.

A family of four, for example, has the right to an active basic income of 4000 Gradido. The value of the Gradido is roughly equivalent to the Euro. Infants receive the basic income unconditionally. From a certain age on, children can take on age-appropriate tasks for the community that they enjoy, strengthen their self-confidence and personal responsibility and thus promote their personal development.

We also support equality between men and women at work.

"We will only achieve all development goals if we understand how water as a globally limited resource is linked to the other goals."

Stefan Reuter, Managing Director of BORDA e.V.
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 6:
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Original text (quote):

"Without water there is no life! We need it as drinking water, but also in agriculture to produce food. In 2008, the United Nations therefore recognized access to clean drinking water as a human right. Nevertheless, 748 million people still have to make do without clean drinking water. According to estimates, 5,000 children die worldwide on a single day because of this. 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation."

Our response

There are already some inexpensive solutions for water supply. Examples are the project Dessert Greening, retention landscapes, etc. in which the desert is transformed into a fertile landscape. So it does not always have to be expensive technology. Fatal in this context is the approach of some beverage companies, which are building factories somewhere in the world and in doing so are digging up the local people's groundwater supply.

Gradido helps here on several levels:

The Compensation and environment fund (AUF), an additional environmental pot in the amount of all national budgets combined, has sufficient funds to promote the various solutions for water availability.

The AUF also promotes environmentally friendly products or the conversion to environmentally friendly production. It thus also offers sufficiently large economic incentives for global beverage companies to produce in harmony with man and nature.

Because of the Unconditional participation and the associated Active basic income all people are financially secure. There is no more unemployment. So there is no longer any reason to bring environmentally harmful and inhuman production facilities into the country just to create jobs.

Since at Gradido the amount of money produced per capita is the same in every country, regardless of its economic performance, it no longer makes sense to exploit nature industrially.

"Putting nuclear power plants without knowing where the nuclear waste can be disposed of is like pulling out a hand grenade before you know where you're going to throw it."

Dieter Hildebrandt, cabaret artist, actor and author
Source: 17ziele.de

Target seven:
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Original text (quote):

"Nearly 80% of the world's generated energy still comes from fossil fuels. Costs from burning fossil fuels include costs to the health care system from air pollution and costs from climate damage that harm the general public, not just the polluters."

Our response

In the Gradido model, each country has the same per capita money creation (without incurring debt). Thus, even the previous developing countries can afford the best technologies. There is no more reason to exploit one's country (for example because of oil or other mineral resources).

In the energy sector, the AUF promotes renewable energies. This includes research and development of forms of energy that we do not yet know or have not yet recognised. Environmentally harmful and highly dangerous forms of energy such as nuclear power etc. will no longer be subsidised and will be banned if necessary.

Ecologically harmless substitute products are created for all petroleum products. Since these are subsidized by the AUF, the previous petroleum products are much too expensive in comparison and no longer have a chance on the market. This is also done to the advantage of the manufacturers, who profit from the subsidization of the ecological products or are financially supported in the conversion to ecologically sound products and production methods.

"The problem is not that we want more prosperity. The problem is that we define wealth by material possessions."

Dennis Meadows, economist
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 8:
Promote sustained, broad-based and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Original text (quote):

"The economic growth of past decades has been achieved at the expense of natural resources and the global climate and has long since reached its ecological limits. It would take several planet Earths to enable all people to live as is taken for granted in Germany today. Sustainable economic development reconciles social, ecological and economic development goals.

Only a growing economy can improve living conditions for the majority of the population and provide the income growth needed to combat poverty. But even in countries that are still poor today, it is necessary to make the growth in prosperity ecologically and socially sustainable."

Our response

Sustained economic growth does not make sense in itself. It has already brought our planet to the brink of collapse. What makes sense is an ecologically justifiable balance between the hitherto poor countries and the industrial nations.

At Gradido, full employment and decent work for all is guaranteed simply by unconditional participation and the associated Active Basic Income.

However, the work does not need to be productive in the sense of the production of industrial goods. Because we already have enough of it. Also, the number of working hours per week can probably be reduced. For the Active Basic Income, 2 hours a day are sufficient. Everything else can be arranged by each*r according to their own preferences.

Child labour in the exploitative form that is unfortunately still common today will no longer exist.

However, children do have a right to unconditional participation and thus to an active basic income. They can contribute to the common good according to their age and inclinations, and receive 20 gradido per hour (like everyone else) for a maximum of 50 hours per month.

"The purest form of insanity is to leave everything as it is and hope for change at the same time."

Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in physics
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 9:
Building a resilient infrastructure, promoting broad-based and sustainable industrialisation and supporting innovation

Original text (quote):

"Non-existent or dilapidated infrastructure inhibits economic efficiency and thus promotes poverty. When building infrastructure, the focus should be on sustainability, for example by promoting environmentally friendly means of transportation. Factories and industrial sites should also produce sustainably according to ecological criteria to avoid unnecessary environmental pollution."

Our response

Since every country has the same per capita money creation, it can decide for itself whether and to what extent industrialisation makes sense in this country.

The production of vital goods in one's own country can make sense, for example, to avoid transport routes. It can also make sense to maintain the land in as natural a state as possible or to return it to its original state and live in rural idyll.

At Gradido, an agricultural country is not poorer or richer (financially speaking) than an industrialized nation. However, the "gross national happiness" could be much higher in a less industrialized country. Especially if financial prosperity is at the same level as in industrialised countries.

"If the assets of the lower half were increased to 1.5 or 2 percent, the poor would have as much to gain as they did with 30 years of growth, and that without further crossing the planetary boundaries".

Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 10:
Reduce inequality within and between countries

Original text (quote):

"In many countries in Asia and Latin America, the incomes of the lower income groups increased more than those of the upper income groups between 2007 and 2012. This is a good sign for reducing inequality around the world. Because lower inequality always means a better opportunity for participation. It is an important prerequisite for harnessing people's economic, scientific and social potential.

Nevertheless, many things need to change by 2030. Where the income gap continues to widen, the unequal distribution of wealth causes social problems. In poor countries, it prevents growth and thus the eradication of poverty. In industrialized countries, increasing inequality threatens social cohesion and negatively impacts economic development."

Our response

The financial compensation between the former developing countries and the industrialised nations is a logical consequence of the introduction of the Gradido model. There will be no more poverty at all.

This is achieved all by itself through the threefold creation of money.

For every person in each country, 1000 Gradido are created three times a month: 1000 each for their basic income, for the national budget and for the Equalization and Environment Fund (AUF). The natural cycle of becoming and passing away implemented in the model stabilises the per capita money supply.

The balance between the rich and the previously poor countries is thus already implemented in the Gradido model.

"Sustainability means: Can we continue in the long run to do what we do today? If you can't, then it's not sustainable.

Anselm Görres, Forum Ecological-Social Market Economy
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 11:
Making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Original text (quote):

"There is no doubt about it: the age of cities has dawned. Today, more than half of the world's population already lives in cities. But cities are fueling global warming. They each account for around 70 percent of energy consumption and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Dense traffic, intensive construction activity coupled with heavy urban sprawl, high energy demand and enormous quantities of waste and wastewater - everything comes together in cities.

But their high density also makes cities the ideal starting point in the fight against climate change. This is because they can conserve resources and exemplify sustainability on a large scale, for example through land-saving and compact urban structures, low-emission transport systems, energy-efficient buildings and regulated waste disposal."

Our response

With Gradido, no one has to live in the city to earn a living. Whether one wants to live in the city or in the country is left to one's own preferences.

This freedom is achieved, among other things, through unconditional participation with the associated Active Basic Income.

Since the work does not have to take place in industrial conurbations, there is hardly any need for commuting.

The expansion of public transport to a reasonable level can be financed both by the Compensation and Environment Fund (AUF) and by the generous debt-free national budget. The same applies to safety and cleanliness in the cities.

"Time and again, people spend money they don't have on things they don't need, to impress people they don't like."

Danny Kaye, actor, comedian and singer
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 12:
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns

Original text (quote):

"Mankind has been living beyond its ecological means for a long time. This is particularly true for the industrialized countries and the growing upper and middle classes in many emerging economies. Earth Overshoot Day marks the day in the year when more resources have been consumed worldwide than the planet can regenerate in the same year. In 1990, it was December 7; in 2016, it was August 8.

The transformation to a way of doing business and living that respects the natural limits of our planet can only succeed if we change our consumption habits and production techniques. For this, internationally valid rules for labor, health and environmental protection are important."

Our response

Fighting is not our way. We rely on positive motivation, on invitation and on ways and means that make life easier.

The Compensation and Environment Fund (AUF) supports, among other things, companies in ending industrial overexploitation and producing ecologically. Energy subsidies will only be available for environmentally friendly forms of energy.

There are numerous ways to promote people's awareness of the value of organic and healthy food. This can begin in schools, for example by cultivating a permaculture garden and preparing and eating tasty meals together from the harvested fruit and vegetables. Urban gardening also increases sensitivity to the value of the food grown.

At Gradido such activities are rewarded as contributions to the community through the Active Basic Income.

"Climate change is like an asteroid impact in super slow motion. We are displacing it because of its slowness."

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 13:
Take immediate action to combat climate change and its effects

Original text (quote):

"Water shortages, droughts, hurricanes and floods are just some of the many consequences of global climate change and causes of migration. Currently, about 20 million people are forced to leave their homes as a result of climate-related events.

Climate change does not stop at national borders, and its impacts are not limited to individual policy areas, economic sectors or social groups. International efforts to mitigate climate change must also take into account the many interactions that occur among these sectors."

Our response

All forms of nature conservation are supported by the Compensation and Environment Fund (AUF). The AUF is the largest environmental pot in the history of mankind ever designed. It is an additional pot in the same amount as the state budget. In Germany alone it is about 1 trillion Gradido. The 100 billion dollars demanded above, however, sounds very modest.

The aim of Gradido is global prosperity and peace in harmony with nature. Real nature and environmental protection is at the same time climate protection and has the highest priority at Gradido.

With the compensation and environment fund Gradido also provides the necessary financial means for this.

"In the stomachs of stranded sperm whales on the North Sea coast, veterinarians have found a lot of junk. (…). Investigations have revealed fishing nets, lines, old car parts, coffee capsules and packaging, some of which were found in considerable quantities.

Weser Courier 18.05.2016
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 14:
Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources in the interests of sustainable development

Original text (quote):

"Protecting biodiversity, using it sustainably and sharing the benefits of its use equitably is an essential factor in sustainable development. Around 30 percent of global fish stocks are overfished. In the European Atlantic, the figure is 63 percent and in the Mediterranean it is already 82 percent. Global warming and ocean acidification further threaten the livelihood of humankind.

Every year, about 10 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans, which do not biodegrade but break down into smaller and smaller particles. As marine animals mistake the small plastic particles for food, the plastic particles also enter the human food chain."

Our response

The current exploitation of the oceans is the direct result of the murderous debt payment system. The old system forces people to do just about anything that makes money.

Dolphins, whales, sharks and all the other fish are slaughtered in the cruelest way. The people do this to earn their living and to feed their families. They have no other choice.

Another gigantic threat to the oceans is plastic waste, oil and heavy metal pollution. Most marine animals are already contaminated. If we eat them, we are bringing the toxins into our human bodies.

Gradido helps here in different ways:

  • Basic income: Every person has the right to unconditional participation and thus to an active basic income. No one has to do any more work that he or she does not want to do. A family man whose family receives 1000 Gradido per head no longer needs to go out to the open sea and cruelly slaughter the animals.
  • Government revenue: Every country has a generous debt-free national budget at its disposal. Government contracts and jobs in the public service are plentiful. This is another reason why no one is forced to do work that does not conform to their ethics.
  • The Compensation and environment fund (AUF) promotes the development of solutions to rid the seas of their pollution. Vegan alternatives to fish dishes are being promoted, so that the demand for fish is declining worldwide. This will allow the oceans to recover for the time being and rebuild their biodiversity where possible.

"We must take seriously the warning that humanity has already crossed 'planetary boundaries' and is about to destroy 'its' planet."

Elmar Altvater, political scientist
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 15:
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems

Original text (quote):

"...sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, end and reverse land degradation, and end biodiversity loss.

The loss of biodiversity is increasing, yet it is the basis of our lives - and it is being destroyed at a rapid pace. It is estimated that 60 percent of the world's ecosystems have degraded or are being used unsustainably. 75 percent of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost since 1990. More than half of rainforests have already been destroyed for palm oil, agrofuels, animal feed and meat production."

Our response

All these fine aims have so far failed because of the debt money system. It was left to the sometimes life-threatening efforts of a few pioneers to at least limit the damage a little.

Gradido helps here in several ways:

Due to the triple creation of money, every country has the necessary means to set economic incentives for nature that are much greater than the incentives for the destruction of nature. Exploitation no longer pays off.

Thanks to the basic income all people are well provided for. The generous, debt-free per capita state budget provides each country with the necessary funds.

In addition, there is the already often mentioned Compensation and Environment Fund (AUF), which is equal to the national budget. The AUF can be used to finance the above-mentioned objectives without any problems.

"One must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence strengthens the torturer, never the tortured."

Elie Wiesel, writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 16:
Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development

Original text (quote):

"... provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Peace, physical integrity and protection by a stable legal system are indispensable prerequisites for sustainable development and prosperity. Too many people depend on institutions that are too weak and lack access to justice, information and other fundamental freedoms.

The rate of killings still varies greatly by region. While in East Asia only one in 100,000 people is killed intentionally, in Latin America the figure is 23. 30 percent of all prisoners worldwide are held without trial. 25 percent of all children are still denied registration of their birth - a basic requirement for protection under the law."

Our response

The main cause of armed conflict is economic conflict, which is forced with mathematical precision by the debt money system. Ethnic and religious conflicts are usually only a pretext. Where there is prosperity, the different ethnic and religious groups generally live together peacefully.

All forms of violence, child abuse, corruption and state arbitrariness are all the more pronounced the wider the gap between rich and poor.

The basis for peace and justice is sustainable prosperity for all in harmony with nature. Gradido offers all tools to get there - worldwide.

"We can be the first generation to succeed in eradicating poverty, just as we could be the last to have the chance to save our planet."

Ban-Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016
Source: 17ziele.de

Target 17:
Strengthening means of implementation and revitalising the global partnership for sustainable development

Original text (quote):

"The 17 goals can only be achieved through a strong global partnership. Governments, civil society and businesses must work together to implement them. "Leaving no one behind" is the overarching principle of the 2030 Agenda, and UN member states are committed to reaching those furthest behind first.

However, funding for public development cooperation has fallen in the poorest countries in recent years. Just five countries have kept their promise for the ODA quota - which is the share of public spending on development cooperation in gross national income - of 0.7 percent. Germany also does not yet meet its ODA quota, but has steadily increased its spending in recent years."

Our response

Since in the previous debt money system the sum of the credit balances must be equal to the sum of the debts, financing on a global level is not possible in the old system. Without the peaceful transformation of the monetary system, all 17 sustainability goals will remain a pleasant dream.

Gradido was developed as a path to global prosperity and peace in harmony with nature, even before the 17 sustainability goals of the United Nations were formulated. All the more reason for us to be pleased about the agreement.

Gradido, the Natural Economy of Life, has the potential to become the basis for achieving sustainability goals. We are very interested in partnerships to achieve the goals. Please contact us!

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