WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? 13 How does the global community plan for development?
• At the UN in 2015, 193 countries agreed what were then called the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
• These are17 goals around different areas of development that all 193 countries agreed to work on together before 2030.
• The goals include action on climate change, access to education, gender inequality and world hunger.
• We will look at these, now named the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in more detail in chapter 19.
EXPLORE
• the name of your county or city • a slogan for the development plan
• some pictures representing the kinds of positive changes and developments you would like to see in your county or city.
THIS TOPIC AND YOU
Think about development in your school or local area (you could talk to an older relative or look up old newspapers if you need to find out more). Create a timeline of development for your school, town or local community initiative or business. Points could include:
• when it was founded • when any expansion happened (growing numbers, significant new buildings) • how things look today.
DESIGN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN
You have been given the task of designing the cover for your county or city development plan. Include:
