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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a collection of seventeen global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The broad goals are interrelated though each has its own targets to achieve. The total number of targets is 169. The SDGs cover a broad range of social and economic development issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change gender equality, water sanitation, energy environment, and social justice.

Sustainability is an important part of the modern world, and understanding it can help you make better decisions about your own consumption habits. For example, if you know that recycling plastic saves energy and resources, then you'll be more likely to recycle. Today we'll take a look at what sustainability means, what some simple ways are to get started going green, and where you can find more information about how to live sustainably.

When you hear the word carbon emission, you may think of cars or other vehicles that burn fossil fuels. But what exactly is carbon emission? An emission is anything that's released into the environment. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major contributor to climate change because of its greenhouse effect on Earth's atmosphere. When we talk about carbon emissions, we're referring to how much CO2 is produced by human activities like driving cars or manufacturing goods.

Single-use plastics are a big problem for our environment. They're everywhere and it can be difficult to avoid them, but luckily there are plenty of ways you can reduce your single use plastic usage and make a difference!

Climate change and global warming are terms that you might have heard often in the news. But what do they mean? And how do they differ from each other? In this article, we'll explain the difference between climate change and global warming in simple terms.

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