Call for organisations and groups to be Sustainable Development Goal Champions
The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is now seeking Expressions of Interest for participants in the 2024-25 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champions Programme.
As part of the 2024-2025 programme, a number of organisations and groups from across the country will be appointed 'SDG Champions' to help raise awareness of the importance of the SDGs as the cornerstone of a fair, prosperous and sustainable future for all. As Champions, they will show through their own actions that everyone in society can make a contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people could enjoy peace and prosperity. There are 17 SDGs, covering areas such as poverty, shelter, education, health gender equality and clean energy. They are all integrated, recognising that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must be mindful of social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Already, 34 organisations and groups, large and small, have become SDG Champions, including for example Musgrave, The GAA, ECO-UNESCO, University of Galway, Ballyhoura Development, and Chambers Ireland. Last year, over 80 organisations applied to take part in the programme, from which 26 were chosen as champions, demonstrating the commitment of Irish society to help ensure that we achieve the SDGs.