Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns The UN Sustainable Development Goals remain an important aspect to improve global sustainability. The above goal forms one of the four goals that specifically relates to environment. This section of the paper identifies specific targets proposed by UN to evaluate the goal. More importantly, this revolves around three aspects: whether the goals are measurable, whether they are currently measurable, and whether they help in meeting the overall goal of sustainable consumption and production.

1. The measure of targets

Any goal set by an individual or organization must remain measurable. The measure of goals depends on some aspects such the period, the scope of coverage, and among

In 2014 for example, leaders of G-20 countries pointed out that countries have succeeded to achieve a 39% reduction in carbon emission to soil, water, and air. The measure regarding the level of reduction outlines whether countries will achieve the targets of sustainable development. Furthermore, other evident measures of targets involve the encouragement that transnational companies give towards other small organizations. The encouragements targets at educating businesses to adopt the most sustainable practices (Friis Bach, 2014). Some of the practices that countries adopt include measuring the level at which companies and more importantly, large organizations promote public procurement practices. Companies now compare their sustainable practices against those established by policy

The above scope extends the level to which countries also measure their support to scientific and technological capabilities. For example, countries currently measure the extent to which people not understand their sustainable patterns when it comes to consumption and production. Avording to Uzbay Pirili & Pifpirili (2015), indicators such as development of tourism, and promotion of culture are most visible.Theyshow the effort of cuntries to measure sustainable development is (Uzbay Pirili & Pifpirili,