SDG Goal 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Why is this significant?
Global manufacturing growth experienced a slowdown from 7.4% in 2021 to 3.3% in 2022, primarily attributed to factors such as inflation, energy price shocks, supply disruptions, and a deceleration in the global economy. This deceleration coincided with a record-high of 36.8 billion metric tons of energy-related CO2 emissions in 2022. The recovery of the manufacturing industry from the impacts of COVID-19 remains incomplete and uneven, with high-income regions achieving record-high manufacturing value added per capita in 2022, while levels in least developed countries (LDCs) only marginally surpassed the 2015 baseline. The faster recovery and enhanced resilience of high-techonology industries demonstrated in post-pandemic data, underscoring the crucial need to promote innovation and technology transfer. Especially targeting on providing substantial support to LDCs, in order to invest in advanced and resilient technologies and infrastructures, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance global access to mobile broadband.
Targets
- 9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
- 9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries
- 9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
- 9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
- 9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
- 9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
- 9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
- 9.c Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020
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