Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets was adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 17 Goals were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which set out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.
Based on the strength of Big Earth Data and requirement of global indicator framework for SDGs, a series of studies have been conducted on SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and SDG 15 (Life on Land) under the guidance of Technology Facilitation Mechanism. All these can demonstrate the application value and broad prospect of Big Earth Data in monitoring and evaluating SDGs, explore new methods of implementing 2030 Agenda by utilizing advanced technologies such as big data and AI within the framework of Technology Facilitation Mechanism, and reveal the exploration and practice of China using technological innovation to implement 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
SDG Satellite-1
SDG Satellite SDG-1, known as SDGSAT-1, is the first satellite developed specifically for the implementation of UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG), and the first Earth science satellite among the satellites developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is launched successfully into orbit On november 5, 2021.
Tailored to the needs of monitoring and evaluating indicators related to global SDGs, SDGSAT-1 is equipped with three kinds of payloads including thermal infrared, low-light-level and multi-spectral imagers, orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 505 km and an inclination angle of 97.5.
The three payloads, combined with their 300 km-wide swaths, can provide all-time, all-weather, multi-load cooperative observations, achieving global coverage in 11 days.
SDGSAT-1 aims to achieve the fine depiction of "traces of human activities" and therefore to provide exclusive data support for the SDG indicators which reflect the interaction between human activities and nature.
China will develop and operate follow-on satellites to and provide more indicator-tailored data sources to facilitate global SDG implementation.
