{"id":258,"date":"2018-10-30T18:27:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=258"},"modified":"2018-10-30T18:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:27:24","slug":"newcastle-demos-sdgs-for-un-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/newcastle-demos-sdgs-for-un-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle demos SDGs for UN visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The head of the United Nations office in Australia is the special guest of our UN city today just months after City of Newcastle adopted the\u00a0UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\u00a0as part of our long-term strategic plan.
\nChristopher Woodthorpe, Director of the United Nations Information Centre, is a keynote speaker at a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Symposium at Newcastle City Hall.
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\nChristopher Woodthorpe with Josh Wilkes and 94-year-old Hamilton resident Jean Campbell<\/sup><\/strong>
\n\u201cThe SDGs are our plan for a better world for all, and it\u2019s inspiring to see how City of Newcastle is pursuing this aspiration,\u201d said the Canberra-based UN veteran, a regional spokesperson on the multilateral program adopted in 2015.
\nThis morning he caught up with Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes and another of the City’s on-the-ground SDG flagbearers, Josh Wilkes. As a bin positioner for our Waste Management team, Mr Wilkes practices at least five of the SDGs on his daily rounds.
\nHe drives across the local government area ahead of garbage trucks – and in their wake – to help around 200 people with mobility challenges by taking out their bins and then tucking them back inside again.
\n“This is a fantastic example of how we already put the spirit of the SDGs into practice in an attempt to make life better for residents in a smart, liveable and sustainable global city,” the Lord Mayor said.
\n“The SDGs explicitly include disability and persons with disabilities\u00a011 times<\/strong>, so I’m delighted to show Mr Woodthorpe how the City of Newcastle is changing our processes and practices to align with them while improving services to our community.”
\nToday’s symposium, organised by the City in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association, is looking at how the UN SDGs can be applied to the arts sector.
\nRepresentatives from the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum (GLAM) sector from across the Hunter Region are discussing how they can collectively embrace and further the goals.
\nThe 17 UN SDGs are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership to end poverty and other deprivations, improve health and education, reduce inequality and spur economic growth.
\nThe bin positioner role emerged from the City’s Social Strategy, out of which also came the capability to support residents recently displaced from non-compliant boarding houses.
\nThe City will begin engaging with the community next month to update the strategy, which will be closely aligned to the SDGs, and refresh our goals to further support social connections in our communities.
\nThe 17 sustainable development goals to transform our world are:
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\nGOAL 1: No Poverty<\/a>
\nGOAL 2: Zero Hunger<\/a>
\nGOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being<\/a>
\nGOAL 4: Quality Education<\/a>
\nGOAL 5: Gender Equality<\/a>
\nGOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation<\/a>
\nGOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy<\/a>
\nGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth<\/a>
\nGOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/a>
\nGOAL 10: Reduced Inequality<\/a>
\nGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities<\/a>
\nGOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production<\/a>
\nGOAL 13: Climate Action<\/a>
\nGOAL 14: Life below Water<\/a>
\nGOAL 15: Life on Land<\/a>
\nGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions<\/a>
\nGOAL 17:\u00a0Partnerships to achieve the Goal<\/a>
\nThe City of Newcastle was officially made a UN City in 2016 when the UN’s training arm announced that the University of Newcastle would host an International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Australasia and the Pacific region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The head of the United Nations office in Australia is the special guest of our UN city today just months after City of Newcastle adopted the\u00a0UN Sustainable Development Goals\u00a0as part of our long-term strategic plan. Christopher Woodthorpe, Director of the United Nations Information Centre, is a keynote speaker at a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Symposium … Continue reading “Newcastle demos SDGs for UN visitor”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}