The Sustainable Development Goalsāand their predecessor, the MDGsāare like a megaproject led by the UN. Some of these are already aligned with EA priorities, such as the following:
The Economist has written that Goal 1 (ending poverty) should be āat the head of a very short list.ā In my opinion, if weāre going to do a megaproject, we should take a handful of the SDG targets (such as 1.1, ending extreme poverty) and spend billions of dollars aggressively optimizing them.
The Sustainable Development Goalsāand their predecessor, the MDGsāare like a megaproject led by the UN. Some of these are already aligned with EA priorities, such as the following:
Eradicating extreme poverty (Goal 1, Target 1.1)
Ending hunger (Goal 2, Target 2.1) and malnutrition (Target 2.2)
Fortify Health aims to improve health by providing fortified wheat flour
Good health and well-being (Goal 3)
Clean water and sanitation (Goal 6)
Ending energy poverty (Goal 7, Target 7.1)
One of the aims of the Founders Pledge Climate Change Fund
Increasing the share of renewable energy (Target 7.2) and energy efficiency (Target 7.3)
Promoting clean energy innovation (Target 7.A)
Decent work and economic growth (Goal 8)
The Economist has written that Goal 1 (ending poverty) should be āat the head of a very short list.ā In my opinion, if weāre going to do a megaproject, we should take a handful of the SDG targets (such as 1.1, ending extreme poverty) and spend billions of dollars aggressively optimizing them.