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AMBISYON NATIN 2040
The Philippines is considered one of the most progressive countries in Southeast Asia. Although
it has improved in the Human Development Index rankings, it still lags far behind the rest of the
world. The goal of this plan is to help the country progress towards the status of an advanced
society, but while the Philippines has taken a few steps towards that goal, the country still has a
very long way to go.
In September 2015, 192 other United Nations (UN) member states, including the Philippines,
reaffirmed their commitment to the success of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also called Global Goals, are economic,
social, environmental, and governance targets. They need to be accomplished in order
for AmBisyon Natin 2040 to fulfill the long-term vision.
In AmBisyon Natin 2040, the Filipino people articulate long-term visions and aspirations for
themselves and for the country. It describes the type of life people would like to live and how
they would like the country to be by 2040.
The national development plan forms the basis for national unity and is meant to guide the
planning efforts of at least four government administrations. In 2030, people should be able to
accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals, which are aligned with AmBisyon Natin 2040.
The notion of intergenerational equity, which runs through the core principles of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), supports the notion of sustainable development and leaving no
one untouched. Sustainable development requires long-term planning in which current
development and future development should never be at the expense of current generations.
This is a fundamental element for the Filipinos to have a life that is matatag (firmly rooted),
maginhawa (comfortable), and panatag (safe).
Filipinos are strongly rooted: matatag. Filipino families live together; there is work-life balance so
that there is time to spend with family even for members who work. On weekends, families and
friends enjoy time together in parks and recreational centers. It is a high-trust society with a
strong sense of community. There are volunteer opportunities, and Filipinos spend time to serve
the community, help others who are in need, and contribute to various causes.
Filipinos are comfortable: maginhawa. No one is poor, no one is ever hungry. Filipino families
live in comfortable homes with the desired amenities and secure tenure. Families and friends
are within reach because transport is convenient and affordable, and they can take a vacation
together within the country and abroad. Children receive quality education so that they realize
their full potentials and become productive members of society. Decent jobs that bring
sustainable income are available, including opportunities for entrepreneurship.
Filipinos are secure: panatag. Filipinos feel secure over their entire lifetime. They expect to live
long and enjoy a comfortable life upon retirement. There are resources to cover unexpected
expenses, and there are savings. They feel safe in all places in the country. Filipinos trust their
government because it is free of corruption and provides service to all its citizens equally.
The UN is a staunch partner of the Philippine Government for achieving national development
goals and the 2030 Agenda, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development (PFSD) supports the national long-term
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vision and maps directly and indirectly into Philippine Development Plan (PDP) priorities,
organizing its strategic contributions through a 2030 Agenda lens into three pillars: “People”,
“Prosperity and Planet”, and “Peace.” It builds on decades of close cooperation between the
Philippines and the United Nations for the achievement of national and global development
objectives, focusing on areas where the capacities of the UN, when working across mandates,
will have the greatest impact to leave no one behind. As an initial investment in the longer-term
UN support to 2030 Agenda, it recognizes the strengths and capacities of the Philippine
government and focuses on historically challenging areas that are foundational to SDGs to
complement Philippines-led efforts towards acceleration.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the
earth’s environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and
prosperity. These are the goals the UN is working on in the Philippines.
What are the 17 SDGs?
1. No Poverty
With a projected global poverty rate of 7% in 2030, the equivalent of 598,394,116 people, this
UN goal aims to end poverty of all kinds.
SDG Goal 1 objectives include but are not limited to: end extreme poverty (those living on 1.25
dollars per day), reduce half the population living in poverty, implement protection systems,
ensure equal rights to economic resources and basic services, reduce poverty-related
vulnerability to climate change-induced extreme weather events, mobilize resources in
developing countries, and create pro-poor and gender-sensitive policy frameworks by 2030.
The COVID-19 conflict set back poverty reduction progress.
2. Zero Hunger
As of 2020, 2.37 billion people are without food or unable to eat a healthy balanced diet, hence
the goal of zero hunger.
“Zero Hunger” sets out to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture. The global pandemic has only worsened global hunger, seeing as many
as 161 million additional people will experience hunger as a result. Regarding women, 1/3 of
those at a reproductive age experience Anemia due to nutritional deficiencies.
SDG Goal 2 objectives include but are not limited to: end hunger, end all forms of malnutrition,
double agricultural productivity and the income of small-scale food producers, bring resilience to
agricultural practices and found sustainable food production systems, and maintain genetic food
diversity.
3. Good Health and Well-Being
With a focus on increasing life expectancy and reducing common child and maternal diseases
and killers, this goal targets ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages. The
global pandemic has only made health disparities more apparent, halting and even reducing life-
expectancy progress.
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SDG Goal 3 objectives include but are not limited to: reduce maternal mortality, end preventable
newborn and child death, end multiple disease epidemics, reduce premature mortality, prevent
and treat substance abuse, halt traffic-related deaths and injuries, ensure universal health
coverage and access, reduce pollution and contamination deaths.
4. Quality Education
This goal ensures inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning for
all. Sadly, COVID-19 reversed years of education gains, and many countries lack basic school
infrastructure.
SDG Goal 4 objectives include but are not limited to: ensure free and quality primary and
secondary education, give children access to early childhood development, ensure equal
access for men and women to afford higher education choices, increase skills in youth, ensure
gender equality, and promote sustainable development in education.
5. Gender Equality
SDG 5 targets to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The percentage of
women who work in national parliaments, local governments, and in managerial positions is still
significantly less than that of men. Not to mention 1 in 3 women are subject to violence at least
once since the age of 15, and child marriage is still highly present.
SDG Goal 5 objectives include but are not limited to: end discrimination against women,
eliminate all forms of violence against women, eliminate harmful practices, value unpaid care
and domestic work, ensure equal opportunities for leadership, ensure access to feminine health
care, and ensure equal rights.
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
The availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation ensures safe water for
drinking, sanitation, and hygiene, yet 2.3 billion people live in water-stressed countries.
SDG Goal 6 objectives include but are not limited to: provide equal universal access to safe
drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene, reduce water pollution, increase water-use efficiency,
integrate water-resource management, and protect ecosystems dependent on water.
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
Almost 800 million people lack access to electricity and 1/3 of the population uses dangerous
cooking systems. This puts into perspective why this goal aims to ensure affordable, reliable,
sustainable, and modern energy.
SDG Goal 7 objectives include but are not limited to: increase renewable energy use, improve
energy use efficiency, enhance international cooperation regarding clean energy access,
research, and technology, and to upgrade technology in developing countries for sustainable
energy services.
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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Especially after the global pandemic, joblessness and unemployment is extremely prevalent,
making this goal of promoting sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth and
productive employment and decent work ever more important.
SDG Goal 8 objectives include but are not limited to: sustain economic growth, increase
economic productivity, improve resource efficiency, achieve full and productive employment,
increase working youth population, end forced labor, protect labor rights, promote tourism, and
grant access to financial institution access for all.
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Resilient infrastructure, inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and innovation is the
objective of this sustainable development goal. Enhancing rural road connectivity, increasing
research and development investment, and manufacturing high tech products helps stabilize
infrastructure.
SDG Goal 9 objectives include but are not limited to: reliable infrastructure for all, sustainable
industrialization, increased access of small-scale industries and enterprises in developing
countries, rendering industries sustainable, and improving technology in all industries.
10. Reduced Inequalities
This sustainable development goal focuses on reducing inequalities within and among
countries. Income inequality, the refugee crises, and inequality indexes all show that certain
areas and countries are highly more beneficial to live in than others. Living standards between
countries are very unbalanced.
SDG Goal 10 objectives include but are not limited to: income growth for the bottom 40 percent
of the population at a higher than national average rate, social, economic, and political inclusion,
appropriate legislation policies to reduce inequality, wage and fiscal equality, better financial
market and institution regulation, legitimate institutions that represent developing countries in
global decisions, and safe migration.
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
This goal promotes making cities and human settlements safer, resilient, and sustainable
through use of national urban policies, more access to public spaces, convenient public
transportation, and the reduction of slums.
SDG Goal 11 objectives include but are not limited to: safe and affordable housing for all, safe
and affordable transport for all, sustainable urbanization and human settlement planning, protect
cultures around the world, protecting the poor and vulnerable from death by natural disasters,
monitoring air quality and waste management to reduce negative city impact, and to provide
green public space.
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns, as a goal, aims to reduce climate
change and negative environmental impacts.
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SDG Goal 12 objectives include but are not limited to: implementing a 10-year framework
program for sustainable development and consumption, achieving sustainable management,
having food waste, managing chemicals and waste in an environmentally responsible way,
reduce waste, encourage company sustainable practices, sustainable public procurement
practices, and providing access to relevant sustainable development and harmony with nature
information.
13. Climate Action
Climate action is a goal involving the fight against climate change and its impacts. Rising
greenhouse gas emissions, an average global temperature increase, and increased spending
due to climate change are all negative results of climate change.
SDG Goal 13 objectives include but are not limited to: being prepared for climate related
disasters, integrating climate policies into national policies, and raising climate awareness.
14. Life Below Water
The Life Below Water goal focuses on conserving and sustainably using our oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development. We, as a population, rely heavily on our oceans
for food, tourism, recreational activities, and global trade. In fact, 3 billion people rely on the
ocean for their livelihood. However, our oceans are under severe threat. Over half of key marine
biodiversity areas are unprotected, and dead zones, zones lacking oxygen to support marine
life, are rising. It is thus imperative we protect our oceans better.
SDG Goal 14 objectives include but are not limited to: preventing marine pollution, protecting
marine and coastal ecosystems, minimizing ocean acidification through impact reduction,
protecting the fishing market, conserving marine and coastal areas, and overfishing control.
15. Life on Land
This goal overall promotes the health of land life. It includes protecting, restoring, and promoting
land ecosystems, managing forests sustainably. Combatting desertification and halting and
reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss. With many species under threat and ever-
increasing biodiversity loss, it is essential we take better care of land ecosystems.
SDG Goal 15 objectives include but are not limited to: ensuring freshwater ecosystem health,
sustainable management of forests, ensuring mountain ecosystem health, preserving natural
habitats, shared benefits of genetic resource use, ending poaching and protected species
trafficking, and integrating biodiversity values into national planning.
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
This goal involves reducing conflict, insecurity, and weak institutions by means of promoting
peace and inclusivity for sustainable development and justice for all.
SDG Goal 16 objectives include but are not limited to: reduce violence and death rates, end all
forms of violence against children, promote law at national and international levels, reduce
financial crime, reduce corruption, develop transparent institutions, developing country
participation in global governance institutions, legal identity for all, and ensuring public access to
information and freedom rights.
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17. Partnership for the Goals
This last goal aims to help realize strong partnership and global cooperation for the SDGs.
SDG Goal 17 objectives include but are not limited to: enhance developing country international
support, enhancing international cooperation, promote environmentally sound technologies,
rule-based and equitable multilateral trading system, increase developing country exports,
enhance global economic stability, and coherent sustainable development policy.
The Sustainable Development Goals present a bold pledge to reach a level of attainment that
had been started by the Millennium Development Goals. Fulfilling the Global Goals requires an
ambitious approach that gets all citizens behind the goal of leaving no one behind. The UN calls
the Global Goals a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that
people enjoy peace and prosperity. The involvement of the different stakeholders in a real and
structured manner becomes crucial to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
in the remaining 11 years, and onward to 2040.
