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As each SDG is broad and covers a lot of issues, we have listed some examples of how you can focus on a specific question. Select any topic below that you want to create an explainer video about.

• 1. What is pro-poor development?
  2. How is poverty defined and measured?
  3. Describe one powerful way your country is fighting poverty.
  4. Discuss the main risk factors leading to poverty and how they can be addressed.
  5. Explain poverty trends and current statistics in your country.
  6. Explain current policy frameworks that contribute to poverty in your country, and suggest how they can be improved.
  7. Explain how extreme poverty has been cut by more than half since 1990.
  8. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Universal Basic Income.
  9. Describe the social welfare programs in your country.
  10. Explain the feminization of poverty.
  1. What is malnutrition and how can fighting it keep more children in school?
  2. How does genetic diversity of plants and livestock affect food production?
  3. What is one way to increase agricultural productive capacity in developing countries?
  4. What are the benefits and disadvantages of GMO farming?
  5. Explain the various aspects of hunger.
  6. What is necessary for a healthy diet?
  7. Explain the different food groups within the food pyramid.
  8. Discuss the relationship between hunger and gender.
  9. How did the Green Revolution contribute to decreased poverty levels?
  10. Discuss the effects of energy poverty on food production.
  1. What is universal health coverage and why does it matter?
  2. How does educating mothers help to prevent infant mortality?
  3. How can we improve air quality for better health?
  4. Explain diseases that can be cured with the help of modern medicine.
  5. Explain chronic diseases that can be prevented.
  6. What is emotional health and how can it be improved?
  7. What can be done to contribute to reducing disease epidemics?
  8. Describe simple exercises anyone can do to stay active.
  9. Explain how our brains react to positive relationships and environments.
  10. Explain the efforts that are taken to fight and prevent HIV and AIDS.
  1. How can we make learning environments more accessible to girls, women and other vulnerable people?
  2. Why are so many children still out of school?
  3. What is lifelong learning and why does it matter?
  4. How are persons with disabilities to catered to in schools in your country?
  5. Tell us your ideas on how to make schools safer.
  6. How does your country support working adults who are getting or continuing their education?
  1. What is one thing we can do to help end gender discrimination?
  2. Describe one law that improved the lives of women.
  3. How can technology empower women and girls?
  4. How is gender inequality measured?
  5. Describe the different types of feminist thought.
  6. How are feminist groups contributing to gender equality for women around the world?
  7. Discuss ways to ensure effective participation and equal opportunities in political, economic and public life.
  8. What can be done to end forced marriages?
  1. Describe a clean technology that saves water.
  2. What is integrated water resources management?
  3. Why is water important for peace?
  4. Describe ways to increase access to clean water and sanitation.
  5. Why do more people have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet?
  6. Explain an innovation that helps keep water clean.
  7. Explain how access to clean water and sanitation contributes to biological developmental growth.
  8. Explain ways of water-use efficiency.
  1. How will renewable energy affect future jobs?
  2. What is one invention that made energy cleaner?
  3. How can companies and governments make clean energy more affordable?
  4. Explain ways to monitor and regulate the use of fossil fuels.
  5. Explain the effects of solar panels on the environment.
  6. What is the effect of energy use on climate change?
  7. Explain how greenhouse gases contribute to global warming.
  8. Explain ways of modern modern energy generation.
  1. What can we do to fight modern slavery?
  2. Describe a law that improves the lives of workers.
  3. What is sustainable tourism?
  4. Explain ways to recognize and fight against human trafficking.
  5. Describe the wage gap and the effect it has on women.
  6. Explain one way your country is fighting child labor.
  1. How does internet access help economic development?
  2. What is resilient infrastructure and how does it make cities more sustainable?
  3. Describe one innovation making industry more sustainable.
  4. How does your country’s infrastructure affect international trade?
  5. Explain one way STEM education is supported in your country.
  6. Explain one mobile technology and its effect on sustainable development.
  1. How do social protection policies reduce inequality?
  2. Why is combating inequality key for long term social and economic development?
  3. Describe one policy or invention that helps to make migrants’ lives safer.
  4. How can Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) help reduce global inequality?
  5. Explain a social protection policy in your country.
  6. Explain the effects and benefits of a foreign direct investment.
  1. How do sustainable cities help to make communities safer?
  2. What is one policy that makes public spaces more accessible for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities?
  3. What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
  4. Explain how public housing projects operate in your country.
  5. Describe how sanctuary cities contribute to sustainable communities and the economy.
  6. How do green cities help communities?
  1. What can we do to reduce food waste?
  2. How can our consumer’s choice affect human rights in other parts of the world?
  3. What is the circular economy?
  4. Explain how recycling works and how it helps save our planet.
  5. How has technology changed consumption and production patterns?
  6. Explain actions we can take to improve energy efficiency.
  1. Why should ordinary people care about the Paris Agreement?
  2. What is climate mitigation and how does it affect people’s livelihoods?
  3. What is one way rural areas can adapt to climate change?
  4. Explain the effect of global warming in your city and country.
  5. How does global warming affect air quality for humans?
  6. Discuss how climate change impacts food supply.
  1. How can sustainable tourism protect marine biodiversity?
  2. Why are coastal habitats being lost and why does it matter?
  3. How does climate change affect ocean life?
  4. Why are certain marine species going extinct?
  5. How can we protect marine species that are going extinct?
  6. Explain the impact recycling has on oceans and marine life.
  1. How does desertification affect people’s livelihoods?
  2. Why must we protect biodiversity?
  3. Highlight a protected species.
  4. Explain how animal sickness is connected to human sickness.
  5. Why is it important to halt and reverse land degradation?
  6. How can we protect mountains and coastlines from being exploited?
  1. Why is peace key for economic development?
  2. How can ordinary people participate in global governance?
  3. What is one policy that increases justice?
  4. Explain how we can support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  5. How does open data positively change lives?
  6. Discuss global corruption and the impact it has on peace.
  1. How does your country measure its progress on the SDGs?
  2. What are public-private partnerships and how can they help reduce poverty?
  3. What is South-South and triangular cooperation for sustainable development?
  4. Explain policy coherence for sustainable development.
  5. How can big data contribute to achieving the SDGs?
  6. How does technology help achieve the SDG’s in your country?

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