XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Lies Below Water A brief account of all the horrors we commit to our waters and is SDG 14 enough to tackle it? Anshul Raina BJ21011 | Jigyasa Dayal BJ21025 | Kritika Jalan BJ21028 | Mansi Ramrakhyani BJ21031 | Mohit Munjal BJ21032 | Sarang Chaudhar BJ21047 | Shruti Malankar BJ21052 What is SDG 14? Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a blueprint prescribed by the UN in 2015 to help attain a more sustainable future by 2030. There are 17 goals that aim to bring about holistic development on all fronts whether they maybe environmental, social or economic. (1) This blog elaborates on SDG 14: Life Below water. The 14 th goal as described by the UN is “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development” (2) . SDG 14 sounds the alarm on pollution, acidification, eutrophication and rising temperatures of the oceans. Not only is this wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems but it is also destroying many coastal communities that rely on ...

  Introduction The ocean covers 75% of the earth's surface & contains 99% of living space on the planet by volume inhabiting over 200,000 species [1] . Due to human exploitation, over 40% of the ocean is heavily affected by pollution, loss of biodiversity, and significant human intervention. Over 3 Billion people worldwide have an indirect dependence on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Ocean acidification has reached alarming levels (26%) since the industrial revolution, most of which originates from land-based sources. This SDG targets protecting the marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, excess acidification, and other harmful human interventions and targets towards sustainable use of ocean-based resources. Relevance to India Marine Pollution- A report by the United Nations Environment Programme published in 2015 suggests that India is ranked 12 th[2] in the list of countries responsible for marine pollution, dumping ~1 tonnes of plastic...