The Sustainable Improvement Aim ‘Life under water’ (SDG 14) goals to guard and make sure the sustainable use of oceans. This consists of lowering marine air pollution and ocean acidification, ending overfishing and conserving marine and coastal ecosystems. SDG 14 is strongly associated to different SDGs as oceans maintain coastal economies and livelihoods, contribute to meals manufacturing and performance as a carbon sink.
In 2023, the standard of water on coastal bathing websites within the EU was very excessive with 88.4% of websites rated glorious, which was a rise of three.4 share factors (pp) in comparison with 2013 (85.4%) and reveals stability in contrast with 2022 (88.9%).
Supply datasets: sdg_14_40 and sdg_14_50
The worldwide imply floor seawater acidity within the EU had a pH worth of 8.05 in 2022, representing a lower of 0.02 in contrast with 2012 (8.07). The decline in pH signifies elevated acidity of ocean water. Rising ranges of atmospheric CO2 enhances the absorption of CO2 by oceans, resulting in decrease pH values.
How is your nation doing?
Have you learnt the standard of water on the costal bathing websites in your nation? Is it enhancing or getting worse?
The info visualization software ‘SDGs & me’ will enable you to simply discover and consider the state of affairs in your nation and evaluate it to others.
The visualization software – SDG nation overview lets you evaluate your nation’s scores throughout all targets in opposition to the EU common.
Would you wish to study extra?
You could find out extra in regards to the EU’s progress in the direction of the SDGs with the next:
- publication Sustainable Improvement within the European Union – monitoring report on progress in the direction of the SDGs in an EU context, 2024 version and the corresponding brochure present an outline of progress in the direction of the SDGs within the EU;
- recording of the webinar on the EU’s progress, held on twentieth June 2024.
For extra info
- Set of Statistics Defined articles on sustainable improvement within the EU
- Thematic part on the Sustainable Improvement Targets
- Database on the Sustainable Improvement Targets
- Statistics for the European Inexperienced Deal
- The European Fee’s SDG Coverage Mapping Software
- United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement