SDG nexus of all policies, plans to address unsustainable development issues - PM

In his speech at the launch of the Malaysia SDG (MySDG) Foundation here today, Ismail Sabri said this was also to prevent any future recurrence of natural disasters, such as massive floods that hit the country recently.

He said the floods should be a lesson for all parties to balance between the development and the need to protect and conserve the environment.

"Should we neglect this balance, the impact would be very significant - as we have gone through recently - or could be even worse.

"This supersedes any measurable financial value," he said.

Through the SDGs, Ismail Sabri said national development will improve and Malaysia will become a nation that is stronger, resilient, peaceful and prosperous.

"The SDGs will be fully integrated into the national mechanism, policy planning and development.

"In fact, the SDGs and the national performance indicators are fully mapped onto the country's five-year development plan, beginning with the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP)," he said.

The prime minister said the SDGs was not new to the nation as it had been adopted in 2015 and would continuously be aligned and integrated into various policies and processes that had been implemented over the past few decades,

At the same time, he said the government will continue to emphasise the inclusive growth policy which is the main thrust for development, unity and wellbeing goals within the concept of Keluarga Malaysia.

As one of the 193 countries that had signed up to the 2030 Agenda since 2015, Malaysia had submitted two Voluntary National Review reports to the United Nations (UN).