First goal is to ensure environmental sustainability.

Environmental sustainability is necessary

to achieve and sustain economic growth, poverty eradication, and social development.
Achieving sustainability requires systematic effort to avoid undesirable environmental
impacts and enhance ecosystem management. There are numerous challenges, including
minimizing the effects of pollutants; ensuring efficient utilization of land and consumption of
natural resources; and containing congestion in urban areas and the associated problems of
transportation, waste disposal, and provision of social services. Actions can be taken include
take an active interest in the governance and management of your city and take notice of what
works, and what doesnt in your community. Key indicators for monitoring environmental
sustainability are (according to Malaysia development goals) (i) proportion of land area
covered by forest; (ii) ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area;
(iii) energy use (kg oil equivalent) per $ GDP (PPP); (iv) carbon dioxide emissions (per
capita) and consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons); (v) proportion of population
with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural and (vi) proportion of
urban and rural population with access to improved sanitation.
Second goal is regarding Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. To build resilient
infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. As
an engineer we can observed that economic growth, social development and climate action
are heavily dependent on investments in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development
and technological progress. In the face of a rapidly changing global economic landscape and
increasing inequalities, sustained growth must include industrialization that first of all, makes
opportunities accessible to all people, and two, is supported by innovation and resilient
infrastructure. In Malaysia especially deep in Sabah and Sarawak, basic infrastructure like
roads, information and communication technologies, electrical power remains scarce. Failing
to improve infrastructure and promote technological innovation could translate into poor
health care, inadequate sanitation and limited access to education. Therefore, to achieve these
goals, establish standards and promote regulations that ensure company projects and
initiatives are sustainably managed. Furthermore, collaborate with NGOs and the public
sector to help promote sustainable growth within developing countries.
Third goal is affordable and clean energy. It is to ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all. Our everyday lives depend on reliable and affordable
energy services to function smoothly and to develop equitably. A well-established energy
system supports all sectors: from businesses, medicine and education to agriculture,
infrastructure, communications and high-technology. On the other hand, lack of access to
energy supplies and transformation systems is a constraint to human and economic
development. As an engineer, we know that electricity is easy to gain access wherever there
are, but as now we need to know that burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil or gas to produce
electricity also produces enormous amount of greenhouse gases which cause climate change
and have harmful impacts on peoples well-being and the environment. This affects everyone,
not just a few. Moreover, global electricity use is rising rapidly. In a nutshell, without a stable
electricity supply, countries will not be able to power their economies. To achieve this goal,
we should invest in renewable energy resources, prioritizing energy efficient practices, and
adopting clean energy technologies and infrastructure. Besides, Investors can invest more in
sustainable energy services, bringing new technologies to the market quickly from a diverse
supplier base.
References:
1. Sustainable development goals. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2017, from
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
2. United Nations Country Team, Malaysia (2005), MALAYSIA ACHIEVING THE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES,
3. Noranida Mokthsim, Khairulmaini Osman Salleh, Malaysia's Efforts toward
Achieving a Sustainable Development: Issues, Challenges and Prospects, Procedia -
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 120, 2014, Pages 299-307, ISSN 1877-0428,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.107.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814016371)
 Faculty of Engineering
University of Malaya
KXEX2165 (Moral & Ethics Engineering Profession)
Session 2016/17, Semester 2

Students Name MUHAMED ZAIM BIN PIEL

Matric Number KEM140039

Take Home Tests Number 2

Lecturers Name Ir. Elias Musa

Submission Date 13/3/2017

Take Home Test 2

What are the three (3) most important goals that Malaysia has to achieve in the
next 10 years according to you as an engineer?
Explain each of the selected goal:
1. Why it is so importance?
2. What is the main content of that goal?
3. How to achieve the goal steps to be taken?

What are the key indicators to be used to measure progress?

(10 marks)