Once the cat is out of the bag, you can't put it back in.

This winter has summer-like conditions. Upon reaching Tawau, Malaysia, and entering this domain, we gathered the team and finally began our long-prepared plan. However, we're still some distance away from truly entering the Bajau people's survival territory and participating in their lives.

First, the most important aspect of this practical course is understanding the key indicators and knowledge accumulation of SDG ACTION. The participants in this planned program range from 13-55 years old, with most unfamiliar with the SDG framework. Additionally, having to learn underwater survival skills meant we had to explain the course in the simplest way possible (#SDG4). After listening to my explanation, the immediate response was that the SDG framework is so close to our lives, but why hadn't anyone mentioned it in past life or education. Honestly, this is because not everyone fully understands this framework or even knows the meaning behind these indicators.

Here's a supplement about the SDG development process: "The United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.

At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership.

In June 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, more than 178 countries adopted Agenda 21, a comprehensive action plan to build a global partnership for sustainable development to improve human lives and protect the environment.

In September 2000, Member States unanimously adopted the Millennium Declaration at the Millennium Summit at UN Headquarters in New York. The Summit led to the elaboration of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa reaffirmed the international community's commitments to poverty eradication and the environment, and built on Agenda 21 and the Millennium Declaration by including more emphasis on multilateral partnerships.

In June 2012, at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil, Member States adopted the outcome document "The Future We Want," which initiated an inclusive process to develop a set of SDGs that would build upon the MDGs and establish the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

In 2013, the General Assembly established an Open Working Group of 30 members. The negotiations for the post-2015 development agenda began in January 2015 and ended in the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 SDGs at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015.

From 2015, multilateralism and international policy flourished - shaping sustainable milestones and establishing an unprecedented vision for long-term human development - creating several key agreements:

- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (March 2015)

- Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (July 2015)

- Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 SDGs adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015

- Paris Agreement on Climate Change (December 2015)

Today, the UN High-level Political Forum is the main United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the SDGs."

Therefore, small island nations are included in the development mission, making our arrival here a milestone. Most importantly, to enter others' living spaces, we must learn.

Thus, using SCUBA diving to help ourselves survive longer underwater became a direct requirement, with PADI being the professional protagonist this time. Through #52hz's assistance, we officially embarked on this path. Regarding diving itself, I'll leave that as a cliffhanger for everyone to experience and participate in personally.

After I officially entered the water, everything felt completely different. As a former paratrooper, the 72 seconds of silence from sky to landing compared to 20-30 minutes of oceanic resonance underwater, left just myself and this world. While conducting SDG environmental observations, I realized that merely listening to information without personal experience truly provides only a one-sided perspective. Global oceans exceed land mass, yet ocean exploration remains insufficient. While reducing carbon emissions involves terrestrial trees, the ocean is the largest carrier absorbing carbon dioxide.

When I saw the underwater conditions and floating plastics, the impact far exceeded what I'd seen on mobile screens. Watching Napoleon wrasse fish twice my size swim by, while also seeing nearby corals broken by free divers or destroyed by fishermen's blast fishing (#SDG14), left me with mixed emotions. "What can still be done?" "What else needs to be done?" "How long will it take?" These questions floated around like the debris around me, scene after scene appearing before my eyes. Natural development takes considerable time to create such environments, but human actions can destroy them in moments or brief periods. This strengthened my resolve - we must continue. #AIICAO This winter has summer-like conditions. Upon reaching Tawau, Malaysia, and entering this domain, we gathered the team and finally began our long-prepared plan. However, we're still some distance away from truly entering the Bajau people's survival territory and participating in their lives.

#AIICAO