Sustainable Development Goals

There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were unanimously adopted by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at a historic summit in September 2015.

The following is a summary of these goals.

The full text of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can be found here.

  1. Poverty – End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
  2. Hunger and Food Security – End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
  3. Good Health and Well-Being – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
  4. Education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
  5. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
  6. Water and Sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
  7. Energy – Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and clean energy for all.
  8. Economic Growth – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
  9. Infrastructure, Industrialization – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
  10. Inequality – Reduce inequality within and among countries.
  11. Cities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
  12. Sustainable Consumption and Production – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
  13. Climate Change – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
  14. Oceans – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
  15. Life on Land – Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
  16. Peace and Justice – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
  17. Partnerships – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

 

More information on the Sustainable Development Goals

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

http://www.sustainablegoals.org.uk

Video on Engaging the World in the SDGs

UN Report 2016

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