Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are a set of 17 goals created by the United Nations aiming to improve the lives of future generations through focusing on sustainability, ending poverty, and protecting the environment. Each of the 17 interconnected goals have targets and guidelines meant to help all countries improve life through focusing on poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, water, energy, the environment, climate change, social justice, economics, and infrastructure.[1] The SDGs, which expire in 2030, [1] replaced and built on the success of the Millennium Development Goals which were in place from 2000 to 2015.[2]
The Sustainable Development Goals
Here is a list of all of the sustainable development goals.
- No Poverty
- Zero Hunger
- Good Health and Well-Being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Responsible Consumption and Production
- Climate Action
- Life Below Water
- Life on Land
- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Partnerships for the Goals
Here is a brief video discussing the SDGs and the context:
For further reading
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being
The United Nations Development Programme website on their Sustainable Development Goals
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United Nations Development Programme, "Sustainable Development Goals,"United Nations Development Programme.[Online]. Available: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html. [Accessed March 15, 2018]
- ↑ United Nations Development Programme, "Background on the Goals,"United Nations Development Programme.[Online]. Available: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/background.html. [Accessed March 15, 2018]
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons [Online], Available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sustainable_Development_Goals.jpg