This document introduces the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were agreed upon by United Nations members in 2015. The SDGs aim to address major global challenges by 2030 through 17 interconnected goals covering issues like poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, and more. They apply universally to all countries and sectors. Achieving the SDGs will require fundamental changes in how people live on Earth. The document provides a brief overview of each goal and emphasizes that they must all be achieved through integrated and transformative action.

2. Introducing the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals
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3. The SDGs are …
➤ A set of 17 goals for the world’s future, through 2030
➤ Backed up by a set of 169 detailed Targets
➤ Negotiated over a two-year period at the United Nations
➤ Agreed to by nearly all the world’s nations, on 25 Sept 2015

4. What is new and different
about the 17 SDGs?
First, and most important, these Goals apply to every nation … and every sector.
Cities, businesses, schools, organizations, all are challenged to act.This is called
Universality

5. Second, it is recognized that the Goals are all inter-connected, in a system.We
cannot aim to achieve just one Goal.We must achieve them all.This is called
Integration

6. And finally, it is widely recognized that achieving these Goals involves making very
big, fundamental changes in how we live on Earth.This is called
Transformation

7. Let’s take a tour …

8. #1: End poverty
in all its forms
everywhere

9. #2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture

10. #2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition an
promote sustainable agriculture
#3: Ensure health
lives and promot
well-being for all
at all ages

11. #4: Ens
inclusive
quality educa
for all and prom
lifelong learn

12. #5: Achieve
gender equality
and empower
women and girls

13. #6: Ensure access to water
and sanitation for all

14. #7: Ensure access to
affordable, reliable,
sustainable and
modern energy for all

15. #8: Promote inclusive an
sustainable economic
growth, employment an
decent work for all

16. #9: Build resilient
infrastructure,
promote sustainable
industrialization and
foster innovation

17. 10: Reduce inequality
within and among
ountries

18. 1: Make cities
clusive, safe, resilient
nd sustainable

19. #12: Ensure sustainabl
consumption and
production patterns

20. 13: Take urgent action to
ombat climate change
nd its impacts*

21. 4: Conserve and
stainably use
e oceans, seas
d marine
sources

22. #15: Sustainably manage forests,
combat desertification, halt and
reverse land degradation,
halt biodiversity loss

23. #16: Promote just, peaceful
and inclusive
societies

24. #17: Revitalize th
global partnership
for sustainabl
developmen

25. Each goal is
important
in itself …

26. Each goal is
important
in itself …
And they
are all
connected

27. To find out more, go to
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And read the real documents for yourself, at
ttps://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics
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