"SDG" redirects here. For other uses, see SDG (disambiguation).

World map showing countries that are closest to meeting the SDGs (in dark blue) and those with the
greatest remaining challenges (in the lightest shade of blue) in 2018. [1]
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals designed to be
a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". [2] The SDGs, set in 2015 by
the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by the year 2030, are part of
UN Resolution 70/1, the 2030 Agenda.[3][4][5]
The Sustainable Development Goals are:

1. No Poverty
2. Zero Hunger
3. Good Health and Well-being
4. Quality Education
5. Gender Equality
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
10. Reducing Inequality
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
13. Climate Action
14. Life Below Water
15. Life On Land
16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
17. Partnerships for the Goals
The goals are broad based and interdependent. The 17 sustainable development goals each has
a list of targets which are measured with indicators. In an effort to make the SDGs successful,
data on the 17 goals has been made available in an easily-understood form. [6] A variety of tools
exist to track and visualize progress towards the goals.

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Background
 o 1.2Ratification
 2Description
o 2.1Goal 1: No poverty
o 2.2Goal 2: Zero hunger
o 2.3Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people
o 2.4Goal 4: Quality education
o 2.5Goal 5: Gender equality
o 2.6Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
o 2.7Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
o 2.8Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
o 2.9Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
o 2.10Goal 10: Reducing inequalities
o 2.11Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
o 2.12Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
o 2.13Goal 13: Climate action
o 2.14Goal 14: Life below water
o 2.15Goal 15: Life on land
o 2.16Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
o 2.17Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
 3Allocation
 4Cross-cutting issues
o 4.1Women and gender equality
o 4.2Education and sustainable development
o 4.3Education, gender and technology
o 4.4SDG-driven investment
 5Implementation and support
o 5.1Tracking progress
o 5.2At country level
 6Communicating the Sustainable Development Goals
o 6.1Film festivals
 7Public engagement in sustainable development
 8Costs and sources of finance
 92019 Global Index Rank
 10Criticisms
o 10.1Competing goals
o 10.2Too many goals
o 10.3Weak on environmental sustainability
o 10.4Comparison with Millennium Development Goals
 11See also
 12Further reading
 13Sources
 14Notes
 15References
 16External links

History