The Global Goals
Do you know all 17 United Nations Global Goals?
SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.
Click here to learn more about each issue and take action on a goal.
17 Goals to Transform Our World
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17 global goals adopted by the United Nations and the countries that make it up. They aim to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved by 2030.
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Tuning into your issue (goal):
In what ways does your PYPx project connect with the the Sustainable Development Goals?
Why is your Sustainable Development Goal (Issue) important?
What debates concerning this issue have you heard of?
What larger issues in the world are related to this content?
What aspects of this issue do we need to be concerned with in our community?
What do we already know about this issue?
What do you want to learn more about?
What solutions have been, or are being, attempted?
Have any proposed solutions helped to solve the issue?
Have any proposed solutions failed?
When you are finished, explore some resources – books, websites, etc.