On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive safe, resilient and sustainable.
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
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