There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which were unanimously adopted by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at a historic summit in September 2015.

Ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for everyone can all contribute to global harmony and peace.

The following is a summary of the goals.

1. Poverty – End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
2. Hunger and Food Security – End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Good Health and Well-Being – Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Education – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
6. Water and Sanitation – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
7. Energy – Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and clean energy for all.
8. Economic Growth – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
9. Infrastructure, Industrialization – Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
10. Inequality – Reduce inequality within and among countries.
11. Cities – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
12. Sustainable Consumption and Production – Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
13. Climate Change – Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
14. Oceans – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
15. Biodiversity, Forests, Deforestation – Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse and degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
16. Peace and Justice – Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
17. Partnerships – Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

More information

Oxfam’s teacher’s guide to the SDGs can be downloaded here.

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

http://www.sustainablegoals.org.uk

Video on Engaging the World in the SDGs

UN Report 2016

Localizing the SDGs – toolkits and examples of what can be done locally

https://unacov.uk/sustainable-development/

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/?s=children+action