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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, oceans, urbanization, transport, science and technology, the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), partnerships and Small Island Developing States. DSDG plays a key role in the evaluation of UN systemwide implementation of the 2030 Agenda and on advocacy and outreach activities relating to the SDGs.

Goal 1 - End poverty in all its form everywhere.

Goal 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Goal 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Goal 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Goal 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Goal 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Goal 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Goal 8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Goal 9 - Build resilient infrastructure promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Goal 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Goal 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

Goal 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Goal 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact.

Goal 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

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.

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 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

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