People & Poverty (SDGs 1-5)
SDG 1 aims to end this global issue in all its forms everywhere by 2030.
Poverty
SDG 13 is an urgent call to take action to combat this global phenomenon and its devastating impacts.
Climate Change
SDG 7 demands access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern forms of this, pushing heavily for solar, wind, and hydro sources.
Energy
The Sustainable Development Goals are officially a part of this broader UN developmental roadmap, named after the specific year target.
2030 Agenda
Depicted by a dove on the official SDG icon, this concept is the very first word in the title of SDG 16.
Peace
Target 2.1 focuses on ending hunger and ensuring access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round, a state commonly referred to by this two-word term.
Food security
SDG 14, "Life Below Water," focuses on the conservation and sustainable use of these massive bodies of saltwater that cover over 70% of the Earth.
Oceans
SDG 11 aims to make these highly populated urban areas inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
Cities
There are this exact number of global Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
17
SDG 17 states that the goals can only be realized with strong global commitment to these, emphasizing collaboration between governments, the private sector, and civil society.
Partnerships
SDG 3, Good Health and Well-being, aims to reduce the global ratio of this type of mortality to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
Maternal Mortality
SDG 6 goes beyond drinking water to emphasize this crucial accompaniment, aiming for adequate and equitable access to hygiene for all and ending open defecation.
Sanitation
SDG 8 promotes sustained economic growth alongside full, productive, and this type of employment for all individuals seeking a livelihood.
Decent work
Adopted in the year 2015, the SDGs directly succeeded this set of 8 international development goals that spanned from 2000 to 2015.
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
SDG 16 aims to provide legal identity for all, including this critical document, by the year 2030.
Birth Certificate
To achieve SDG 4 (Quality Education), the UN tracks this specific metric, which measures the percentage of people aged 15 and above who can both read and write.
Literacy Rate
SDG 15 focuses on combating this specific environmental issue, where fertile land becomes progressively arid and unproductive due to drought or inappropriate agriculture.
Desertification
SDG 10 explicitly targets the reduction of this within and among countries, addressing gaps in income, opportunity, and representation.
Inequality
To measure progress toward the 17 overarching goals, the UN framework includes a total of 169 of these smaller, specific operational sub-objectives.
Targets
Essential for SDG 17, this three-letter metric refers to the total financial value of goods and services produced within a nation, used to scale a country's official development assistance (ODA) commitments.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
SDG 5 targets the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, seeking to achieve this two-word concept globally.
Gender Equality
Under SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), the UN targets reducing this specific type of organic waste per capita by half at the retail and consumer levels.
Food waste
Under SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), trans-regional development relies heavily on upgrading this sub-category, which includes roads, bridges, and digital communication networks.
Infrastructure
This annual UN conference, frequently referred to by an acronym starting with "HL," serves as the main international platform for reviewing global progress on the SDGs.
High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
A major component of SDG 16 involves substantially reducing illicit financial flows and fighting this specific illegal practice involving the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.
Corruption