Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world's best plan to build a better world for
people and our planet by 2030. Adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the SDGs are a
call for action by all countries - poor,
rich and middle-income - to promote prosperity while protecting the environment. They recognize
that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a
range of social needs including education,
health, equality and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and working to preserve our
ocean and forests.
The Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in the United Nations
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (UNDESA) provides substantive
support and capacity-building for the SDGs 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.
Click here to learn more about the SDGs.