Learn about the SDGs.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are a global vision for humanity

signed by 193 heads of state. But making them real is everyone’s responsibility.

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The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) were adopted by all the world’s governments at the United Nations in 2015. Their purpose is to guide global development until the year 2030.

17Goals was created by an independent global partnership of organizations and experts in a dozen countries. The partnership closed, but this website is maintained as a resource.

The mission was to help everyone, everywhere learn about the SDGs, and equip them with tools and inspiration to take action. That mission is still valid.

Here you’ll find free tools and educational resources in a searchable database. There is even a music video about the SDGs, complete with study guide. And karaoke versions.

If you do not know much about the SDGs or “Global Goals for Sustainable Development”, keep reading. Read the archive of our news service. Whatever you do, keep learning. And take action.

What are the SDGs?

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were an enormous diplomatic breakthrough, and they created an equally enormous opportunity for engagement for every organization and person on earth

The SDGs, adopted by all the world’s nations, cover nearly every aspect of our future — for our planet, and for humankind. They concern all people, all countries, and all parts of society. There are 17 goals in total, and they aim for nothing less than a transformation of global civilization.
We only have until 2030 to achieve them. And this is going to require the engagement and participation of many millions of people. That’s why we’ve created 17Goals — to do our part, and help you do yours. Let this platform serve as your springboard for transformation. 
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Who was behind 17 Goals?

17Goals was a global partnership of sustainability organizations and experts, registered with the United Nations. The web platform was hosted by the AtKisson Group, a consulting service for sustainability that operated betwee 1992 and 2018 (when founder and CEO transitioned into a civil service position in Sweden).

If you are interested in learning more about the history of the 17Goals partnership, write to info@17Goals.org.

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The Goals

The SDGs are part of a breakthrough global agreement called the 2030 Agenda, adopted at the United Nations on Sept 25, 2015. Its purpose: to transform the world. Here are the 17 goals.

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: An Overview

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: An Overview

#1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

#1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

#2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

#2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

#3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

#3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

#4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

#4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

#5: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls

#5: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls

#6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

#6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

#7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

#7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

#8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

#8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

#9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

#9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

#10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

#10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

#11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

#11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

#12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

#12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

#13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*

#13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*

#14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

#14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

#15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

#15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

#16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

#16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

#17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

#17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

News, Resources, & Updates

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Tools for learning – and singing! – “We Love the SDGs”

Tools for learning – and singing! – “We Love the SDGs”

Apr 30 2018

Would you like to sing “We Love the SDGs” with your class, team, or group? Now you have multiple tools available to…

“Posters with a few extra words”: Promoting the SDGs in Japan

“Posters with a few extra words”: Promoting the SDGs in Japan

Apr 19 2018

We enjoyed this creative approach to promoting the SDGs: grab people’s attention with an unexpected juxtaposition between image and text. Reprinted, with…

The SDG Tracker: Charts, graphs and data at your fingertips

The SDG Tracker: Charts, graphs and data at your fingertips

Mar 23 2018

Our World in Data, an independent project based in Oxford, UK, has released a new tool that will make it much easier…

A year of playing SDG games: lessons learned

A year of playing SDG games: lessons learned

Jan 15 2018

by Justine Braby In early 2017, Progress Namibia and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), along with various partners and supporters (including the…

 

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