Our Concerns

The United Nations has identified and launched 17 goals and 169 targets that focus on climate change, improving education, equality, human rights, healthcare and other important areas such as ending poverty and hunger. The Global Goals are more than just a campaign: these objectives represent a concerted global effort to improve the quality of life for billions of people around the world by the year 2030.

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THE 17 GLOBAL GOALS

End Poverty
Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood.
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Hunger and Food Security
It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food.
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Health
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
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Education
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives
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Gender Equality
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
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Water and Sanitation
Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world.
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Energy
Sustainable energy is opportunity – it transforms lives, economies and the planet.
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Economic Growth
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality jobs that stimulate the economy while not harming the environment.
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Infrastructure, Industrialization
Without technology and innovation, industrialization will not happen, and without industrialization, development will not happen.
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Inequality
To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in principle paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
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Cities
The future we want includes cities of opportunities for all, with access to basic services, energy, housing, transportation and more.
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Sustainable Consumption and Production
Sustainable consumption and production aims at “doing more and better with less,” increasing net welfare gains from economic activities by reducing resource use, degradation and pollution along the whole lifecycle, while increasing quality of life.
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Climate Change
Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent.
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Oceans
The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind.
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Biodiversity, Forests, Desertification
Deforestation and desertification – caused by human activities and climate change – pose major challenges to sustainable development.
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Peace and Justice
The promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.
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Partnerships
A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society.
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