Overview of Sustainable Development Goals – National Council For Population and Development

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. The Agenda is made up of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets designed to assist the international community free the human race from hunger, poverty and oppression. The agenda looks to mend and secure our planet through local, regional and international cooperation. The SDGs are interlinked, integrated, indivisible and are universally applicable, taking into account different national realities, capacities and priorities. The interlinkages require mutually reinforcing and synchronized efforts in all the dimensions (Environmental, Social and Economic) and by all actors of sustainable development.

The Specific Goals are:-

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms 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.