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Understanding the Sustainable

Development Goals

What are SDGs?

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of goals created by the United Nations in
2015. They are meant to make our world a better place by 2030. These goals aim to end
poverty, protect nature, and ensure all people live happily and healthily. SDGs are for all
countries, rich and poor, and focus on peace, fairness, good health and a clean environment
for everyone.

What are Its Goals?
.
There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals. They are listed below.

End poverty End hunger and Ensure healthy
in all forms ensure healthy lives and well-
everywhere. food for all. being.

Provide Achieve Ensure safe
education for equality for all water and clean
everyone. genders. toilets.

Use clean Create good Build smart
and safe jobs for industries and
energy. everyone. transport.

Treat
everyone Make cities safe Use and make
fairly and and green. things wisely.
equally.

Protect oceans, Care for forests,
Fight climate seas, and animals, and
change.
marine life. land.

Make the Work together
world safe to reach the
and fair. goals.

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