Sustainable Development Goals

Why are there 17 Sustainable Development Goals? What goals? Here is our overview:
As part of the 2030 Agenda, 17 Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2015. The department responsible, the UN-Department of Economic and Social Affairs details how this came about in this text.
Additionally, here is a short report by the ARD Tagesschau from the 25th of September 2015.

Goal 1

No Poverty End poverty in all its forms everywhere. Extreme poverty is to be eradicated worldwide by 2030. Extreme poverty means, that people have to get by on less than 1.25 US dollars per day.
Goal 2

Zero Hunger End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. By 2030, all people should have year-round access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food
Goal 3

Good Health and Well-Being Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 4

Quality Education Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. By 2030, all girls and boys should equally complete free, quality primary and secondary education that leads to usable and effective learning outcomes.
Goal 5

5. Gender Equality Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6

Clean Water and Sanitation Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal 7

Affordable and Clean Energy Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. By 2030, energy should be universally accessible, affordable, reliably supplied, the share of renewable energy significantly increased, and doubled the global rate of increase in energy efficiency.
Goal 8

Decent Work and Economic Growth Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Sustaining per capita economic growth of at least 7% in the least developed countries
Goal 9

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Regional and cross-border infrastructure should support economic development and human well-being and focusing on affordable and equitable access for all
Goal 10

Reduced Inequalities between countries Reduce inequality within and among countries Gradually achieve and sustain by 2030 income growth above the national average for the poorest 40 percent of the population
Goal 11

Sustainable Cities and Communities Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Ensure access to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services for all by 2030 and rehabilitate slums
Goal 12

Responsible Consumption and Production Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Achieve sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030. Halve global food waste per capita at retail and consumer level.
Goal 13

Climate Action Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Integrate climate protection measures into national strategies, policies and planning
Goal 14

Life Below Water Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. By 2025 prevent and significantly reduce all forms of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities and notably marine litter and nutrient pollution.
Goal 15

Life on Land Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Significantly reduce all forms of violence and violence-related mortality everywhere.
Goal 17

Partnerships for the Goals Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

With these 17 Sustainable Development Goals, economic progress is to be brought into harmony with an ecologically sustainable and socially just world.
The term sustainability is omnipresent - and yet the concept is by no means new: a Saxon mining chief, Hans Carl von Carlowitz, acknowledged it more than 300 years ago in 1713.

As head of the Upper Mining Authority of Freiberg, Hans Carl von Carlowitz was responsible for supplying wood to the Saxon mining and metallurgy industries. Von Carlowitz experienced first-hand the vast amounts of wood required to run the ore mines and smelters of the Ore Mountains. The growing population also needed ever-increasing amounts of wood – to heat, cook, and build with. It was clear to Hans Carl von Carlowitz that the forest must be protected against this ruthless exploitation to ensure the supply of wood in the long-term and thus preserve the Saxon mining industry, because, even then, wood reserves were not inexhaustible, as had long been believed. He called on his contemporaries to think of the generations to come and to compensate for the logging by replanting trees. He recorded his ideas about this in a forestry textbook – the"Sylvicultura oeconomica".

Today, the principle of sustainability no longer relates to improving the resource-efficiency of forestry practices alone - but to all areas of society. The core of the concept, though, is the same as it was 300 years ago: it is about using only as much as can be replenished, operating in a way that can be maintained in the long-term and organising society in a way that ensures everyone has access to the same opportunities. In order to achieve this, the United Nations has formulated these principles into the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of its 2030 Agenda.
What specific progress has the EU made in its implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals? Eurostat has visualised the progress of each goal (click on the coloured panels in the circle; further information from Eurostat in the "Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context").

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