General Article What are the sustainable development goals?

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‘This is the people’s agenda, a plan of action for ending poverty in all its dimensions, irreversibly, everywhere, and leaving no one behind.’ 

– Ban Ki-moon

 

Here are the facts:

  • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the set of 17 agreed goals which all 193 UN member states including the UK committed to that will guide policy and funding for the next 10 years.
  • According to the World Bank, around 1 billion people still live in extreme poverty and more than 800 million people do not...

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