SDGs - the Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations has created 17 SDGs - the Sustainable Development Goals. See them below and use them on this platform to to chart the signs of progress toward the SDGs in your town.

Find more information about each one on the UN's website. Excitingly, you can mix the sets of icons used on this platform to share the features of your home place.

As described in this article, Green Map System has also matched our set of icons to the SDGs to encourage greater understanding of these intersecting symbol sets. Download the PDF  (in Japanese or French). We welcome the opportunity to work together to increase the vitality and visibility of the SDGs.

Use the 17 SDGs alongside the Green Map icons on the Platform.

SDG 2  - Zero Hunger
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture is Sustainable Development Goal 2.

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well Being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages is Sustainable Development Goal 3.

SDG 4 - Quality Education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all  is Sustainable Development Goal 4.

SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Critically important to our common future, much work is needed to achieve this goal.

SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Reduce inequality within and among countries

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns "Decoupling economic growth from resource use is one of the most critical and complex challenges facing humanity today. Doing so effectively will require policies that create a conducive environment for such change, social and physical infrastructure and markets, and a profound transformation of business practices along global value chains."

SDG 13 - Climate Action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

SDG 14 - Life Below Water

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development  is UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.

SDG 15 - Life on Land
SDG 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 is Sustainable Development Goal 15,

SDG 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 is Sustainable Development Goal 16.

SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development is Sustainable Development Goal 17.

SDG 1 - No Poverty
SDG 1 - No Poverty

SDG 1 - No Poverty

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