- The 17 goals all UN Member States agreed in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives by 2030. Also called the Global Goals.
- The eight goals that came before the SDGs, running from 2000 to 2015. They focused mainly on poverty, health and education in developing countries.
- The full plan the SDGs belong to, officially called “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
- A specific promise inside a goal that says what should be achieved, often by a date. The 17 goals have 169 targets between them.
- A measurement used to track a target, such as the share of people with safe drinking water.
- Development that meets the needs of people today without harming the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
- Living and working in ways that can carry on for the long term without using up the resources, people or nature they depend on.
- The central promise of the 2030 Agenda: progress must reach everyone, starting with those furthest behind.
- Speaking up and taking action to raise awareness and change decisions. This campaign is an advocacy campaign.
- Someone who sees themselves as part of a world community and acts with care for people and the planet beyond their own country.
- A country that belongs to the United Nations. There are 193.
- The ability of people, communities and systems to cope with shocks such as floods, disease or economic crises, and to recover.
- The variety of all living things, from genes to species to whole ecosystems.
- Energy from sources that are naturally replaced, such as sunlight, wind and flowing water.
- Understanding how everyday activities produce greenhouse gases, and what you can do to reduce them.
- A report a country chooses to present at the UN on its own progress towards the goals.
