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The 17 Goals

Adopted by UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1 on 25 September 2015, as a shared plan to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives by 2030.

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Volunteers clearing plastic waste from a beach in Ghana

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UN SDG icon: Goal 1, No Poverty

Every Goal, in action

Illustrative photos from Wikimedia Commons, not this event or its participants. Hover to pause.

Two technicians installing a solar panel on a roof
Illustrative photo, not this event · SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 7 · Installing solar
School children solving a coding puzzle game together at a library in South Africa
Illustrative photo, not this event · Matete lesele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 4 · Learning to code
Members of a rural women farmers' association preparing a field in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Global Justice Now · CC BY 2.0
Goal 2 · Preparing a field
A nurse in Ghana preparing a vaccine dose
Illustrative photo, not this event · Nana Kofi Acquah · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
Goal 3 · Vaccinating
A student and a volunteer planting a seedling in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 13 · Planting trees
A solar-powered water tap in Karaga, Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Suglo20 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 6 · Solar water tap
Young women coding on laptops at a workshop in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Mwintirew · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 5 · Women in tech
A farmer harvesting maize
Illustrative photo, not this event · Wilhelm Nomu Kutah · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 2 · Harvest
A boy fetching water from a community borehole
Illustrative photo, not this event · Otuo-Akyampong Boakye · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 6 · Clean water
A volunteer in gloves collecting rubbish during a beach clean-up in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Esthee2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 12 · Collecting waste
Solar technicians in green shirts at work on an installation
Illustrative photo, not this event · SAgbley · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 9 · Building energy
Market women selling produce in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 8 · Livelihoods
A volunteer and a student in a yellow shirt planting a tree in Ghana
Illustrative photo, not this event · Fquasie · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goal 15 · Restoring land

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