The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to achieve a sustainable future and promote equality, human rights, and justice for all by 2030. Adopted by UN Member States in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a shared strategy for peace and prosperity for all people and our planet, now and into the future.
The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to guide reflection and action on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing humanity and the natural world, including inequalities (SDG 10), climate change (SDG 13), peace and justice (SDG 16), and global cooperation to meet global targets (SDG 17). These goals and their targets acknowledge that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, social inequalities, and economic disparities–all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our natural surroundings.
The SDGs establish a blueprint for global citizens to work together to build a better world, for it is only by working collectively–across borders and disciplines and with community partners–that these goals might be achieved. Through research, teaching and learning, community engagement, and global collaborations, IU Indianapolis is playing a leading role in tackling the SDGs and achieving the 2030 Agenda.