UN adopted 169 global goals for 2030 – Including 11 for cities

Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (United Nations)

Exactly 17 main goals with 169 sustainable development goals were adopted at the opening of the Sustainable Development Summit 2015 in New York. To achieve these goals member states have time till 2030. Among other main goals, 13 climate goals, seven goals for affordable and clean energy, six goals for clean water and sanitation and eleven goals for sustainable cities and communities have been adopted. A short overview in the following:

Sustainable cities and communities

• Ensuring affordable, safe and adequate housing for all
• Access to affordable, accessible, safe and sustainable transport systems for everyone
• Sustainable urbanization in every country
• Less negative per capita environmental impact of cities, including air pollution and waste
• Access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces
• Positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas
• More cities which support resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
• Supporting least developed countries in using local materials for sustainable and resilient buildings

Clean water and sanitation

• Access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate and equitable sanitation for everyone
• Improving water quality and halving the proportion of untreated wastewater globally
• Significant rise of water-use efficiency across all sectors
• Water resources management at all levels
• Protection and restorement of all water-related ecosystems

Affordable and clean energy

• Access to reliable, affordable and modern energy services for everyone
• Percentage rise of share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
• Doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency

Climate Action

• More effective climate change-related management and planning in small island developing states and least developed countries
• Improving of awareness-raising, education and human and institutional capacity on climate change
• National policies, strategies and planning with integrated climate change measures

Not all former sustainable development goals, adopted in 2000, were achieved in 2015. At least the extreme poverty has been halved.