Sustainable Development Goals
Let an agent explain the SDGs, relay the goals, targets, indicators, history, monitoring and debates from UN and research sources with positions attributed, describe the named goal instance, and distinguish the SDGs from the Millennium Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, ESG ratings and national development plans.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the SDGs, relay the goals, targets, indicators, history, monitoring and debates from UN and research sources with positions attributed, describe the named goal instance, and distinguish the SDGs from the Millennium Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, ESG ratings and national development plans.
A set of 17 global goals adopted by all United Nations member states in September 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, succeeding the Millennium Development Goals, covering poverty, beginning with Sustainable Development Goal 1 to end poverty in all its forms, hunger, health, education, gender equality, water, energy, decent work, infrastructure, inequality, cities, consumption, climate, oceans, land ecosystems, peace and partnerships, with 169 targets and a global indicator framework; progress is reviewed at the annual High-level Political Forum and in UN reports, which in recent years have found many targets off track, and assessments of the goals design and progress are attributed.
What it is for: Guiding global sustainable development to 2030.
It can be explain goals and targets; relay monitoring and progress with attribution; describe individual goals; distinguish related frameworks.
Distinguishing features
Universal agenda
Integrated goals
Indicator monitoring
Off-track progress reports
What it looks like
Seventeen coloured goal icons used in UN and organisational communications.
Physical character
adopted: September 2015 date - UN General Assembly Resolution 70/1
goals and targets: 17 goals, 169 targets note
deadline: 2030 year
How it is recognised
17 UN global development goals
Sustainable Development Goal 1, SDGs, Global Goals, 2030 Agenda
The MDGs ran to 2015; the Paris Agreement addresses climate; ESG ratings assess companies; national plans are country policies
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
succeeded -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
social goals
economic goals
environmental goals
governance and partnership goals
Standards and regulation
UN General Assembly Resolution 70/1
Global indicator framework adopted 2017
Voluntary National Reviews
Failure modes and hazards
Stale progress data
SDG-washing claims by organisations
Partisan framing of development debates
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the SDGs are.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What are the Sustainable Development Goals, and how do they differ from the MDGs, the Paris Agreement, ESG ratings and national plans? definition
- Is the question about a specific goal, progress data, business use or policy? boundary
Goals
The 17 goals.
Goals
Goals.
- What are the 17 goals, and what does SDG 1 aim for? definition
- Which entry fits the specific goal? action
Framework Targets and indicators.
Regulation.
Indicators
Indicator framework.
Indicators
Indicators.
- How are SDG indicators defined and tracked by the UN Statistical Commission? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Reviews
Voluntary National Reviews.
Reviews
Reviews.
- How do countries report progress through Voluntary National Reviews? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Progress Progress and debates.
Attribution.
Status
Progress reports.
Status
Status.
- What do the latest UN SDG reports say about progress, checked against current sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Critiques
Critiques.
Critiques
Critiques.
- What do critics and supporters argue about the number of goals, measurability and financing, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context History and use.
Context.
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals.
MDGs
MDGs.
- What were the MDGs, and how did the SDGs change the approach? provenance
- Which entry fits Millennium Development Goals? action
Business
Corporate use.
Business
Business.
- How do companies use the SDGs in reporting, and what is SDG-washing, with views attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits sustainability reporting? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each goal be a separate entry?
- How should UN progress reports be linked and kept current?
- How should critiques of the SDGs be presented?