Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable development goals which were approved by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 are usually abbreviated as SDGs, with hashtag #SDGs. The full definition of each of the 17 goals and 169 targets can be found in the UN resolution document Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN General Assembly, 2015).
The goals with their ‘global’ #SDGs coding hashtag are listed in table SDGs. Each goal has a number of targets. For each target an #sdt coding hashtag is defined.
The fifth annex lists the targets and #sdt coding hashtags for each sustainable development goal. For each goal it also includes a link to a wiki page that lists the functions of government and the economic activities that matter most in achieving the goal.
| SDG tag | goal description |
|---|---|
| #SDG1 | End poverty in all its forms everywhere |
| #SDG2 | End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture |
| #SDG3 | Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages |
| #SDG4 | Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all |
| #SDG5 | Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls |
| #SDG6 | Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all |
| #SDG7 | Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all |
| #SDG8 | Promote sustained, inclusive & sustainable economic growth, full & productive employment & decent work for all |
| #SDG9 | Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation |
| #SDG10 | Reduce inequality within and among countries |
| #SDG11 | Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable |
| #SDG12 | Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns |
| #SDG13 | Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts |
| #SDG14 | Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development |
| #SDG15 | Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss |
| #SDG16 | Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels |
| #SDG17 | Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development |
Tools for looking up goal and target hashtags
A tabbed table is available in ten languages. The front page of each table is a list of the goals and a guide to the tabs.
Each other tab includes a goal and its targets.
The Actor Atlas also provides an alphabetic keyword cloud for the sustainable development targets in English, French and Spanish.
Selection of a keyword lists the targets for the keyword. Each target (short) phrase is preceded by its SDT hashtag as was illustrated in Chapter 3.3.
The country #tagcoding guides list the localized hashtags for each goal and target in a country, for instance #SDG7 in India:
SDG1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere
The sustainable development goal SDG1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere contains the targets in the below table. For each target there is a unique coding hashtag such as #sdt011, yet also hashtags such as #sdt11 may be used.
| SDT tag | target description |
|---|---|
| #SDT011 or #SDT11 | By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1 |
| #SDT012 or #SDT12 | By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions |
| #SDT013 or #SDT13 | Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable |
| #SDT014 or #SDT14 | By 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial services including microfinance |
| #SDT015 or #SDT15 | By 2030 build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations, and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters |
| #SDT01a or #SDT1a | Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular LDCs, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions |
| #SDT01b or #SDT1b | Create sound policy frameworks, at national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies to support accelerated investments in poverty eradication actions |
The tag for the goal in a country is constructed by adding the ISO country code to the tag for a goal or a target. For instance for goal End poverty in all its forms everywhere (#SDG1 ) and target implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieving substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable (#sdt013) in each of the countries below:
| Country | ISO code | #SDG1 hashtag | #sdt013 hashtag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | AU | #sdg1AU | #sdt013AU |
| Botswana | BW | #sdg1BW | #sdt013BW |
| Cameroon | CM | #sdg1CM | #sdt013CM |
| Canada | CA | #sdg1CA | #sdt013CA |
| The Gambia | GM | #sdg1GM | #sdt013GM |
| Ghana | GH | #sdg1GH | #sdt013GH |
| Guyana | GY | #sdg1GY | #sdt013GY |
| India | IN | #sdg1IN | #sdt013IN |
| Ireland | IE | #sdg1IE | #sdt013IE |
| Jamaica | JM | #sdg1JM | #sdt013JM |
| Jordan | JO | #sdg1JO | #sdt013JO |
| Kenya | KE | #sdg1KE | #sdt013KE |
| Liberia | LR | #sdg1LR | #sdt013LR |
| Malawi | MW | #sdg1MW | #sdt013MW |
| Mauritius | MU | #sdg1MU | #sdt013MU |
| New Zealand | NZ | #sdg1NZ | #sdt013NZ |
| Nigeria | NG | #sdg1NG | #sdt013NG |
| Pakistan | PK | #sdg1PK | #sdt013PK |
| Papua New Guinea | PG | #sdg1PG | #sdt013PG |
| Philippines | PH | #sdg1PH | #sdt013PH |
| Rwanda | RW | #sdg1RW | #sdt013RW |
| Sierra Leone | SL | #sdg1SL | #sdt013SL |
| Singapore | SG | #sdg1SG | #sdt013SG |
| South Africa | ZA | #sdg1ZA | #sdt013ZA |
| South Sudan | SS | #sdg1SS | #sdt013SS |
| Sudan | SD | #sdg1SD | #sdt013SD |
| Swaziland | SZ | #sdg1SZ | #sdt013SZ |
| Tanzania | TZ | #sdg1TZ | #sdt013TZ |
| Uganda | UG | #sdg1UG | #sdt013UG |
| United Kingdom | GB | #sdg1GB | #sdt013GB |
| United States of America | US | #sdg1US | #sdt013US |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | #sdg1ZW | #sdt013ZW |