UN Sustainable Development Goals

Seventeen goals.
One deadline: 2030.

In 2015 all 193 UN member states signed one shared list of what has to change by 2030. Every course we publish is mapped to a goal, so you always know what a topic is working towards.

17 Goals
169 Targets
193 Countries signed up
2030 Deadline

Tap a card to see that goal's courses.

Browse the 17 goals

Each card shows one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Click on a card to view courses matching the goal.

1

No Poverty

Lift people out of extreme poverty and build the social protection that keeps a bad year from becoming a lost decade.

2

Zero Hunger

End hunger and malnutrition, and grow food in ways that keep soil, water and farm incomes intact.

3

Good Health and Well-Being

Fewer preventable deaths at every age, and health systems people can actually reach and afford.

4

Quality Education

Free, fair, decent-quality education for every child, and the chance to keep learning after school ends.

5

Gender Equality

Equal rights, safety and say in decisions for women and girls, in law and in daily life.

6

Clean Water and Sanitation

Safe drinking water and sanitation for everyone, managed so rivers and aquifers are not drained or poisoned.

7

Affordable and Clean Energy

Energy that people can afford and rely on, from sources that do not wreck the climate.

8

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Economies that grow without burning through resources, and jobs that are safe, fairly paid and freely chosen.

9

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Infrastructure and industry built to last, made cleaner, and open to the countries currently left out.

10

Reduced Inequalities

Narrow the gaps in income, opportunity and voice, both inside countries and between them.

11

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Cities that are affordable to live in, safe to move around, and lighter on air and waste.

12

Responsible Consumption and Production

Get more use out of less material: less waste, less food thrown away, and honest reporting on what production really costs.

13

Climate Action

Cut emissions fast and prepare for the warming already locked in.

14

Life Below Water

Stop the pollution and overfishing that are emptying the ocean, and protect what is left.

15

Life on Land

Halt deforestation, restore damaged land, and slow the loss of species.

16

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Less violence and corruption, fair access to justice, and institutions that answer to the people they serve.

17

Partnerships for the Goals

The plumbing behind the other sixteen: finance, technology, trade and data shared so poorer countries can act.

How our courses connect to the goals

Every course supports one of the UN goals

Every course on this platform is mapped to the UN Sustainable Development Goal, making it easy to see how your learning drives impact.

1

We pick one primary goal per course

Chosen for what the material actually teaches, not what sounds most impressive.

2

Identifying the targets it supports

Each goal is supported by various targets, we help you identify which targets get supported by the content we teach.

3

Secondary goals

A food-waste course sits under Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption) but also touches 13 (Climate Action) and 2 (zero Hunger).

What you see on a course page
Mastering Seasonal and Local Food
Goal 3 · Good Health and Well-Being
3.9 Reduce health issues from hazardous chemicals and pollution in food and environmental systems.
3.d Strengthen capacity for risk reduction and management within local and global food systems.

What those codes mean

A goal is only a headline. Underneath each goal sits a list of outcome targets and means of implementation, 169 in total.

Number = outcome target

The thing that has to change in the world.

Letter = means of implementation

The finance, technology or capacity needed to get there.

The alignment describes the subject of a course. It is a statement about what you are learning about, not a measurement of impact. Finishing a course on marine plastic does not clean up an ocean, and we do not report learner numbers as progress against any target.

Rapid industrial growth under Goal 9 and emissions cuts under Goal 13 pull in different directions; treating the list as seventeen independent wins is the most common way to misread it. Where a course touches a genuine tension, it says so. How we handle contested evidence is set out in our editorial policy.

Goal titles and target wording on this site are taken from the official United Nations SDG catalogue and reproduced without edits. The course mappings and everything else here are ours. This content has not been approved by the United Nations and does not reflect the views of the UN, its officials or its member states. For the official source, see the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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