We must take action today to help ensure the health and well-being of future generations. As an outcome of the Rio+20 Conference, the Sustainable Development Goals are part of The Future We Want Resolution, which is in pursuit of achieving tremendous goals by 2030 to promote sustainable development.
These 17 goals set out to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. This requires participation from everyone, including governments, the private sector, civil society, and even people like you.
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From Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals
At the turn of the century, the United Nations established 8 goals in an effort to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. The Millennium Development Goals were an ambitious project aimed at alleviating poverty by 2015.Building on the success of the MDGs, the UN created 17 Sustainable Development Goals that came into effect in January 2016.
While the MDGs were focused on developing countries, the SDGs are universal. These Sustainable Development Goals cover three types of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection. The hope is to significantly reduce global inequalities by 2030.
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Goal 1:No Poverty
Challenges:
Poverty is defined as a person living on less than $1.25 a day.
Today,836 millionpeople are defined as living in extreme poverty.
High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries.
By 2030:End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Larger circles represent countries with a higher percentage of poverty.
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Goal 2:Zero Hunger
Challenges:
Agriculture employs40 percent of the world's population, yet 1 in9people are undernourished across the world.
Each year, 3.1 million children die as a result of poor nutrition.
An additional 2 billion people are expected to be hungry by 2050.
By 2030:End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
About 2/3 of the world’s hungry people are in Asia. While numbers have fallen in Southern Asia, they have slightly increased in western Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of undernourishment is almost 23%. On the map, areas oflighter yellow indicate areas where prevalence of hunger is greater.
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Goal 3: Good Health & Well-Being
Challenges:
Children born into poverty are twice as likely to die before the age of five.
In developing regions, only 1/2 of the women receive the suggested health care.
AIDS is the2ndmost common death among adolescents.
By 2030:Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
In general, the richer the nation, the longer the lifespan. The lowest life expectancies are in poor nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Areas of darker green have shorter life expectancies.
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Goal 4:Quality Education
Challenges:
In developing countries57 millionchildren remain out of school.
More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa.
103 million youth worldwide lack basic literacy skills, and more than60% of them are women.
By 2030:Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.
The Gender Parity Index (GPI) measures access to education between females and males. A value of 1 indicates complete parity between male and females. Values less than 1, colored in blue, indicate disparity in favor of males and values greater than 1, colored inred, indicate disparity in favor of females.
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Goal 5:Gender Equality
Challenges:
Only2/3 of countries in the developing regions have achieved gender parity in primary education.
Women in Northern Africa holdlessthan 1 in 5 paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector.
In 46 countries, women now hold more than30%of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber.
By 2030:Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Today only 14% of elected members of national parliaments worldwide are women. On the map, areas in bright redindicate a high percentage of women who hold a large proportion of seats in the national parliament.
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Goal 6:Clean Water & Sanitation
Challenges:
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated.
Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billionpeople are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
2.4 billionpeople lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
More than 80%of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal.
By 2030:Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
About 663 million people are still without access to improved drinking water. Dark blue indicates places where access to drinking water has not significantly improved.
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Goal 7:Affordable & Clean Energy
Challenges:
1 in 5 people still lack access to modern electricity.
3 billionpeople rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating.
Energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around60% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
By 2030:Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
A large number of people still lack access to electricity. Countries with populations who have a low percentage of access to electricity are indicatedin blue.
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Goal 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
Challenges:
Global unemployment increased from 170 million in 2007 to nearly202 million in 2012, of which about 75 million are young women and men.
Nearly2.2 billionpeople live below the US$2/day poverty line; poverty eradication is only possible through stable and well-paid jobs.
470 million jobs are needed globally for new entrants to the labour market between 2016 and 2030.
By 2030:Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.
On the map, countries in pinkindicate high female unemployment, while countries inblue indicate high male unemployment.
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Goal 9:Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Challenges:
Basic infrastructure like roads, information and communication technologies, sanitation, electrical power and water remains inadequate in many developing countries.
About 2.6 billionpeople in the developing world are facing difficulties in accessing electricity full time
2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to basic sanitation and almost 800 million people lack access to water.
By 2030:Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Around 1-1.5 billion people do not have access to reliable phone services. On the map, countries in lighter orangehave less mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 people.
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Goal 10:Reduced Inequalities
Challenges:
On average—and taking into account population size—income inequality increased by11%in developing countries between 1990 and 2010
A significant majority of households in developing countries—more than 75%of the population—are living today in societies where income is more unequallydistributed than it was in the 1990s
Evidence shows that, beyond a certain threshold, inequality harms growth and poverty reduction, the quality of relations in the public and political spheres and individuals’ sense of fulfilment and self-worth
By 2030:Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Countries that have had a positive growth rate are pink while countries where the bottom 40% have had a negative growth rateare green.
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Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Challenges:
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today, and by 2030, almost60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas
95% of urban expansion in the next decades will take place in developing world
828 million people live in slums today and the number keeps rising
The world’s cities occupy just 3% of the Earth’s land, but account for 60-80%of energy consumption and 75% of carbon emissions
Rapid urbanization is exerting pressure on fresh water supplies, sewage, the living environment, and public health
By 2030:Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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Goal 12:Responsible Consumption & Production
Challenges:
Each year, an estimated 1/3 of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices.
Despite technological advances that have promoted energy efficiency gains, energy use in OECD countries will continue to grow another 35%by 2020. Commercial and residential energy use is the second most rapidly growing area of global energy use after transport.
If the global population reaches 9.6 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets could be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.
By 2030:Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
On the map, countries in light tanhave a higher domestic material consumption per capita.
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Goal 13: Climate Action
Challenges:
From 1880 to 2012, average global temperature increased by 0.85°C.
Given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5°C compared to 1850 to 1900 for all but one scenario.
From 1901 to 2010, the global average sea level rose by 19 cm as oceans expanded due to warming and ice melted. The Arctic’s sea ice extent has shrunk in every successive decade since 1979, with 1.07 million km²of ice loss every decade.
Average sea level rise is predicted as 24–30cm by 2065 and 40-63cm by 2100.
By 2030:Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Larger circles indicate more people affected by natural disasters.
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Goal 14: Life Below Water
Challenges:
Over three billionpeople depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.
Globally, the market value of marine and coastal resources and industries is estimated at$3 trillionper year or about 5% of global GDP.
Oceans contain nearly 200,000 identified species, but actual numbers may lie in the millions.
Oceans absorb about30%of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
By 2030:Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resource
From 2007-2013 marine plastic debris was measured at 1,571 stations throughout the world for various plastic sizes. The heat map displays where there was a high count density of plastic pollution.
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Goal 15: Life on Land
Challenges:
Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihood. This includes some 70 million indigenous people.
2.6 billion people depend directly on agriculture, but 52%of the land used for agriculture is moderately or severely affected by soil degradation
Of the 8,300 animal breeds known, 8% are extinct and 22%are at risk of extinction
By 2030:Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
On the left is imagery depicting deforestation in Brazil's State subdivision, Para. Para's capitol, Belem, is on the far left.
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Goal 16: Peace & Justice Strong Institutions
Challenges:
Among the institutions most affected by corruption are the judiciary and police.
Corruption, bribery, theft and tax evasion cost someUS $1.26 trillion for developing countries per year; this amount of money could be used to lift those who are living on less than $1.25 a day above $1.25 for at least six years.
The rule of law and development have a significant interrelation and are mutually reinforcing, making it essential for sustainable development at the national and international level.
By 2030: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
No country in the world is corruption-free and 68% of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Areas oflighter blue indicate levels of high corruption.
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Goal 17:Partnership for the Goals
Challenges:
Official development assistance stood at $135.2 billionin 2014, the highest level ever recorded
79%of imports from developing countries enter developed countries duty-free
The debt burden on developing countries remains stable at about3% of export revenue
But more 4billion people do not use the Internet, and 90% of them are from the developing world
By 2030:Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Countries providing a higher amount of development assistance are indicated with a lighter blue.
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Be a Part of Sustainable Development
At Esri, we believe that mapping a smarter future will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the Goals are inherently geographic in nature; utilizing GIS will help accelerate progress toward achieving each goal.
On the left is ourSustainable Development Hub. Powered by our open data site, the dashboard empowers and connects the SDGs through data collection, analysis, monitoring, visualization and engagement.
How could you be a part of the SDGs?
You can make a difference even without leaving your couch! The UN has created a guide to do so.
Our hub was created by tool builders whose goal is to empower the user (you) to generate innovative content and contribute with a platform of engagement - ArcGIS Open Data.
What does the SDGs mean to you? Visit our crowd-source application and share your passion and commitment!
We must take action today to help ensure the health and well-being of future generations. As an outcome of the Rio+20 Conference, the Sustainable Development Goals are part of The Future We Want Resolution, which is in pursuit of achieving tremendous goals by 2030 to promote sustainable development.
These 17 goals set out to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. This requires participation from everyone, including governments, the private sector, civil society, and even people like you.
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From Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals
At the turn of the century, the United Nations established 8 goals in an effort to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. The Millennium Development Goals were an ambitious project aimed at alleviating poverty by 2015.Building on the success of the MDGs, the UN created 17 Sustainable Development Goals that came into effect in January 2016.
While the MDGs were focused on developing countries, the SDGs are universal. These Sustainable Development Goals cover three types of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection. The hope is to significantly reduce global inequalities by 2030.
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Goal 1: No Poverty
Challenges:
Poverty is defined as a person living on less than $1.25 a day.
Today,836 millionpeople are defined as living in extreme poverty.
High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries.
By 2030:End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Larger circles represent countries with a higher percentage of poverty.
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Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Challenges:
Agriculture employs40 percent of the world's population, yet 1 in9people are undernourished across the world.
Each year, 3.1 million children die as a result of poor nutrition.
An additional 2 billion people are expected to be hungry by 2050.
By 2030:End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
About 2/3 of the world’s hungry people are in Asia. While numbers have fallen in Southern Asia, they have slightly increased in western Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of undernourishment is almost 23%. On the map, areas oflighter yellow indicate areas where prevalence of hunger is greater.
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Goal 3: Good Health & Well-Being
Challenges:
Children born into poverty are twice as likely to die before the age of five.
In developing regions, only 1/2 of the women receive the suggested health care.
AIDS is the2ndmost common death among adolescents.
By 2030:Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
In general, the richer the nation, the longer the lifespan. The lowest life expectancies are in poor nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Areas of darker green have shorter life expectancies.
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Goal 4: Quality Education
Challenges:
In developing countries57 millionchildren remain out of school.
More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa.
103 million youth worldwide lack basic literacy skills, and more than60% of them are women.
By 2030:Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.
The Gender Parity Index (GPI) measures access to education between females and males. A value of 1 indicates complete parity between male and females. Values less than 1, colored in blue, indicate disparity in favor of males and values greater than 1, colored inred, indicate disparity in favor of females.
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Goal 5: Gender Equality
Challenges:
Only2/3 of countries in the developing regions have achieved gender parity in primary education.
Women in Northern Africa holdlessthan 1 in 5 paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector.
In 46 countries, women now hold more than30%of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber.
By 2030:Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Today only 14% of elected members of national parliaments worldwide are women. On the map, areas in bright redindicate a high percentage of women who hold a large proportion of seats in the national parliament.
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Goal 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
Challenges:
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated.
Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billionpeople are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
2.4 billionpeople lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
More than 80%of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal.
By 2030:Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
About 663 million people are still without access to improved drinking water. Dark blue indicates places where access to drinking water has not significantly improved.
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Goal 7: Affordable & Clean Energy
Challenges:
1 in 5 people still lack access to modern electricity.
3 billionpeople rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating.
Energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around60% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
By 2030:Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
A large number of people still lack access to electricity. Countries with populations who have a low percentage of access to electricity are indicatedin blue.
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Goal 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
Challenges:
Global unemployment increased from 170 million in 2007 to nearly202 million in 2012, of which about 75 million are young women and men.
Nearly2.2 billionpeople live below the US$2/day poverty line; poverty eradication is only possible through stable and well-paid jobs.
470 million jobs are needed globally for new entrants to the labour market between 2016 and 2030.
By 2030:Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.
On the map, countries in pinkindicate high female unemployment, while countries inblue indicate high male unemployment.
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Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Challenges:
Basic infrastructure like roads, information and communication technologies, sanitation, electrical power and water remains inadequate in many developing countries.
About 2.6 billionpeople in the developing world are facing difficulties in accessing electricity full time
2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to basic sanitation and almost 800 million people lack access to water.
By 2030:Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Around 1-1.5 billion people do not have access to reliable phone services. On the map, countries in lighter orangehave less mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 people.
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Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Challenges:
On average—and taking into account population size—income inequality increased by11%in developing countries between 1990 and 2010
A significant majority of households in developing countries—more than 75%of the population—are living today in societies where income is more unequallydistributed than it was in the 1990s
Evidence shows that, beyond a certain threshold, inequality harms growth and poverty reduction, the quality of relations in the public and political spheres and individuals’ sense of fulfilment and self-worth
By 2030:Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Countries that have had a positive growth rate are pink while countries where the bottom 40% have had a negative growth rateare green.
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Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Challenges:
Half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today, and by 2030, almost60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas
95% of urban expansion in the next decades will take place in developing world
828 million people live in slums today and the number keeps rising
The world’s cities occupy just 3% of the Earth’s land, but account for 60-80%of energy consumption and 75% of carbon emissions
Rapid urbanization is exerting pressure on fresh water supplies, sewage, the living environment, and public health
By 2030:Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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Goal 12: Responsible Consumption & Production
Challenges:
Each year, an estimated 1/3 of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes worth around $1 trillion – ends up rotting in the bins of consumers and retailers, or spoiling due to poor transportation and harvesting practices.
Despite technological advances that have promoted energy efficiency gains, energy use in OECD countries will continue to grow another 35%by 2020. Commercial and residential energy use is the second most rapidly growing area of global energy use after transport.
If the global population reaches 9.6 billion by 2050, the equivalent of almost three planets could be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles.
By 2030:Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
On the map, countries in light tanhave a higher domestic material consumption per capita.
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Goal 13: Climate Action
Challenges:
From 1880 to 2012, average global temperature increased by 0.85°C.
Given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5°C compared to 1850 to 1900 for all but one scenario.
From 1901 to 2010, the global average sea level rose by 19 cm as oceans expanded due to warming and ice melted. The Arctic’s sea ice extent has shrunk in every successive decade since 1979, with 1.07 million km²of ice loss every decade.
Average sea level rise is predicted as 24–30cm by 2065 and 40-63cm by 2100.
By 2030:Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Larger circles indicate more people affected by natural disasters.
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Goal 14: Life Below Water
Challenges:
Over three billionpeople depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.
Globally, the market value of marine and coastal resources and industries is estimated at$3 trillionper year or about 5% of global GDP.
Oceans contain nearly 200,000 identified species, but actual numbers may lie in the millions.
Oceans absorb about30%of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
By 2030:Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resource
From 2007-2013 marine plastic debris was measured at 1,571 stations throughout the world for various plastic sizes. The heat map displays where there was a high count density of plastic pollution.
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Goal 15: Life on Land
Challenges:
Around 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihood. This includes some 70 million indigenous people.
2.6 billion people depend directly on agriculture, but 52%of the land used for agriculture is moderately or severely affected by soil degradation
Of the 8,300 animal breeds known, 8% are extinct and 22%are at risk of extinction
By 2030:Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
On the left is imagery depicting deforestation in Brazil's State subdivision, Para. Para's capitol, Belem, is on the far left.
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Goal 16: Peace & Justice Strong Institutions
Challenges:
Among the institutions most affected by corruption are the judiciary and police.
Corruption, bribery, theft and tax evasion cost someUS $1.26 trillion for developing countries per year; this amount of money could be used to lift those who are living on less than $1.25 a day above $1.25 for at least six years.
The rule of law and development have a significant interrelation and are mutually reinforcing, making it essential for sustainable development at the national and international level.
By 2030: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
No country in the world is corruption-free and 68% of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Areas oflighter blue indicate levels of high corruption.
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Goal 17: Partnership for the Goals
Challenges:
Official development assistance stood at $135.2 billionin 2014, the highest level ever recorded
79%of imports from developing countries enter developed countries duty-free
The debt burden on developing countries remains stable at about3% of export revenue
But more 4billion people do not use the Internet, and 90% of them are from the developing world
By 2030:Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Countries providing a higher amount of development assistance are indicated with a lighter blue.
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Be a Part of Sustainable Development
At Esri, we believe that mapping a smarter future will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the Goals are inherently geographic in nature; utilizing GIS will help accelerate progress toward achieving each goal.
On the left is ourSustainable Development Hub. Powered by our open data site, the dashboard empowers and connects the SDGs through data collection, analysis, monitoring, visualization and engagement.
How could you be a part of the SDGs?
You can make a difference even without leaving your couch! The UN has created a guide to do so.
Our hub was created by tool builders whose goal is to empower the user (you) to generate innovative content and contribute with a platform of engagement - ArcGIS Open Data.
What does the SDGs mean to you? Visit our crowd-source application and share your passion and commitment!