The UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Commentary

1: Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer: End poverty in all its forms everywhere 2: Elif Askin: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 3: Christina Binder, Jane Hofbauer: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 4: Jane Kotzmann, Morgan Stonebridge, and John R Morss: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 5: Rangita de Silva de Alwis: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 6: Owen McIntyre: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 7: Francesco Seatzu, Katerina Akestoridi: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 8: Francesco Seatzu, Katerina Akestoridi: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 9: P. Sean Morris: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation 10: Johanna Aleria Lorenzo: Reduce inequality within and among countries 11: Hannah Birkenkoetter: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 12: Katerina Mitkidis, Adriana Sefcikova: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 13: Francesca Romanin Jacur: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 14: Christos Kypraios, Irini Fasia: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development 15: Frederic Perron-Welch, Jorge Cabrera, Dario Piselli, Alexandra Goodman, Aleksandra Spasevski: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss 16: Tom Kabau: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 17: Andreas Rechkemmer, Damilola S. Olawuyi: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development