The goal is to end poverty in every shape and form, all over the world. Solving
the type of poverty where people don’t have enough to eat in order to live is the
first step. This goal goes beyond just food and water; it also includes making
sure everyone has work and a place to live, access to hospitals, and the
opportunity to say what they think or to use the skills they have.

Starvation is a state of malnutrition that occurs when you haven’t eaten
properly for a long time. This goal is to make sure everyone, from children to the
elderly, gets enough food with sufficient nutrition. The goal is to preserve
environment and crop diversity (having lots of different types of things
available), while increasing stable food production.

The goal is for everyone to be healthy, to prevent disease, and to have access to
adequate medical treatment. Women should be able to have babies safely, and
medicines or vaccines should be available to everyone. This goal also includes
reducing injuries or deaths due to accidents and contamination of air, water,
and land.

The goal is to provide equal education of high quality to everyone, with lifelong
opportunities for learning. Providing safe, easily accessible schools and
increasing the number of qualified teachers will help achieve this. It’s important
to continue education even in the middle of conflict and disaster.

The goal is to empower women and girls to stop discrimination against them.
Ways of doing this include preventing physical, emotional, and sexual harm to
women; valuing work done in the home; protecting women’s rights relating to
pregnancy and childbirth; and encouraging equal participation in politics,
economics, and so on.

The goal is to provide everyone with clean water and a healthy environment
through proper hygiene management. This makes good water management
and garbage disposal for everyone and steps to reuse water essential.

The goal is to provide reliable, low-priced energy to everyone, not just from
wood or coal but also from new sources of electricity or gas. Making greater use
of clean, renewable energy (such as sunlight, the wind, flowing rivers, and
ocean tides) and increasing energy efficiency are key.

Decent work means everyone having access to fulfilling work that benefits
economic growth while protecting natural resources. The goal is to end child
labor that mentally and physically harms children under the age of 18 who are
forced to work.

Infrastructure means the buildings, transport, services and so on that people
need in their daily lives. More examples are water supply, railroads, gas,
electricity, and the Internet. The goal is to build disaster-proof infrastructure,
encourage sustainable and inclusive economic development, and make it easier
to come up with new technologies.

The goal is to reduce inequality or differences both between countries and
inside countries. Inequality can be eliminated by raising the incomes of poor
people and getting rid of laws and practices that discriminate against particular
types of people.

The goal is to create cities and communities where everyone lives in safe, good-
quality housing with access to water, electricity, and other essential services.
Communities must be resilient against disasters. And they must monitor air
pollution and waste management while providing safe and easy access to
services for children, the elderly, and other vulnerable people.

The goal is to make sure resources are not wasted when things are made and
used. Important ways of achieving this include halving food waste worldwide;
monitoring harmful chemicals that are discharged when making things to
prevent water, air, and soil contamination; and adopting the Three R’s (reduce,
reuse, recycle) to minimize waste.

Climate change is happening because emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and
other substances by humans are making the Earth hotter and changing the
weather. The focus is on taking action now to prepare for climate change
problems and the natural disasters it will cause.

Most ocean pollution is caused by things people do on land. The goal is to
reduce pollution of the ocean, end illegal fishing that harms the environment,
and make sure the resources of the sea can be used sustainably.

Protecting forests and stopping desert expansion are important for preserving
and regenerating land ecosystems (in other words, animals and the
environments they live in) and for using them in a sustainable way. Endangered
species must be protected and the loss of biodiversity must be prevented.

The goal is to create peaceful and inclusive societies in which everyone has
access to the law (courts and legal procedures), and to ensure that just
institutions are active at the community, country, and global levels.