What are the SDGs?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2001, are a set of international goals toward a sustainable and better world to be achieved by 2030 outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted unanimously at the UN Summit in September 2015. They consist of 17 goals and 169 targets and pledge to “leave no one behind” on the planet. The SDGs are universal goals applicable not only to developing nations but also to developed nations, and have been actively promoted by Japan as well. [Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website]
