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The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation of 193 countries. It was established in 1945, at the end of the Second World War. It aims to bring nations together to prevent future conflict through international peace.
In 2015, all UN member countries agreed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030. These SDGs call for action by all countries to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and promote environmental sustainability. The goals are not legally binding, but the UN monitors governments to see if they are working towards the goals.
How much progress has been made on the UN’s SDGs?
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 paints a worrying picture of progress in all the goals. Table D breakdowns where some of the goals were in 2022.
The year 2023 was just beyond the halfway point for the goals to be achieved. In 2023, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammd commented on the progress towards the SDGs by saying:
“Let me be frank: we are not doing very well. Our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and goals. Multiple interconnected,
cascading crises are playing out on a global stage that is divided and slow to respond. The wars and
the impacts of the triple planetary crises of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution are threatening food
security and water availability.”
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