UN Sustainable Development Goals

• This resource provides information about the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which seek to create a more equitable, peaceful, and healthy world for all people. 
• For each goal, there is an overview, measurements related to the goal, annual updates on the goal, and links to related publications. 

Positives

• The website links to several UN reports that can be used in many different ways.
• Directly above the icons of the 17 Goals, there is a link that leads to versions of the guidelines in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.

Additional Prerequisites

• The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 with a plan to complete the goals by 2030.
• This site contains a massive amount of information. Teachers will need a clear purpose and goals for students using the site.

Differentiation

• Students could work in groups to develop solutions aligned with the SDGs.
• Student councils or other student groups could devise sustainable development goals for the school.
• Other resources on this topic include this article that features a timeline of the United Nations' climate talks, this Khan Academy video on sustainability, and this TED video on how to think about future generations when making decisions for the planet.

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