UN 2030 Agenda (B1)

UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development


In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — a global plan of action to make the world fairer, safer, and more sustainable. The Agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are connected aims that all countries agreed to implement by the year 2030. Together, they focus on ending poverty, protecting the environment, and ensuring well-being and opportunity for everyone.

Each goal deals with an important challenge. For example, the first goals aim to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, while others promote quality education, gender equality, and clean water and sanitation. The Agenda also calls for affordable and clean energy, decent work, innovation and infrastructure, and reduced inequalities within and among countries.

Environmental protection is another key part of the plan. Goals like sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, and climate action help to conserve natural resources and combat pollution. The UN also encourages countries to protect life below water and life on land, focusing on biodiversity, forests, and ecosystems.

Finally, the Agenda highlights the need for peace, justice, and strong institutions, as well as global partnerships that support progress. The SDGs show that achieving sustainability is only possible through collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility between governments, organizations, and citizens.

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Task 1 – Read the text and fill in the gaps with the new vocabulary.

Use: partnership, infrastructure, affordable, action, environment, access, gender, agenda, eradicate, sustainability

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Match goals with situations.
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