The Global Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development seek to end poverty and hunger, realise the human rights of all, achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources. The Global Goals are integrated and indivisible, and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
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17 Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
At the UN Summit on 25 September 2015, the world’s heads of state and government adopted 17 Global Goals. The countries of the world have committed themselves to leading the world towards a sustainable and equitable future, beginning on 1 January 2016 and continuing until 2030.
- Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: No poverty
Goal 1 is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- Goal 1: No poverty
Goal 2: Zero hunger
Goal 2 is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
- Goal 2: Zero hunger
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
- Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 5 is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
- Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 6 is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
- Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 7 is to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
- Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 8 is to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
- Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Goal 9 is to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
- Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 10 is to reduce inequality within and among countries.
- Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
- Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 12 is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
- Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 13 is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
- Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 14: Life below water
Goal 14 is to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
- Goal 14: Life below water
Goal 15: Life on land
Goal 15 is to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
- Goal 15: Life on land
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 16 is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
- Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 17: Partnerships
Goal 17 is to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
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Karin Tegmark Wisell apppointed as Sweden’s Ambassador for Global Health
The Government’s new reform agenda, ‘Development assistance for a new era – freedom, empowerment and sustainable growth’, has a particular focus on improved health for the most vulnerable people. Initiatives are needed to improve prospects of good health, ensure functioning health and medical care systems, and strengthen preparedness, in order to better address health threats at global level. Sweden has an important role to play in these efforts.
Published · Press release from Jakob Forssmed, Johan Forssell, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Sweden's National Statement at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
National Statement at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) delivered by Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström on behalf of Sweden. New York, September 2023Check against delivery
Published · Speech from Tobias Billström, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Opening statement by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at 2023 SDG Summit Leaders' Dialogue
Opening statement by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the 2023 High-level political forum on sustainable development under the auspices of the General Assembly (SDG Summit), New York, 19 September 2023.Check against delivery.
Published · Speech from Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister's Office
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Ministers to attend opening session of UN General Assembly in New York
On 18–26 September, several high-level meetings will be held in connection with the opening of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Johan Forssell and Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson will attend.
Published · Press release from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Johan Forssell, Tobias Billström, Ulf Kristersson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Prime Minister's Office
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Speech by Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed at a seminar on global health
Speech delivered by Jakob Forssmed at the seminar Convergence on Global Health - Joint action with reference to the new EU Global Health Strategy at Karolinska Institutet, on 9 February 2023.Check against delivery.
Published · Speech from Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Voluntary National Review 2021 - Sweden - Report on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Published · Updated · Report from Government Offices
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The Government’s Statement of Foreign Policy 2020
On 12 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde presented the 2020 Statement of Foreign Policy in the Riksdag. Check against delivery.
Published · Speech from Government, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Strategy for Sweden’s cooperation with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) 2020–2023
This strategy will underpin Sweden’s cooperation with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) for 2020–2023. The strategy establishes the priorities and forms of collaboration for Sweden’s membership of, and partnership with, the WFP at global, regional and national level.
Published · Information material from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Strategy for Sweden’s cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 2020–2023
This strategy will underpin Sweden’s cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) during the period 2020–2023. The strategy establishes the priorities and forms of collaboration for Sweden’s partnership with UNRWA at global, regional and national level.
Published · Information material from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Strategy for Sweden’s cooperation with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 2019–2023
This strategy will underpin Sweden’s cooperation with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the period 2019–2023. The strategy determines priorities and forms of cooperation for Sweden’s membership of and partnership with the Global Fund.
Published · Information material from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Statement by the Swedish Ambassador for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Annika Ben David at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, 16 September 2019
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Published · Speech from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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The 2030 Agenda and Sweden – a summary, SOU 2019:13
In the final report, the Swedish Delegation for the 2030 Agendapresents its proposals and assessments for Sweden’s continuedimplementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Published · Legal document from Ministry of Finance
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Sweden’s work on global health – implementing the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda offers us a new opportunity to influence and help improve the health situation for people in Sweden and globally. By acting globally, we create conditions for positive developments in our own country while also contributing to, and taking responsibility for, positive developments in the world at large. The document Sweden’s work on global health seeks to bring together and consolidate existing strategies, priorities and policies with the aim of setting out a clear and common agenda and creating the conditions for more effective communications, increased collaboration and, ultimately, more impactful Swedish action.
Published · Information material from Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Policy for global development in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Skr. 2017/18:146
In the communication, the Government reports on, for example, its workon the policy for global development (PGD) during the years 2016–2017within the scope of the 2030 Agenda and its Global Goals. The 17 goalsand 169 targets are universal and indivisible and integrate the threedimensions of sustainable development: economic, social andenvironmental.
Published · Updated · Legal document from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Implementing the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a selection of innovative examples
Published · Information material from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Strategy for Sweden’s development cooperation in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law 2018–2022
The Swedish Government has adopted a new strategy for human rights, democracy and the rule of law that will apply to Swedish development cooperation between 2018 and 2022. The overall objective of the strategy is to contribute to secure, just and inclusive democratic societies that protect and respect the equal rights of all. The strategy will apply in 2018–2022 and covers the funds allocated in the appropriation directions of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Folke Bernadotte Academy for each budget year.
Published · International development cooperation strategies from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Speech by State Secretary Modéer, Global State of Democracy, IDEA
15 November, 2017.Check against delivery.
Published · Speech from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Sweden and the 2030 Agenda — Report to the UN High Level Political Forum 2017 on Sustainable Development
Published · Updated · Report from Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance
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Towards Achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
Towards Achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Report on the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development - Compilation of operational examples.
Published · Report from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Organisation strategy for Sweden’s cooperation with the Green Climate Fund for 2016–2018
At the UN Climate Summit in Cancún in 2010, the parties agreed to establish a new climatefund: the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This strategy forms the basis of Sweden’s cooperation with GCF for the remainder of the Fund’s initial resource mobilisation period, 2016–2018.
Published · International development cooperation strategies from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
