Seventeen Goals to Heal Our Home
Chapter 1

The birth of global teamwork

Chapter 2

Inside the halls of power

Chapter 3

The boots and brains on the ground

Chapter 4

Big ideas for a changing planet

Ch 4 · Big ideas for a changing planet
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diego The slow dance of global consensus

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diego The mapmakers of independence

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diego Seventeen goals for a better planet

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diego Sustainable Development Goals

Seventeen goals to heal our home, keeping watch from the forests to the seas.

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diego Bringing youth to the table

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The slow dance of global consensus

diego Getting 193 sovereign countries to agree is incredibly difficult.

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Fun Fact

Official territory: The UN head office in Nairobi, Kenya, is the only major UN headquarters located in the Global South, hosting the environmental program.

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The mapmakers of independence

diego The Trusteeship Council helped colonies transition to self-governance.

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Glossary
sustainability (noun)
The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level, especially by avoiding the depletion of natural resources. In 2015, the United Nations established seventeen global goals to secure a balanced, thriving future by 2030.

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Quiz

Who chaired the UN commission that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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Gossip

Which global goal is most urgent?

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Big ideas for a changing planet
BETA

diego Match big ideas to global goals to discover how the UN protects our changing planet.

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Quiz

What is the main focus of the UN's COP conferences?

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Quiz

Why is the UN Trusteeship Council currently inactive?

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Quiz

How many Sustainable Development Goals were established for 2030?

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Quiz

How many member states does the United Nations currently have?

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Quiz

Which island nation was the last trust territory to gain independence?

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Quiz

Which of these is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals?

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Quiz

In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?

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