Ten years to transform our world
The Sustainable Development Goals — our shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a peaceful world — are gaining global momentum.
2020 marked the launch of an ambitious global effort to deliver on the 2030 promise—mobilizing more governments, civil society, businesses, and people everywhere to make the Global Goals their own.
Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals
Today, progress is being made in many places, but, overall, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required. 2020 needs to usher in a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals by 2030.
The Decade of Action calls for accelerating sustainable solutions to all the world’s biggest challenges — ranging from poverty and gender to climate change, inequality and closing the finance gap.
In 2025, the UN Secretary-General called on all sectors of society to step up efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals with just five years to go. He emphasized that progress is no accident: it reflects deliberate choices and sustained investments by governments, civil society, youth movements, women’s organizations, and the private sector. The SDGs work best when tackled together. Education strengthens gender equality, climate stability supports food security, and ending famine creates conditions for peace. Their interconnectedness means that advancing one goal helps accelerate others — and momentum is building.
From global to local to people action, all sectors of society need to mobilize for a decade of action to generate an unstoppable movement pushing for the required transformations.
The Decade of Action will…
Mobilize everyone, everywhere
We will work to create an unstoppable force linked to the Global Goals.
We will identify risks to ensure no one is left behind.
This requires each of us to take action—individually and collectively, locally and globally.
Demand urgency and ambition
We must be the generation to end extreme poverty, win the race against climate change and conquer injustice and gender inequality.
We will hold leaders to account and point to what is possible when action delivers results.
Supercharge ideas to solutions
We will shine a light on solutions that expand access and demonstrate the possibilities of ideas.
We will drive sustainable innovation, financial investments and technology—while making space in our communities and cities for young people to lead.
Why we are hopeful
The spirit of human endeavor has demonstrated our shared ability to deliver the extraordinary. The Sustainable Development Goals is our roadmap for the world we all want. The Global Goals are our best hope—for people, for planet, for prosperity, for peace and for partnerships.
It’s time to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals.
SDG Moment 2025