SDG LAB

Quality education encompasses a range of issues: from ensuring primary and secondary education, literacy and numeracy for all, to fighting discrimination and other societal issues that prevent people from receiving education, and many more. We take a special focus on girls' and women's rights to education and examine the [...]

This course will walk you through the content and targets of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 on Good Health and Well-being, including information on the background of the goal and how different UN agencies, governments and research institutions work to achieve this goal. It will also introduce you to [...]

The course will walk you through the content and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals 2 titled “Zero Hunger”, and provide you with information on how different UN agencies, civil society, governments, the private sector, and education/research institutes work to achieve this goal. But it does not stop there. [...]

In Unit 1, we look at the different factors which contributed to the recognition of Responsible Consumption and Production as a Sustainable Development Goal by the United Nations. Unit 2 focuses on the targets set under Goal 12. Unit 3 is a study of the companies and figures that [...]

This course aims at providing you with a deeper understanding of the reasons why the United Nations chose to focus on Sustainable Cities and Communities as an important goal for sustainable development. In Unit 1, we look at the issues cities around the world are facing. In Unit 2, [...]

What does "inequality" mean? Goal 10 takes a holistic approach to the concept of inequality, which means that it recognizes inequality not just in terms of income but also in many other aspects of life such as unequal access to decent healthcare, quality education, good infrastructure and fairly paid [...]

Ending poverty is one of the cross-cutting issues of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals because it is related to many other goals on the list such as decent jobs, quality education, and improving infrastructure and access to health care. It is also a cross-cutting issue in the sense that [...]

This is the first course in a series about all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Through the course, you will get to know the different goals and their corresponding targets, how they come about, and what can be done by 2030 to achieve the goals. After taking this [...]