A primary school in Papua New Guinea. Access to basic education is a key SDG
In September 2015, all 193 member countries of the United Nations (UN) agreed a set of 17 global goals that they promised to pursue from 2016 to 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the UN’s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that operated from 2001 to 2015. The SDGs are much more ambitious than the MDGs. They promise to (Figure 1):
■ eradicate poverty and hunger everywhere
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