Yesterday, the UN member countries adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that chart the way forward to a new development agenda starting in 2016, leading up to 2030. This article by the The New York Times, helps us understand what the 17 goals are and what they aim to achieve.
Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/world/breakdown-of-un-sustainable-development-goals.html?_r=1